This is how it all got started, riding trials bikes with Jaime (white helmet) when we were 14. Almost everything I know about bikes and riding I learnt from him and his brother Jose Mari a long, long time ago. Picture taken in La Navata, Spain (home of Jacinto Benavente and recent residence of Arturo Pérez-Reverte), 2009
Rocinante is a stock 2006 Harley-Davidson 883. The only mods are the touring seat, backrest, storage rack, color matched side panels and the oil cap with the analog thermometer that my dad gave me. Like the original Rocinante, this one is grey, skinny, a little weathered and not so fast, but she has a huge heart. I bought her brand new at Boston H-D (big mistake) and for years she commuted with me to work and we went on weekend excursions. We have gone to NYC together – with a three inch construction screw imbedded in her rear tire without a single complaint.
Inspiraciones:
Las aventuras del Caballero de la triste figura (ver 1)
Las aventuras de Ernesto Guevara y Alberto Granados (Los diarios de la motocicleta)
Los libros de viajes de Miguel de Unamuno
Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days
Jack Kerouac On The Road y Big Sur
Agradecimientos:
“Post tenebras lux”
Manolo y Pilar – gracias jefes
Mis amigos moteros, tecnológicos, editoriales, inspiradores – ya sabeis quien sois
To my Simmons professors who made me believe in myself and planted the seed for this adventure.
In which Antonio and Rocinante tour the South checking out universities with PhD in Spanish Literature programs to apply to.
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