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Motorcycling Alabama is a much-needed guidebook for one of the most beautiful states to explore on two wheels. From the rocky outcrops of the Appalachian plateau to the sugar-white beaches and teal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama is a rider's paradise. David Haynes offers fifty ride loops of between 75 and 150 miles in length throughout every region of the state. The start and stop points for each ride are identical and easy to locate. This handy guide, which is designed to fit in a tank bag, features both streetbike and dual-sport rides. Also included are detailed, color-coded maps of the routes and turn-by-turn directions. Stunning full-color photographs accompany each ride description, highlighting scenes and points of interest along the way. There are introductory chapters on motorcycle safety, gear, and the use of global positioning devices, as well as pointers on motorcycle camping. The companion website, motorcyclingalabama.info, offers sample rides and downloadable GPS codes for all fifty rides, and hosts an author blog. Motorcycle touring is one of the fastest-growing outdoor recreational pursuits in the country. For both the in-state and out-ofstate motorcycle enthusiast, Motorcycling Alabama is a valuable and complete guide to a state rich in diverse types of scenery and with many unsung treasures yet to be discovered. Published in cooperation with the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Birmingham.

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Alabama photographer/motorcyclist David Haynes' new book, Motorcycling Alabama: 50 Ride Loops Through the Heart of Dixie , is equal parts road diary, stunning photo book and travel guide. . . . The driving force of the Motorcycling Alabama is this: If you're in Alabama and you have a motorcycle, get out and ride. There is a world of sights and experiences out there, one you can't access with a car. --M ontgomery Advertiser

Equal parts road diary, stunning photo book, and travel guide. . . . As the author says, 'On a bike, you experience the world differently. You smell the sweet shrub, the honeysuckle, the skunk. You're out there in it. You're part of everything you see, with the weeds swoshing by. You FEEL everything a lot more.' -- Montgomery Advertiser

It was a pleasure reading this book. There were times when I could imagine the wind blowing across my face while riding down a long stretch of highway by fields of green pastures or feel myself leaning into a twisty, curvy back road through the Alabama hill country. [This] guidebook will be useful to anyone who wants to take a motorcycle ride, long bicycle trip, or even a leisure drive in a sport utility vehicle. --Randy Mecredy, Director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History

The rides included in this book are all great ones. . . . The section on how to use Global Positioning Systems (GPS) on a motorcycle is excellent . . . and the turn-by-turn directions are exactly what motorcyclists want and need as they plan their rides. --Benny Quimby, Senior Vice President of Dealer Lending at Regions Bank, Birmingham, and Gold Wing enthusiast

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David Haynes is an independent commercial photographer, owner of the Studio at Blount Springs, and a part-time instructor in digital photography and photo-editing software at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville. He writes a monthly feature in Alabama Living magazine entitled Alabama Motorcycle Diaries in which he explores little-known treasures of Alabama backroads. His black-and-white portfolio Alabama 2000--The Millenium Project is on permanent display at the U.S. District Courthouse in Montgomery.

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