Is That Thing Diesel?
eBook - ePub

Is That Thing Diesel?

One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Is That Thing Diesel?

One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil

About this book


In the spirit of Ewan and Charlie's Long Way Round, another hilarious, high-octane, seat-of-the-pants adventure from  the slightly crazy Paul Carter  circumnavigating Australia on a biodiesel motorcycle
 
At 40 years old, a successful writer, husband, and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labor? Not likely. With his manic life left far behind and the perfect opportunity to take it easy stretched before him what else would a middle-aged, bike-obsessed, man want? Yes, that's right, he'd want to be the first guy to ride around Australia on an underpowered experimental motorcycle that runs on used cooking oil, wouldn't he? He embarks on a rollicking, often unhinged, and downright dangerous quest that starts on an environmentally friendly motorcycle built on a shoestring budget by students, and ends with a plan to break the motorcycle land speed record for biofuel. Lovely irony—the ride is sponsored by oil companies. Carter is back to his old balls-to-the-wall style of writing, so readers should prepare to laugh out loud.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Also_By
  4. Title
  5. Imprint
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Map
  9. Prologue
  10. Chapter 01 Derrick the man
  11. Chapter 02 Cover your arse
  12. Chapter 03 What could possibly go wrong
  13. Chapter 04 Panic fest
  14. Chapter 05 Bio what?
  15. Chapter 06 The bike the universe landed
  16. Chapter 07 Betty
  17. Chapter 08 Getting to know you
  18. Chapter 09 There is no plan B
  19. Chapter 10 PPPPPP
  20. Chapter 11 To Adelaide and beyond
  21. Chapter 12 Stage one: Green fuel white knuckles
  22. Chapter 13 Stage two: Spiders
  23. Chapter 14 Wallet
  24. Chapter 15 Stage three: Life cycle
  25. Chapter 16 Stage four: Follow the blood splattered brick road
  26. Chapter 17 The long reach
  27. Chapter 18 It only hurts when I laugh
  28. Chapter 19 Stage five: Uneasy rider
  29. Chapter 20 Stage six: Numb
  30. Chapter 21 Stage seven: Harder then you think
  31. Epilogue
  32. Acknowledgements
  33. Sponsors