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The Bostrom Conspiracy: The True UNTOLD Story of America's Top Motorcycle Racers Ben Bostrom & Eric Bostrom and Their Crime Family | 
 enlarge | Author: J.y. Johnny
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 150630
Media: Paperback
Pages: 294
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1419666444
Dewey Decimal Number: 364
EAN: 9781419666445
ASIN: 1419666444
Publication Date: July 2, 2007
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Product Description
Read the true crime story of J.Y. Johnny's father and the father of America's famous motorcycle road racing brothers Ben and Eric Bostrom. See how the Bostrom's tight knit family eluded the San Francisco Police Dept. while Ben and Eric climbed the ladder to fame and fortune experiencing a meteoric rise to ROC star status. Experience a world of deception crimes and lies. A story of a secret background of stolen motorcycles and stolen cars along with cocaine sales and drug use spanning over 20 years. This book will take readers far beyond the world of motorcycles and racing. You will have to grip the handlebars tightly as you ride along through the pages on an adventure filled with excitement, laughter, tragedy and death. One of the best true crime stories to come out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Gear up for the ride of your life, because The Bostrom Conspiracy ROC'S from start to finish.
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 Too Many Grammar Mistakes May 31, 2008
Sascha (Rockford, IL USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would have given this book 3 stars if it weren't for all the grammar mistakes. I am a stickler for such things...
Anyway, the story is very interesting and gives a detailed peak into the world of junkyards. However, the "evidence" is circumstantial at best and clearly Junkyard Jonny has issues with Ben and Eric Bostrom, though the book never fully explains why. The stories detailed between the pages do little to offer an explanation for the author's disdain of the racing brothers. It's easy to understand what Junkyard Jonny may have against the patriarch of the Bostrom family, but why he continues to attack the kids is unclear. Afterall, they were small children when the author's story first begins. Junkyard Jonny obviously feels that Ben and Eric sould suffer the sins of their father.
On that note, it should be mentioned again that, while some actions detailed in the book are definitely unethical, it's near-impossible to prove the validity of the author's statements. Whether or not Dave Bostrom was involved in "stealing" Rainey's GP Yamaha can never really be proven. I find it unlikely, but loved the story nonetheless - as a work of fiction.
This book was relatively quick to read and is probably worth the time for most die-hard motorcycle enthusiasts (no pictures though). However, one must take everything he/she reads with a heaping boulder of salt...
 Racing fans most read this book! November 27, 2007
J. W. Mcabee (Seattle, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been following the Bostrom brothers ever since I got into racing as a kid. JY Johnny really opened my eyes to the history of my childhood heroes and the darker side of the motorcycle business. I recommend this book to all racing fans young and old.
All Hail the Salvage Squad! November 1, 2007
Ronnie88 (CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I heard buzz on this book through a street bike forum and got curious. Everyone said this book was a public bashing of the BozBros, and pretty much personally attacked the author but never mentioned what they even thought of the book. They all sounded like they didn't even read it. Being a racing fan and particularly a fan of Ben (cause he's just so hot) I read it myself. Ulridge was wrong in his "review"; everything that you need to know is not in just the semi paragraph that mentions his name (vain much?). I like many others I first thought that Johnny was a pissed off fan who never made it big or a disgruntled employee, but this is more a book about a kid working for his loser step dad that ran into the Bostrom's dirty laundry through family connections. Johnny throws in some pretty funny stories about these crazy characters that remind me why I love to ride. People question its believability? Why? Is this the first time you found out that famous rich people are big fat criminals? The BozBros would be stupid to sue. Johnny is causing so much free publicity. To all of you people on the forums and blogs that have been judging the book without reading it, read it for yourself.
A really good book October 31, 2007
Dan-o (CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a insightful view into the world, or underworld, of the motorcycle business. As a racing fan, and insider in the business, I found this book to be very accurate to the experiences I have had working within the motorcycle racket. This book touches little ground in respect to Ben and Eric's rise to the top of the American racing scene and does not, in my opinion, slander these guys in any way. Instead, this book exposes the workings of the darker side of the motorcycle dealership and salvage business, and how these boys rose from the shadows to achieve their own successes. A very good read for any enthusiast.
Come on in and smell the grease... October 21, 2007
Bradrcr
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
From the title, I did expect this to be 90% Bostrom bros lives, but it's more in line with what the back cover says about the true life of JY Johnny. This might disappoint some, but I grew up with a lot of weekends in and out of part shops (mostly cars), and for those of us that hung out with mechanics and spent our time tinkering, this is a very easy read to get into. It's pretty easy to see your old racing and stoner friends from high school here. Skirting around the lives of the Bostroms and their wonderful father is pretty interesting. There's decent meat in here about a stolen race bike of Wayne Rainey's, the Bostrom kids sitting in on secret meetings and some mafia type stuff about vehicle and title laundering to help the Bostrom's dad's dealerships with the Insurance Co's and IRS. After working in car dealerships for a long time, it's nice to see that the motorcycle dealerships were full of just as many screwed up and shady characters. Suggest it for any old 'homegrown mechanics'.
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