Category Archives: motorcycles

Dmitri Turin – Still On The Road

Dmitri Turin was born in Russia. His mother was a mathematician. His father was reputed to have been KGB. Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova left him to marry the legendary Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The Politburo exiled the writer and his family in 1974. They moved to America. Vermont to be exact. Dmitri left the family compound and moved […]

A HERO OF THE ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith

A HERO OF THE ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. – Evel Knieval MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2022 CHAPTER 1 A lice infestation swept through southern Maine in the winter of 1958 and every school district mandated crew cuts for all the boys without […]

Over The Burma Border

2002 Fifteen miles into Burma Hot Dry Dusty An illegal entry On a 250cc ATX Honda. Stop at a A Lao village On a nameless dirt road Surrounded by eternal opium fields. Children gawking at the falang An old white man in black Two men with AK47s. Watch From a bar. Thinking DEA. Two beers […]

Ride Demmi Ride

thirty-seven years since I rode my old 1964 Triumph. when I hit 3rd gear my eyes filled with tears. Fourth gear the wind cleared my eyes. Ride Demmi Ride

A HERO OF THE ROAD BY PETER NOLAN SMITH — ON SALE

A HERO OF THE ROAD By Peter Nolan Smith Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. – Evel Knevel MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2023 In 1986 Hugh Mackie and Dmitri Turin opened the Sixth Street Specials, specializing in the repair of Triumph, Nortons, Royal Enfields, and various other English motorcycles. […]