The Making Of A Motorcyclist
From BMW Owners News...  My objectivity for this review may have been compromised as soon as I  saw the book’s cover illustration. A stunning, black R1200R poses on its  sidestand.  All by itself, no grinning, helmet-haired rider in a  time-worn Roadcrafter, no scenic backdrop from the Road of Bones or some  similar far-flung destination. Simply an elegantly sorted, naked bike,  pointed down a deserted highway, an invitation to ride anywhere, just to  see what happens. But as I began reading Gordon Bunker’s book, I could  see the cover as a perfect reflection of its overriding theme, the  elusive, intangible lure of riding the open road on a motorcycle...Readers  of this book will find Bunker’s prose sometimes poetic, sometimes  philosophical, often humorous, and always unpretentious. They won’t find  stories of highway bandits, relentless slogs across Eurasia, or epic  circumnavigations of the globe. What they will find is a treasure of  entertaining vignettes, sure to conjure up memories of the kind of  “moments of clarity and joy” riders can’t help but share. - Ron DavisFrom author and playwright Sallie BinghamIn these clean,  spare stories, the way of life we all fantasize about becomes real.  Although motorcycle riders will find special rewards in this book, it is  also for the general reader who enjoys precision and lyricism and a  first hand encounter with the landscape of the southwest. - S.B.From Bike India Magazine… Good motorcycling books are few and hard to come by. So it is  always a  pleasant surprise when sheer serendipity lands in our hands a  copy of a  page-turner.  Always fascinating, often funny and frequently  poetic, Gordon Bunker’s  “The Making of a Motorcyclist” is a heartfelt  account of a biker’s  adventures and experiences riding his bike around  the United States of  America. With such an easygoing flow, this  149-page book comes to an end  all too fast and you’re left wishing that  it were just a bit longer. –  Saeed AkhtaFrom Barbara Feller-Roth, EditorGordon Bunker mines the depths of his being, which seem to effortlessly  spill out onto the page and draw in parts of his readers that they might  not otherwise honor. Maybe his search unwittingly becomes our search.    - Barbara Feller-Roth, Editor