January 2011 (Toronto) – It’s 2008. The world enters economic meltdown. A global flu pandemic looms. An historical US presidential election is taking place and, somewhere in the Americas, a lone Irishman is coaxing his temperamental Italian motorcycle through another electrical breakdown…<\/p>\n
Paddy Tyson is an experienced adventure motorcycle traveler from Fermanagh, Ireland, who will be flying to Canada to be at SUPERSHOW 2011 for a special Canadian book signing appearance.\u00a0 Copies of his new book, “The Hunt for Puerto des Faglioli” <\/strong><\/em>which he affectionately calls a Motorcycle Adventure in search of the Improbable, will be for sale in Hall 3 at the Show.\u00a0 Published as a collection for the first time, this witty and informative account is essential reading for travelers and would-be adventurers.<\/p>\n In Paddy\u2019s own words, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that I\u2019m all that new to this \u201cRiding around the World\u201d thing, I\u2019ve been doing it in sections since 1994, but it is true that I only gave myself four weeks to prepare for my assault on the Americas, and that included buying the bike, Peggy. She is a 650 cc Rotax single, which is remarkably similar to the BMW 650, but which was never imported into Canada. So that seems like a good start. Rule number one in the global over landing book: make sure spare parts are easily available.\u00a0 Like when I got caught in a ferocious snowstorm on the high plains of Wyoming, suffered complete suspension collapse in Costa Rica or battled a fever of 104 in Honduras. But if I weren\u2019t to suffer a little inconvenience, or witness the odd murder, it just wouldn\u2019t be an adventure would it\u201d.<\/p>\n Interspersed with anecdote, social observation and liberal doses of humour, this book follows writer and seasoned overland traveller Paddy Tyson, through his battle with bureaucracy, bike breaking road surfaces, illness, accident, gun toting police and a pasty Celtic complexion remarkably unsuited to the Central American sun.<\/p>\n “A fantastic account of life on the road and an antidote to celebrity overland adventures – I laughed out loud many times and felt like I was riding pillion. Can’t wait for the next adventure.” – Gwen Roberts, Motorcycle Mojo Magazine<\/p>\n “Funny, informative and thought provoking. A great travel guide and a great read” – Nich Brown, The Road<\/p>\n “We are seeking legal advice” – Puerto del Faglioli Tourist Board<\/p>\n Show Dates:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, January 7th \u2013 Sunday, January 9th, 2011<\/p>\n Location:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 International Centre, 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga<\/p>\n Hours:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday & Saturday \u2013 10am – 10pm; Sunday \u2013 10am – 6pm<\/p>\n Parking:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Free parking for more than 7,000 vehicles<\/p>\n \u00a9 RIF | supershowevents.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 2011 (Toronto) – It’s 2008. The world enters economic meltdown. A global flu pandemic looms. An historical US presidential election is taking place and, somewhere in the Americas, a lone Irishman is coaxing his temperamental Italian motorcycle through another electrical breakdown… Paddy Tyson is an experienced adventure motorcycle traveler from Fermanagh, Ireland, who will …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[19,13],"tags":[2623,2619,2609,2622,2624,2561,2621,2620],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10298"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15599,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10298\/revisions\/15599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}