In 1995, Carla King takes a job as a test rider for a company who wants to import a Russian sidecar motorcycle for the American market, thus spending four months breaking down in small towns all around the USA and becoming an expert mechanic. In 1998, she sets off on an illegal journey across China at the invitation of a group of expat American bikers, with similar consequences. In turns hilarious, horrifying, and incredibly suspenseful, these tales of resourcefulness, optimism, and stoicism will either cure you of wanderlust or inspire you to ride off into your own sunset.