{"product_id":"chasing-legends-aaron-pufal-9781067377304","title":"Chasing Legends: Motorcycle Stories from the Podcast Trail","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Aaron Pufal was unceremoniously fired by the billionaire family he'd served for over a decade, he did what any reasonable person would do: he bought a microphone, straddled his BMW GSA, and started tracking down the legends of adventure motorcycling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat began as a scrappy podcast recorded in garages and cafés became something unexpected, a map of invisible connections linking fifty years of motorcycle storytelling. From Ted Simon's kitchen table in France to the rooftop of The 59 Club in East London, from Lyndon Poskitt's father's Yorkshire workshop to the hallowed forecourt of the Ace Café, Pufal discovered that the adventure motorcycle community is far smaller and more interconnected than anyone realised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChasing Legends\u003c\/strong\u003e captures three seasons of conversations with the riders, filmmakers, and authors who shaped modern adventure motorcycling: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTed Simon\u003c\/strong\u003e, who at 94 still wonders what motorcycles talk about in the dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAustin Vince\u003c\/strong\u003e, the schoolteacher who conquered the Zilov Gap and proved you don't need sponsors to circle the globe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharley Boorman\u003c\/strong\u003e, still crashing his way to wisdom on vintage bikes with questionable tyres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClaudio von Planta\u003c\/strong\u003e, who failed his motorcycle test a week before filming \u003cem\u003eLong Way Round \u003c\/em\u003eand went anyway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLyndon Poskitt\u003c\/strong\u003e, the aerospace engineer who built his own rally bike and raced it 234,000 kilometres across six continents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoey Evans\u003c\/strong\u003e, who went from a 10% chance of walking to finishing the Dakar Rally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSam Manicom\u003c\/strong\u003e, living on \"gifted time\" after 200,000 miles on the same BMW frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSterling Noren\u003c\/strong\u003e, the filmmaker behind the Backcountry Discovery Routes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eElspeth Beard\u003c\/strong\u003e, who circumnavigated the globe in 1982 and packed it all away for thirty years because nobody cared\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't just a collection of interviews. It's a meditation on mentorship, mechanical failure, and what happens when you stop asking permission and start asking questions. It's about blood bikers racing through London nights with neonatal transfusions. About a Kansas technician holding 86.5 mph for 32 hours across America. About fathers teaching sons in workshops, and the tools we inherit, both literal and metaphorical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part oral history, part navigation chart through adventure motorcycling's past and future, \u003cstrong\u003eChasing Legends\u003c\/strong\u003e reveals the stories behind the stories-the missed opportunities, the fumbled questions, the moments of connection that only happen when you show up with curiosity and a willingness to listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who's ever looked at a map and wondered what's there. For anyone who understands that the road isn't an escape; it's where life is lived most honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Pufal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1067377301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781067377304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Pufal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Aaron Pufal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454416793855,"sku":"9781067377304","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a25b340d-5cfd-452d-b402-381f8d2d8457.jpg?v=1777306109","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chasing-legends-aaron-pufal-9781067377304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}