Mastering the Ride: More Proficient Motorcycling, 2nd Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935484869 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
For motorcyclists ready to take their rides to the next level, Mastering the Ride is an exhilarating course in skills, safety, and common sense. Hough’s writing style is straightforward and conversational, never professorial, preachy, or boring. The book devotes two full chapters to the skills involved in mastering cornering, with specific advice about rolling on and off the throttle, shifting, braking, countersteering, body steering and positioning, and cornering lines.In the chapter Mastering the Art of Conspicuity,” Hough recommends riders understand and employ conspicuity, that is understanding how motorcyclists and car drivers see their surroundings and getting others to see you on the road by use of hi-viz clothing, LED lights, and other gear. As Eric Trow, a motorcycle safety journalist and instructor states on the back cover, Mastering the Ride should be required reading for every road-going motorcyclist and become the companion of any rid
David’s daily motorcycle commutes through city traffic for twenty-five years led him to write articles about riding skills and accident avoidance tactics. His work has appeared in numerous motorcycle publications, but he is best known for the monthly skills series Proficient Motorcycling” in Motorcycle Consumer News, which has been honored by special awards f
Hough is a longtime motorcyclist and journalist who has traveled extensively by motorcycle throughout North America and Europe. About the AuthorDavid L. His work has appeared in numerous motorcycle publications, but he is best known for the monthly skills series Proficient Motorcycling” in Motorcycle Consumer News, which has been honored by special awards from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.David has been employed professionally as a technical illustrator, photographer, and instructional graphics specialist, so it is natural that his articles are profusely illustrated by photos and drawings, all of which he creates himself.In
A real good read Steve Benedict Some of the comments have complained that this book overlaps his earlier book ("Proficient Motorcycling"): they discuss the same subject, but to different audiences (this is for more experienced riders)--so of course there will be overlap. So, should you get both like I did?If you are new to cycling--especially 2 wheelers--you need to get a lot of absolutely critical information into your mind so deeply that you don't think about it and then remember things: there is no time for that. It has to be second nature: yo. A fine book but more discursive than instructional in tone compared to Motorcycling the right way by Ken Condon John Crossland Good book but I found it more verbose than Motorcycling the right way by Ken Condon. I'll still buy and read the authors other motorcycling books, because I'm interested in learning as much as I can. But ultimately I find biking is a bit like golfing. You can read a lot about it but I find that I'll probably learn more by practising, especially with training. I took a day long course recently that pushed my riding skills riding into strong headwinds and strong crosswinds. Reading about the technique needed helped, . For better motorcycling I have riding 10 years, But having no lecture about motorcycling.this book very helpful to me. with this Book, I riding my motorcycle with pleasure, less afraid and Have a relax on the twisted Road