Indian Larry: Chopper Shaman - Tapa blanda

Biker, bank robber, heroin addict, Indian Larry filled all these rolls in his too short life but he also filled other rolls like lover, healer, mystic, and artist shortly before his untimly death in 2004. This paperback edition of the hardback book chronicles his incredible journey through his early outlaw years to his rise to the top of the chopper world. Indian larry Desmedt is best remembered for his remarkable custom motorcycles, wild tattoos, and his love for building and riding rolling art, including the Indian motorcycle he rode ceaslessly through New York that gave him his name. Eritten by the two people who knew him best, this book is full of photographs documenting a uniquely colourful life, from his humble beginnings to international stardom in the world of custom bikes, from his life as a petty criminal doing abnk robberies, prison time, spiral into heroin addiction, and his rebirth in 1994 as the spiritual bike builder revered by so many riders and builders around the world - and running through it all the love of hot rods and motorcycles that finally bought him happpiness, making this a book sure to appeal to any chopper rider, custom bike enthusiast. an interesting and fascinating look into the life and times of this exra-ordinary, rather larger than life character. With mroe than 250 photographs many of them excellently detailed shots of fantastically exquisite bikes alongside candid snps depicting the life and times of this one-off rather inspirational man. --Pinstriping UK, March, 2010