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The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club |
Author: Bill Hayes
Published: 2005-08-08 |
List price: $25.95
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Customer comments on this selection.
 This book is what it was all about
Although the book is written in the spirit of awe of the "old timers" and focuses a bit too much on deifying them it gives the reader an insight as to what the good life was back then. The book takes to back to a time when people could live a robust filled life without ending up in the federal pen back before lawyers and lawsuits ruined things for everyone. Comaradarie triumphs over greed and materialism and people didn't sweat the little things in life. It is written about an age where people were real and not made out of plastic like almost everything else these days. In those days when you had a nice custom bike it was because you and your buddies built it yourselves and not out of store bought parts. You built your bike to ride and not to impress people and trailer it around in your truck. The book is a good read about real people and the life they lived.
A really good reading book
This book made me want to be there during the simpler times,when ya did something that wasn't completely within the boundaries of the law and and you weren't crucified for screwing up. My favorite part was the ride from southern cali to daytona and the money they made along the way. This book was a really good reading book.
 A Little Dry.
Good book if you're a Booze Fighter interested in the history of the club. Really the stories aren't that Wild.
Those were THE days!!!
I loved the book. Overall a fun ride through the history of the so called biker culture and how it started; just a bunch of good friends with a common bond and loyalty to each other.
 modern history in th emaking
I think that the book sheds light on the misconceptions about the notorious Hollister incident, something that was handed to my generation as a "legend". Mind you, I'm an Athenian born in 1965 , when films like "The Wild One" werw considered as sf from the then conservative Greek society. I have to point out that BMW bikes played the role of HDs in Greece (same scenario: abandoned bikes by the German troops ), and probably that's the reason that I have not seen many Harley on the street, all my life !! You see, the "dream" bike is a BMW! (Swastikas not obligatory!)
Do I ride ? Yes, I still backride with some friends that got old and drive CAREFULLY ! Did I like the book ??
Well, it's like a n article from Easyriders, an extended one mind you, but it's pretty good, it shows that someone got in A LOT OF TROUBLE to fullproof his research, and, hell, it was a lot of fun!Glory days when nobody told you how and when you were supposed to enjoy your poor self!
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