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Title: Rebuilding the Indian: A Memoir by Fred Haefele ISBN: 1-57322-099-X Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: June, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.04 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Entertaining, easy to read story of a brief point in life.
Comment: I couldn't put the book down. The focal point, the Indian Motorcycle, deals with a subjet I can relate to, along with the daily aspects of life. If you like "people" stories, without the fancy backdrops, you may just enjoy reading Freds, Rebuilding The Indian. It centers around a subject the brings the author in contact with people he would normaly not build a relationship with. If you're looking for a complex story, with suspence and action, look for a fiction book! If you want a real look at a brief slice of life of regular people, and you approach life with an open mind... you'll like this book a lot.
Rating: 4
Summary: Men, Montana, and Motorcycles
Comment: The author's midlife crisis is solved by rebuilding a motorcycle and having a new baby. Starting over at 50. Some of the writing is a little simplistic, but the images are pretty clear. He does a good job of developing the several sides of Chaz, his mentor and nemesis. I found it strange that in the pictures there wasn't one of Chaz. Did they finally go their separate ways? I also got the feeling that the author was leading two lives, that of a wannabe English professor who attended the college parties and that of a biker. The biker life was only to rebuild the Indian and I admire him very much for that. I think he enjoyed the biker life better. He also did a good job praising the knowledge of the older Indian restorers, Ken and Magoo. This is a good book and an easy read. Makes me want to go out and restore an old Triumph like I had 30 years ago.
Rating: 5
Summary: best motorcycle book
Comment: this book could be twice as long as it is. it was such an enjoyable read, i just couldn't put it down. i agree with some other reviewers that it is better than "zen and the art of motorcylce maintenance". although actually there is not much going on in "rebuilding this indian", the reader is drawn into the story and follows the recontruction of the classical motorcycle. i can't quite understand why people see parallels in the bike and fred's daughter phoebe, who is born during the rebuilding of the bike. the bike is always in the foreground. the book is for sure no masterpiece languagewise, but this is i think not the intention of the author. i really liked it, and was sad when i finished it!
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Title: Indian Scout by Jerry H. Hatfield ISBN: 0760308136 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 17 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Indian: The History of a Classic American Motorcycle by Tod Rafferty ISBN: 0762411392 Publisher: Courage Books Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.98 |
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Title: Indian Motorcycles by Hans Halberstadt, Jerry H. Hatfield ISBN: 0760300887 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Illustrated Indian Motorcycle Buyers Guide by Jerry H. Hatfield ISBN: 0879383313 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars by Allan Girdler ISBN: 0760313539 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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