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Summary: Lots of good stuff from a small book
Review: I'd read a review of this book in the latest copy of Motorcycle Consumer News and from the good things they said about it, I decided to get a copy. The book is easy to read and offers a lot of ideas on street riding issues that I haven't seen discussed in any other books on motorcycling. The book is a good mixture of racer proven techniques that are directed in a way that applies to riding in the hills and ideas on how to improve the chances of survival while doing it. It rains a lot here in Seattle and the tips I've read (and plan on trying soon) in the special Rain Riding section will come in handy. The short stories that recount riding experiences in each skill segment area were helpful for me to see how applying them would work. The book is small and to the point which made it a quick read that left me with a lot of things to take out and begin trying on my new R6.
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Summary: Liked the fresh approach and no BS riding techniques
Review: I've come from standard bikes into riding sportbikes only recently and was looking for another resource for adding to my riding skills. I'd heard some good comments from a friend that had bought this book and recommended it to me so I bought it. I found that though this book was only around a hundred pages the information was very valid to the things I've experienced in my own riding on the street. I liked the fact that the information was so relevant to street riding especially the actual riding experience examples that the author included. I found lots of things that have helped me in my riding and continue to refer to the book on a regular basis before going out on weekend rides with friends.
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Summary: Very Pratical
Review: If you have read a lot of books on riding, taken several riding courses, or gotton advice from your track day friends, this book will not provide a great deal of new material to your knowledge base. However, you should still read it. Why? It presents all that information in on place and deliver's it in a format pratical for actual canyon rides. This is kind of a driving manual you should read about once a month until it becomes second nature. If you pass the test at the beginning you like to ride fast and this book will help you do it safer, helping a little to spare your fellow riders and the public of any more carnage and increasing the fun factor.
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Summary: Read it if you can get it at the library, but don't buy it
Review: Incredibly over-priced! This book couldn't have taken him longer than a day to write (as the poor editing and horrible style suggests).I was able to pick up about 5 new "tips" to help me with general safety, but just not enough content. Frankly, he should just stick to riding a bike and stay away from his word processor. Or hire a freakin' editor for crying out loud! On a positive note, he did provide numerous "real-world" anecdotes where he described rides where certain "close calls" occurred and how he managed to avoid disaster. There was also a good section of the book dedicated to riding in the rain.
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Summary: This is not my real world
Review: Mr. Jaehne would appear to be some kind of local semi-celebrity among San Francisco-area weekend canyon carvers. This book is his self-published manifesto. Depending on how starved you are for books on motorcycling, this could be of passing interest or just a waste of time. The "real world" here consists of zipping through mountain twisties at 80 or 120 MPH. Among his tips are what kind of clothing to wear to avoid excessive injury from the inevitable crashes you will experience, and also how to avoid the police who will not appreciate your activities. His rain riding section describes how to continue your high speed canyon trips even in wet weather. For the more sane among us who mostly use our bikes for commuting, I would recommend Hough's "Proficient Motorcycling" for overall technique and rain riding, and the MSF book for explanations of traction, braking effects, and the like. Unlike others, I didn't find Jaehne's writing style all that incomprehensible. It is obviously not professionally edited, and he uses his share of all caps and underscores, but it is reasonably clear. The problem is the slim and questionable content of what he has to say. You may notice that the publisher is "Brentwood Christian Press." A quick net search revealed that this is a vanity press specializing in self-published inspirational books, but if you pay them, they will publish anything.
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Summary: Great book from a well respected rider.
Review: Over the past 5 years I have had many great rides with the author of this book. He is an extremely talented rider and he shares his skills in this book with great enthusiasm. Anyone who rides a motorcycle would definitely benefit from this book.
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Summary: Educational and FUN reading, for any sportbike enthusiast!
Review: Received my copy of the book today. It is great! My wife had to separate the book from my hands to get me to the dinner table. I can't wait to finish.
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Summary: Simple and Concise Book
Review: The book *IS* small, but it is simple and to the point. The concepts are not so advanced as to require a massive encyclopedic volume anyway! Real world tips and techniques for improving your high performance Real World riding. The author adds in alot of very interesting examples from his own experiences to help support the theory with reality. You wont get a big thick book. But rest assured, you wont get the pathetic and patronizing confusion of a Keith Code writing calamity either.
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Summary: Simple and Concise Book
Review: The book *IS* small, but it is simple and to the point. The concepts are not so advanced as to require a massive encyclopedic volume anyway! Real world tips and techniques for improving your high performance Real World riding. The author adds in alot of very interesting examples from his own experiences to help support the theory with reality. You wont get a big thick book. But rest assured, you wont get the pathetic and patronizing confusion of a Keith Code writing calamity either.
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Summary: A refreshing change that takes it to the "streets"
Review: The number of books on the market that address the riding skills needed for riding high performance bikes is fairly limited. When I got my first sportbike, I'd borrowed a copy of the second TWIST book from a friend but found it lacking for me in that I wanted something more related to the street riding skills that I'm trying to conquer. I found that this SPORTBIKING book supplied many of the answers that I was looking for and hadn't been able to get from the racetrack stuff in Code's book. It makes sense that to learn to ride better on the street reading a book that directly talks in those terms is a good resource. The book is written in an entertaining way that makes the reading fun while being educational. The actual personal riding experiences that the author combines with each individual riding technique in the book, helped me alot in being able to see the way that each form of bike handling technique could help me in my own riding. I also enjoyed the refreshing viewpoints that the author presents inside. I've already started applying some of the methods I've read in the book to my riding and been amazed at the instant improvements that I've seen. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for some fun reading and to step up their own riding skills. A definite five star effort!
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