The Complete Guide To Motorcycle Mechanics

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Summary: Deisgned fo a particular task, not for the masses..
Review: As a graduate of MMI, I know the book well. It was designed to supplement the lecture given in the first 6 weeks of school. It was written at a very basic level, since many MMI students have no prior experience (that's why they're in school), and students would be overwhelmed by too much technical information in the first 6 weeks of what is 13 months of training. The book is not useful as an informational tool for a non-student, and is priced high due to limited distribution (check the price of an average college textbook- same reason.) The book is the right tool for it's intended application (the MMI beginning student), but the wrong tool for anything else.

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Summary: Not that complete, certainly not a guide
Review: At best this book explains the fundamental operation of common motorcycle parts: fork action, the 4 stroke cycle, etc. It reads like an 8th grader's textbook and is not in depth enough to be put to any practical use. I bought the book blindly, expecting it to be in depth to some degree (it was THE textbook for MMI at the time, after all). What a dissapointment.

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Summary: In a word.....Bad
Review: With a misleading title like that (and a price like that), this book is bound to disapoint the reader. The most shocking feature of this awful book is the quality of the pictures. There are far better books out there covering the same subject at half the price and 10 times the quality.