Berk's Works

 

Published articles and books!

Destinations!

 

Motorcycle Classics Feature Articles


Buchanan's Spoke and Rim
The Magnificent Mustangs
The MotoDoffo Collection
Griffith Park Sidecar Rally
Riding Royal Enfields in Baja
Military Mission: 1942 Indian 741
Steve's Stunning Seca
The Janus Halcyon 450
Bill's Old Bike Barn
1913 Thor Model U
Jerry and the Jersey Devil

 

Motorcycle Classics Destinations


Baja
Columbia River Gorge
San Felipe, Mexico
Bisbee
Newcomb's Ranch
Devils Punchbowl, California
Pinnacles National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Five Sierra Nevada Passes
USS Alabama
Arches National Park
Big Bear
Black Hills and Badlands
Utah Highways 12 and 24
Crater Lake
Dahlonega
Death Valley
Devils Tower National Monument
The Emerald Coast
The ExtraTerrestrial Highway
Fort Ticonderoga
Genoa, Nevada
Grand Teton National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Glendora Ridge Road
The National Motorcycle Museum
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area
California Highway 58
The Loneliest Road in America
Lake Isabella
Joshua Tree National Park
Kelly's Olympian Bar and Grill
Laughlin
Manzanar National Historic Site
Marcus Dairy
Memphis
USS Midway
New Orleans
Oatman
Oregon Coast Highway
The Owens Collection
Pacific Coast Highway
The Rock Store
Sedona
Solvang Motorcycle Museum
Tillamook Air Museum
Wheelie Nelson
Zion National Park
Flaming Gorge
New Hope
The Nethercutt Museum
Sandy Hook and the Atlantic Highlands
Mesa Verde National Park
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Tecate, Mexico
Petrified Forest National Park
AMA Hall of Fame Museum
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Seattle Museum of Flight
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Golden Spike National Historic Park
Hearst Castle
La Purisima Mission
Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site
A Santa Cruz Mountains Loop
Tulsa and the Green Country
The Patton Museum
Chattanooga and Chickamauga
Sacramento and Railroad Museum
Badlands National Park
Lyon Air Museum
Niagara Falls and Buffalo
Steamtown National Historic Site
Estrella Warbird Museum
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum
Cedar Breaks National Park
The Franklin Auto Museum
The Flight 93 National Memorial
Gettysburg National Military Park
New Jersey Pine Barrens
Hershey Pennsylvania
Pima Air and Space Museum

 

RoadRUNNER Feature Articles


Keeping Up with Indiana Jones: A Ride Across China
The Chinese Motorcycle Industry

 

Rider Feature Articles


Motors - The Best Job On The Force

 

ADVMoto Articles


Leading Baja Tours
The Janus Baja Run

 

The Books!


It's nothing less than the best riding on the planet, and this book has it all. The focus in this full-color, high-resolution book is on the photography, the destinations, the whales, the cave paintings, the food, the roads, the missions, and the best that Baja has to offer. If you're thinking about riding Baja, you need this book!


Buy 5K@8K here!

 

The original book on the RX3. It's great, but don't take my word for it. Click on the link above and see what the people who bought it had to say!

Buy Moto Colombia here!

 

Wow, 8 days running from sea level to 14,000 feet in Colombia, seeing and going places we couldn't have visited just a few years ago!

Buy Riding China here!

 

Chasing Indiana Jones on a 6,000-mile ride across China. The Tibetan Plateau, the Gobi Desert, the Terra Cotta soldiers, forbidden regions, and more!

Buy Destinations here!

 

The best rides and destinations in the US and Baja, torn from the pages of Motorcycle Classics magazine!  Color, B&W, and Kindle options!

Buy Police Notorcycles here!

 

Kawasaki, Honda, Harley, Indian, police bikes, wartime bikes, and more. Ever wonder what it takes to be a motor officer? It's all explained here!

Buy The Gatling Gun here!

 

The Gatling Gun starts with Dr. Gatling's invention of this amazing weapon in 1872, progresses through post-World War II's need for higher firing rates, and continues to today's Vulcans, MiniGuns, and A-10 cannons. It's a great story!

Buy Unleashing Engineering Creativity!

 

Did you know our creativity peaks in kindergarten and goes down from there? There are techniques you can use to get it back though, and Unleashing Engineering Creativity covers 16 great ways to do so!

Buy Delivery Performance Improvement!

 

Manufacturing organizations frequently run delinquent to their production schedules. There's a six-pack of reasons why. This books explains how to get back on schedule and how to stay on schedule!

Buy Quality Management!

 

Another common manufacturing challenge is poor quality. Quality Management for the Technology Sector explores the factors responsible for nonconformances, and explains how to eliminate them!

Buy Cost Reduction!

 

Every organization can reduce its manufacturing costs without sacrificing quality, and every organization has a responsibiity to do so. If you want to realize rapid cost reduction, this is the book for you!

Buy Managing Effectively!

 

New managers often face significant challenges in making the transition from worker to leader. Managing Effectively has been guiding new managers (and those who want to be) for more than 25 years!

Buy Systems Failure Analysis!

 

Unearthing the root causes of failures in complex systems is a significant engineering and management challenge. Systems Failure Analysis provides a proven methodology for effective root cause failure analysis.