About the Author

Born March 29, 1957 at Montereau in the department Seine-et-Marne, France, Pascal Szymezak, a journalist who specializes in motorcycles, began by collaborating with various periodicals and magazines related to motorcycling and motorcycle travel. He later became editor in chief for a monthly magazine that focused on the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the new American models, the bikes' history and trips through the country. Since 1987 he has edited the Nice-Matin's weekly column on motorcycles, and he collaborates with Hachette on the Harley-Davidson motorcycle collection, and on the Joe Bar Team moto collection. He is the author and coauthor of various books on Harley-Davidson motorcycles, which he has regularly used since 1989 for his journeys through the American West and Far West. Since 1984 he has frequently visited the United States, not only for large scale Harley-Davidson events such as Bike Week at Daytona Beach and the Sturgis and Laughlin rallies, but also to produce documentaries on Harley-Davidson models in Milwaukee, New York and Kansas City and on customization specialists throughout the US from California to Florida, and even in Europe. He currently travels on a customized Harley-Davidson Softail Fat Boy 88 cubic inch (1450 cc).