[inspiron]

Rating:

***** = a must read
**** = definitely worth reading
*** = had some valuable information
** = didn't have much that I could relate to
* = waste of money

***** Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well by David L. Hough

A must read – describes most everything you need to know about riding on the street.

**** More Proficient Motorcycling : Mastering the Ride by Daivd L. Hough

Definitely worth reading – but not quite as good as the original.

**** Total Control: High-Performance Street Riding Techniques by Lee Parks

Definitely worth reading – has a very good description of the physics of motorcycles, and how the suspension works.

** Soft Science of Road Racing Motorcycles by Keith Code

Didn’t have much that I could relate to – it is very much focused on track racing, how to lower your lap times, etc. As a normal street biker, there wasn’t much that I could relate to in my daily riding.

 

[inspiron]

On my table for this winter:

Sport Riding Techniques: How To Develop Real World Skills for Speed, Safety, and Confidence on the Street and Track by Nick Ienatsch

 

[leonidas]

Safty & skill building reading

Motorcycle Riding Tips, Safety Training & Racing Techniques at Sport Rider

For Car Drivers

Motorcycle Safety Site

The MegaRider website

SQUID PURITY TEST

What is countersteering?

Superbike School :: No B.S. Machine

Cornering Control Part 1 by David Hough - Motorcycle Riding Skills, Education

 

[Tab B.]

Not skills oriented,,, but it is, in a different way.
Kevin Cameron's "Sportbike Peformance Handbook"
This has become my "go-to" book for when I want to work on, or mod my bike.
Not so much a how to for specific machines, but helps lay the ground work for why lots of things are done on a bike. Kevin is probably my biggest influence in helping my old gixxer age {mechanically} as well as it has.

 

[Porcelina Goddess]

Motorcycling for Dummies -- not a bad read considering I knew nothing about it beforehand.

 

[Danthedawgfan]

Motorcycling for Dummies -- not a bad read considering I knew nothing about it beforehand.

And what do you know now?

 

[Porcelina Goddess]

Well, it was what got me thinking what type of bike I'd even go for, and then gave me models for beginners I can look at. Plus it has a whole chapter on how to keep the bike in shape, like step-by-step guides to changing oil, etc.



And a nifty little cheat sheet that I can rip out and take with me wherever I want. *folds arms over chest and glares at dan*


lol

 

[Danthedawgfan]

Well well, I guess that puts you ahead of 90% of the rest of us. lol

I know that glare is more of stare with batting eyelashes anyway. hehehe

 

[inspiron]

Motorcycling for Dummies -- not a bad read considering I knew nothing about it beforehand.

What did it say?

"Go spend your spare time surfing Motorcycle-Journal.com and you'll do fine." ???

 

[Porcelina Goddess]

What did it say?

"Go spend your spare time surfing Motorcycle-Journal.com and you'll do fine." ???

*flips thru the book like Jonny No. 5 from Short Circuit* Nope. It doesn't say that. But I bet you wrote that in the margain of yours :roll:

 

[Danthedawgfan]

Mine says to surf Motorcycle-Journal all of the time, work, and sleep in my spare time. So far I'm upholding a good standard...

 

[ricketycricket]

what is this "reading" you guys are speaking of...

 

[omegajim]

it's something old timers do in between working on the computer at work, working on the computer at home, watching tv, and listening to podcasts on the way to work and the way back home.

so I've been told.

 

[E.Z.]

New to the forum. Last bike before my 09 Voyager (my first V-twin) was a Yamaha XS11 Midnight Special. Very different technique needed to ride well. The book that helped me make the transition to cruisers was Maximum Control. Teaches how to ride cruisers, full dressers and touring bikes, the heavy weight bikes.

 

[Incredible78]

Good to know...

 

[RaptorFA]

Rating:

***** = a must read
**** = definitely worth reading
*** = had some valuable information
** = didn't have much that I could relate to
* = waste of money

***** Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well by David L. Hough

A must read – describes most everything you need to know about riding on the street.

**** More Proficient Motorcycling : Mastering the Ride by Daivd L. Hough

Definitely worth reading – but not quite as good as the original.

**** Total Control: High-Performance Street Riding Techniques by Lee Parks

Definitely worth reading – has a very good description of the physics of motorcycles, and how the suspension works.

** Soft Science of Road Racing Motorcycles by Keith Code

Didn’t have much that I could relate to – it is very much focused on track racing, how to lower your lap times, etc. As a normal street biker, there wasn’t much that I could relate to in my daily riding.

It's amazing to me that all these years later these are STILL the best instructional reads out there! Some things just can't be improved upon...