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date : August 9th, 2011Motorcycles
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Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well
This fresh update of the world‘s best introduction to safe street-riding techniques now marries color imagery and contemporary road scenes with expanded content and more real road hazard strategies written in clear, concise,easy-to follow instruction that has made the book #1.
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It’s a keeper..,
As a born-again motorcyclist (22 years ago I gave up the saddle when my daughter was born, after 8 years of self-taught riding), I read everything I could find about riding technique, style, and strategy. Including the Dummy books, superbike/ego books, brandname books, and a host of others. I re-discovered some old friends from Road Rider magazine, which had morphed into the consumer-oriented Motorcycle Consumer News. There I also discovered David Hough’s “Proficient Motorcycling” column, which immediately appealed to me on several levels: he’s an unassuming writer with understated yet direct style; his topics were relevant to all skill levels; and, he discussed the minutiae of riding with clarity, consistency, and conciseness. Everything I’d been looking for to re-educate myself on the now unfamiliar world of motorcycling. When I learned this book–a compilation of years of articles and updates–was pending, I immediately pre-ordered it. Yes, this time around I’ve signed up for the MSF course–but this is the book I’ll keep for reference and review.
If you are a born-again, or just starting out on a motorcycle, this book will go far toward putting everything into a natural perspective. For the cost of about four issues of Motorcycle Consumer News, I have decade’s worth of words that help me intimately understand exactly what I’m doing on two wheels.
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|If you ride, you should own it.,
This is the best general introduction to safe street riding techniques on the market — even better than the MSF’s “Motorcycling Excellence,” though new riders should read that too. Based on the long running “Proficient Motorcycling” column that appeared first in “Road Rider” and then in its spinoff “Motorcycle Consumer News,” the book covers everything from the physics to the gear to the protocols of group riding. The author is a much better writer than the typical bike scribe. The information is sound throughout. It should be on every biker’s bookshelf, and I strongly recommend reviewing it at the beginning of each riding season. This man’s advice has undoubtedly saved lives. Make one of them yours.
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