Book Review
Book Review - Sport Riding Techniques
From the publisher:
Contemporary sport bikes accelerate faster, brake harder, and slice through corners deeper than ever before. These technologically advanced motorcycles are exhilarating to ride, but to really get the most out of your motorcycle's performance capabilities you need to develop your own personal performance. You need to take your skills to the next level.
Publisher:
David Bull Publishing
Copyright:
2003
ISBN:
1893618072
Pages:
128
Price:
24.95
Synopsis:
From the publisher:
Contemporary sport bikes accelerate faster, brake harder, and slice through corners deeper than ever before. These technologically advanced motorcycles are exhilarating to ride, but to really get the most out of your motorcycle's performance capabilities you need to develop your own personal performance. You need to take your skills to the next level.
Now, in this book written specifically for sport riders, well-known journalist, racer, and riding school instructor Nick Ienatsch provides you with the tools and techniques to help you analyze and develop that personal performance.
If you're an experienced rider, Nick will help you hone and perfect your skills, operate controls with even greater finesse, and apply race-proven techniques on the track. If you're a beginning rider, Nick will show you how to develop proper skills and safety habits that will add to your motorcycling enjoyment and stay with you for the rest of your life.
Review:
Nick Ienatsch has raced and ridden the top street and race motorcycles as a journalist and racer.
This book has top-notch photography and illustrations including new photos and some great shots of famous racers.
The text covers all aspects of riding a motorcycle including the mental control required and physical control including barking, counter-steering and proper body position. The material is presented in concise yet understandable terms with examples that really make this a valuable learning tool.
The following is a synopsis of some of the key concepts required to ride safely and efficiently that are expressed in this book.
Master your motorcycle – practice and continue learning how to maximize your control of your motorcycle. Learn your limits as well as those of your motorcycle.
Mental Control – Know when to chill and when you can go fast. Analyze traffic hazards, road conditions and potential hazards. If you are unfamiliar with a road CHILL it’s not a race. The more familiar you become with a section of road the more relaxed you will be and the more fun you will have riding.
Ride “the pace” – Limit your speed on the straights and have fun in the corners. There are too many single bike accidents caused by riding too fast and exceeding their skill level or riders exercising poor judgment about the surface conditions.
This is not a book you want to read once and put away, it can be a valuable training reference that you con continue to refer to as your skills progress. I recommend this book for both new and experienced riders alike.
Book Review - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
This is one of my all-time favorite books, a classic.
While it's not strictly a motorcycle book, it's all about the nature of getting into the "zone" - whether it be riding, working on your bike, or building a piece of furniture, it's all about focus and being absorbed in what you are doing at the time - not worrying about your job, your chores, the dentist appointment, your test scores, etc.
Persig takes a motorcycle journey with his son, and along the way, delves into the nature of 'quality' - what it is, how it is attained, and things that work against it.
ISBN:
0688002307
Pages:
432
Price:
17.16
Review:
This is one of my all-time favorite books, a classic.
While it's not strictly a motorcycle book, it's all about the nature of getting into the "zone" - whether it be riding, working on your bike, or building a piece of furniture, it's all about focus and being absorbed in what you are doing at the time - not worrying about your job, your chores, the dentist appointment, your test scores, etc.
Persig takes a motorcycle journey with his son, and along the way, delves into the nature of 'quality' - what it is, how it is attained, and things that work against it.
A very entertaining read!
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