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Summary: Save your money
Review: Amazon offers several great books that will help you improve your riding and street survival skills - unfortunately, this book is not one of them. The author's ego and lack of knowledge have produced a book with few meaningful insights into sport riding. You will be better served by any of the excellent instructional books from Keith Code, David L. Hough, Nick Ienatsch or Lee Parks.
Rating:
Summary: Save your money
Review: Amazon offers several great books that will help you improve your riding and street survival skills - unfortunately, this book is not one of them. The author's ego and lack of knowledge have produced a book with few meaningful insights into sport riding. You will be better served by any of the excellent instructional books from Keith Code, David L. Hough, Nick Ienatsch or Lee Parks.
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Summary: Lots of insights on riding, and AWESOME suspension section!
Review: Doing more and more trackdays with my CBR929 these days I'm always looking for new resources to find tips on improving my riding. Many of the existing how-to books have been helpful in my riding improving but I found that the deeper look that the author provides on some more advanced techniques in this second generation Sportbiking 2 book are right on the money. Trail braking is something I've wanted to try to learn to master and I found the detailed description of the exact process in this book will really help me in putting it to use at my next trackday.Being over 220 pounds I've always known that the suspension my my 929 could be improved but didn't have a lot of comfort in messing with it. I was always afraid I'd only make it worse. I was stoked to see an entire section of this book devoted to explaining the exact steps that I need to do to make my suspension right. The info was very clearly written and with a friends help we did all the settings and I was really amazed at the improvement. Good stuff!
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Summary: Lots of insights on riding, and AWESOME suspension section!
Review: Doing more and more trackdays with my CBR929 these days I'm always looking for new resources to find tips on improving my riding. Many of the existing how-to books have been helpful in my riding improving but I found that the deeper look that the author provides on some more advanced techniques in this second generation Sportbiking 2 book are right on the money. Trail braking is something I've wanted to try to learn to master and I found the detailed description of the exact process in this book will really help me in putting it to use at my next trackday. Being over 220 pounds I've always known that the suspension my my 929 could be improved but didn't have a lot of comfort in messing with it. I was always afraid I'd only make it worse. I was stoked to see an entire section of this book devoted to explaining the exact steps that I need to do to make my suspension right. The info was very clearly written and with a friends help we did all the settings and I was really amazed at the improvement. Good stuff!
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Summary: Excellent suspension concept and setup information!
Review: I found a good mixture of riding techniques and suspension setup information in this book. I liked finding the combination all in one place. I hadn't had much luck in gettting my R1 to handle like I'd hoped, even though I tried turning some of the adjusters. I realized I needed help figuring out more about the concepts of how suspension worked and a plan on what I needed to do to get it right. I found the chapters on suspension in this book were written in an easy to follow way that I could understand. The suspension setup process was described as step by step, with a lot of good explanation of the whys of how it all worked too. Not having much experience with suspension that was a big plus for me. The difference in the handling of my R1 alone after following the suspension setup instuctions, made this book well worth the cost. It doesn't rain that much here in Arizona, but if it does the really detailed rain riding section provided in the back of the book certainly has left me better prepared for it. I haven't seen this topic covered in such great detail in any other books.
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Summary: Not much for the money
Review: I haven't read Gary's first volume, but this one is good stuff. Divided into three sections, the first is good information along the lines of Code's book on sportbike riding. The third section is very good information you won't find elsewhere on riding in the rain - not just how to, but why you should. As I say, good stuff. It's the second section on suspension tuning that is the real gem. You won't believe how much more fun and in control you'll feel by giving your bike a perfect set up. These 53 pages will not only show you how to set up suspension, but explain how the systems work, their design, and the engineering theory and practice behind them. Learning how the systems work is a great help in getting a feel for what you're looking for as you tune your own bike's suspension. I've been riding the bikes and reading the magazines for 20 years, but it's only after learning suspensions from Mr. Jaehne that I really feel I know more about bikes than 99% of any motorcycle enthusiast I'm likely to meet.
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Summary: Great help in suspension tuning!
Review: I haven't read Gary's first volume, but this one is good stuff. Divided into three sections, the first is good information along the lines of Code's book on sportbike riding. The third section is very good information you won't find elsewhere on riding in the rain - not just how to, but why you should. As I say, good stuff. It's the second section on suspension tuning that is the real gem. You won't believe how much more fun and in control you'll feel by giving your bike a perfect set up. These 53 pages will not only show you how to set up suspension, but explain how the systems work, their design, and the engineering theory and practice behind them. Learning how the systems work is a great help in getting a feel for what you're looking for as you tune your own bike's suspension. I've been riding the bikes and reading the magazines for 20 years, but it's only after learning suspensions from Mr. Jaehne that I really feel I know more about bikes than 99% of any motorcycle enthusiast I'm likely to meet.
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Summary: Excellent suspension concept and setup information!
Review: I was disapointed and could not learn much from it. I didn't like the writing style - very distracting - and concepts - confusing. Try Twist of the Wrist II from Keith Code and/or Sport Riding Techniques from Nick Ienatsch. Those are good investment.
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Summary: Don't expect too much
Review: I was disapointed and could not learn much from it. I didn't like the writing style - very distracting - and concepts - confusing. Try Twist of the Wrist II from Keith Code and/or Sport Riding Techniques from Nick Ienatsch. Those are good investment.
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Summary: Great resource for taking it to the track!
Review: I'd heard about this book from a friend, and when I got a copy and began reading it I found that it includes a really good mix of serious info about performance riding skills combined with some really easy to follow instructions that helped me in setting up the suspension on my Ducati 996. Even though I'm not a great wrench my buddies and I were able to get our bike's working amazingly better by following the suspension setup steps from the book. The combination of info that the author put into this little book is something that's started to fill some of the gaps that I've found in my own knowledge since I started getting off the street last year and testing my riding at a few track days. I'd suggest this book to riders that want to know more about how to make themselves and their bike better prepared for going fast. I found it to be good stuff that opens the door and made me think more about my own riding.
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