Coming Alive on the Ride

When author Michael Yang bought his first motorcycle, he was a 15 year-old who’d just moved to America. He knew little English and had few friends. Still, whenever he rode that green Yamaha, he felt more in touch with life’s possibilities. The bike was stolen a few months later, but Yang never forgot the feeling. It wasn’t until he was in his 40s that Yang got back on a motorcycle. By then, he’d settled into Silicon Valley amidst the technology revolution; and founded, scaled, and sold a half-billion-dollar tech startup. Life was a blur until he revved up his adventure bike. Coming Alive on the Ride narrates more than 40,000 miles of Yang’s travels, from the California coast to the upper reaches of Alaska, to Canada’s far eastern edge, and more. Yang’s inspiring memoir reminds readers that, when we slow down and tune in our senses, adventure inspires and instructs the way nothing else can.