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Summary: content over presentation
Review: An excellent and easily digestible guide suggesting ways to enjoy sportbiking but reduce the risks of oth accidents and tickets.This is not a slick, commercial product by a big name, but a book intended for a relatively local market in Northern and Central California where inexperience combined with challenging conditions and powerful bikes available on easy terms have created a high number of incidents and too many fatalities. However, the advice here is just as relevant on any twisty road and the tips and drills have certainly improved my rising accuracy, cut my reaction times and increased my overall sportbike skills.
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Summary: Contains potentially dangerous misinformation
Review: As a newish rider keen to learn I bought this among many other books. Everything sounded pretty reasonable until Mr Jaehne described trying a corner one gear higher than he had previously been able to manage it and was SURPRISED when it didn't work out! A man who comes off after attempting a corner ten [not one tenth] miles an hour faster than his prevous best and who is surprised should not be teaching. For two really good books try Code's 'Twist II' and Hough's 'Proficient Motorcycling'. As a more experienced rider [I commute through Hong Kong traffic even during typhoons and I keep a CBR900 on the track] I think there is a lot to it - ask Kenny Roberts - Mr Jaehne's pamphlet really doesn't do the subject justice.
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Summary: To the point
Review: As some of the previous reviews point out, this is a pretty slim book. But that's ok, it's brief and to the point. A great read for novices, good summary for intermediates, but advanced squids might be a little disappointed. Good sections on braking and lines and, in my case, a very valuable wet weather section.
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Summary: Beyond MSF
Review: Beyond MSF courses, there's nothing much available but track school or 'Twist of the Wrist"... nice to see something advanced focused on street sport riding.
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Summary: Poorly written and not comprehensive.
Review: First, at 15 bucks for 100 pages of a book that looks like it was printed in your neighbor's garage, this book is overpriced. There are no photographs and only a few crude line drawings. The actual riding advice here is really not advanced at all, and concentrates mostly on weight distribution and line selection--important stuff, but hardly for the advanced rider. A good section on wet weather riding. Here's the real two-star kicker, though: this book is written with the most bizarre language possible. We need a Jaehne-to-English translation. Hardly a single sentence is written without using either BOLDFACED words, underlined, parenthesis, italics, or words in quotes. It appears more like an outline than it does a finished product. Very, very bizarre style and not at all appropriate for an instructional book. He throws in a bit of philosophy on how to get around the highway patrol, which is amusing enough. This should be a free phamplet they give you with a motorcycle safety class, rather than a $15 book. Buy a subscription to Cycle World instead.
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Summary: If You're A Serious Sportbiker, Pass On This One
Review: I bought this in spite of the other (negative) reviews I saw listed. It's a small softbound book, and I gave up on it after 3 pages.
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Summary: This book's OK, but mainly common sense.
Review: I feel that you could get more out of the "Twist of the Wrist" series, where you learn to analyze your riding and think for yourself, than from this book. The author lets you know how bitchin' he is, and then flings some anecdotes and common sense at you. There's some good information, but nothing anyone with an average IQ couldn't figure out after a bit of riding and thinking about what she is doing. If you've got the money to spare, by all means buy the book and support the "how-to riding book" industry. There's always something you can learn from a book like this. I just don't think it's a "Five Star" book. I feel riders sometimes overrate books and videos of this sort because riding is dangerous, and we like to feel that by reading a book or watching a video we have an edge or talisman against disaster. I read/watch every one I find, and this is the least valuable one I own.
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Summary: Great real life experiences. Great for beginners like me
Review: I had purchased a new CBR 600 F4 (My first street bike) 2 days before I recieved my copy of this book in the mail. I already had questions from my first two days of rideing like: How to take a curve (On flat and downhill slopes) safely, what clothing should I wear, and when should I and shouldn't I use my brakes. The book answered these questions for me and a whole lot more (Lots of info on how to ride in the rain if I found myself in that situation also). I'd recommend this book for anybody who wants to learn better technique for rideing on the street. Would love to see a video by Gary S. Jaehne.
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Summary: Informative reading in an easy to read, learn how format
Review: I had the opportunity to read this book at several of the pre-publication stages. It is a well thought out skills book for all levels of riders and passengers. Each skill section is related to a real world riding experience so the reader can actually come away with an understanding of what the author was teaching in that specific section. I highly reccommend this book for those of you who think you know it all and have nothing to learn as well as for the new rider who wants to advance their riding skills. As for the passengers out there I say, "Read this book!" It will enhance your skills as a passenger and make your rides much more fun! Well, that's about it. See you on the road!
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Summary: Better rider than writer!
Review: I hope the author is a better rider than writer. The writing style is really weird. Every other word is underlined or in bold, which makes it somewhat irritating to read. However, the book gives you quite a few tips and tricks on how to improve your riding with todays sportbikes, on the public road. It would have been a better book if the author would have used more pictures or drawings to explain his techniques. I think pictures make stuff a little easier to understand, especially if someone tries to explain something to you. Like the old saying: "A picture tells more than a thousand words". The books main focus lies on how to use your brakes in curves, to distribute the weight ratio of front and rear wheel more evenly. This is especially pointed out in the rain riding section of the book. Overall a fairly good book with some funny lines and also thoughful real life experience, but lacking some helpful pics.
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