As said before Under and Alone and Hell's Angel are both great. I also really enjoyed:

The Original Wild Ones Tales of The Boozefighters MC by Bill Hayes
Hog Fever by Richard La Plante
Detours by Richard La Plante

 

David Hough's "Proficient motor cycling" and "More profecient Motor cycling". Classics. If a motor cycle rider doesn't study this, his/her motor cycling and understanding of the art and science of motor cycling is incomplete, my personal opinion.

 

TOURING MODELS 2006 Harley-Davidson Srvice Manual, part # 99483-06

 

"Dead in 5 Heartbeats" by Ralph "Sonny" Barger.
"Under and Alone" by William Queen

 

Under and alone....The only I have read recently...

 

My service manual

 

I'm with Hogaholic, Under and Alone is a great book. I got to meet Billy Queen a few years ago and his stories of what went on during his time undercover were riveting. Started reading the book and couldn't put it down, plus it's an easy read. It's got my endorsement. Did I say I liked it?

 

As I said in the movie thread: "The Original Wild Ones. Tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club." by Bill Hayes. This is a great book which cronicles the beginning of the American biker culture as we know it and also dispells the myths surrounding the infamous "Hollister Riots".

 

Great thread,inspired me to read.

Recently borrowed these 2 books from the library and liked them so much that I'm buying both to keep in my collection:

100 Years Of Harley Davidson - Willer G Davidson - A big beautiful coffee table style book with lots of Willie G comments and pics

Hell's Angel - Sonny Barger - A wild crazy F'ing ride through hell n' back - The section of the book where Barger critiques Harley Davidson is a must read.... Barger seems to have a love hate relationship with HD,my instincts tell me the MOCO may have personally disrespected him at some point along the way,but that's just a guess.

http://sonnybarger.com/index3.html

Legendary biker returns to Hollister Rally

Tuesday, July 05, 2005
By Brett Rowland

Hollister - The name Ralph "Sonny" Barger is still revered in some circles - and loathed in others - but it no longer elicits the spine-tingling panic it used to.

This weekend Barger road his Harley-Davidson to the Hollister Independence Rally to promote his new book, spend time with his new wife and enjoy a good biker rally - no stomping, thrashing or beating.

Barger, who started the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels in the 1950s, has lived a life that few others could have survived to write about. It has left him with a criminal record, three ex-wives, enough stories to fill four books, and a permanent place in American history.

According to his autobiography, the biker once put a pistol to Keith Richards' back to get him to keep playing after a girl was stabbed by a Hells Angel during the now infamous Altamont concert in 1969.

Another time, some of his fellow Hells Angels stomped gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson for failing to provide a promised keg of beer for the club after completing his first novel, "Hell's Angels," which brought widespread recognition to both writer and subject.

Barger said he never liked the book.

"Hunter came around and spent about a year with us," Barger said. "He got smart and then got whooped, he's just like the Rolling Stones, yeah they're good singers and writers, but they're f---king jerk-offs."

Decades later Thompson tried to make good on his promise, but Barger said he told Thompson it was too late.

"Now that he's dead, I don't have to deal with him," Barger said.

In 1982 he contracted laryngitic cancer from smoking cigarettes, which resulted in the removal of his vocal chords. Today he speaks by holding a finger over a hole in his windpipe and using other muscles in his throat.

Although fellow Angels treat him like a king, Barger is content to sit in the Hells Angels booth at the Hollister Independence Rally and sign copies of his four books. He admits he has changed, but declines to acknowledge, at least publicly, just how different he is now.

"Everything changes, you change or you end up a dinosaur and disappear," Barger said.

Having a steady income from books and other ventures has changed Barger's life in other ways. For example, Barger's first motorcycle was a $125 Indian. Today he rides a $30,000 Harley Road King.

"Now I eat everyday and I have gas money," Barger said.

Unlike other Hells Angels, Barger does interviews and allows his picture to be taken. Barger talks so easily with reporters that it's hard to see in him yesterday's outlaw biker.

Barger stayed calm Saturday when members of the rival Mongols club paraded down Monterey Street with police escorts past the Hells Angels vendor booth on Sixth Street. The Angels shouted insults at the passing Mongols, but thanks to a fence lined with police officers keeping the Angels inside the vendor area, conflict was avoided.

Hollister Independence Rally Committee Executive Director Helen Nelson said Barger has been coming to the Hollister Independence Rally since 1997 and has never caused any problems.

"He tries to keep a lid on everything in public," Nelson said. "When Sonny's a

 

David L. Hough's books Proficent Motorcycling and More Proficent MC and Street Stratigies

and I have to say "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Pirsig