Classic Bike Guide

Round the world we go

IT’S BEEN A week of globetrotters passing through my corner of the world. Octane Press had sent notice of the upcoming American edition of Elspeth Beard’s autobiography ‘Lone Rider’ noting that Elspeth herself would be in San Francisco on a book promotion tour. A few emails later And the passage of a week found Ms. Beard herself in conversation about her tour and life in my own living room. The book blurb notes she was “the first British woman to motorcycle around

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