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Summary: Useful for road and touring riders as well.
Review: Although clearly written for the high-performance and/or racing addict, "Twist of the Wrist 2" is highly useful to help road and touring riders get the most out of their machines as well. Although if I get carried away, I start dragging pipes, saddlebags and floor boards on my touring cruiser, Code's instructions on when to roll the throttle on, when to brake, counter-steering and turn entry and exit, etc., etc., work just as well on heavy touring barges as on crotch-rockets - may be even better, because no one expects them to handle. Oh, and stealthy application of the appropriate technique sometimes allows you to catch unawares those sport-bikes that enjoy more power than rider skill. By the way, efficient riding makes life easier on the passenger as well, they can't see the speedo - smooth riding makes for happy passengers!
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Summary: Corner fast, smile and say Damn! I did that well.
Review: Keith Code and Ken Hough ("Proficient Motorcycling") have helped to demystify motorcycle behavior in turns. The concept of countersteering seems strange till you watch a bike coming directly at you and the wheel suddenly, (but temporarily) turns in the opposite direction of the subsequent turn. I've been a street rider (always having a fast/modified bike) since the late 60s and even with much experience, never realized how sloppy my riding really was. Mr. Code (in Twist II) points out that transferring the technical concepts to actual riding goes against many survival instincts. This is much like learning to ski where leaning downhill in turns is crucial to control when every instinct screams at you to do the opposite. One of many concepts presented is "pivot steering by using outside peg pressure." The mechanics and application of this are well presented by Mr. Code, and I'll tell you the best part. It increased my confidence and average speed through fast corners by 10 mph! After some practice, this feels so right, it brings a smile to your face like any physical action in sport that you've performed well and gracefully. Lots of good stuff like this in twist II. You may think you can take turns pretty fast, and maybe you can but apply these concepts and you'll go faster and smoother.
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Summary: twist of the wrist: the basics of high-performance motorcycl
Review: The 2nd in the series is my favorite. It covers exact techniques, to fix exact riding problems. I particularly like the explanation of the different human reactions (called "survival reactions") where Code explains why we react the way we do, and how this is 100% wrong for motorcycle riding. It also covers both aspects of the cornering problem: what you have to learn how to deliver to the bike, and what you have to learn how to get for yourself to get comfortable--like all the chapters on the visual skills that really put you in command of riding anywhere, in any situation. If you can read, you will get loads from this thing, and it makes sense.
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Summary: A must
Review: This book is considered a roadracing bible and is an absolute must for any sportbike rider. The skills tought here are not just for track but are for street as well, and will make riding more relaxed, controlled and fun, and may save your life.
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Summary: Looking for Street Riding? Go read Hough
Review: Twist of the Wrist is a great book...for track racing. The street-applicable skills are buried in discussion of track-specific performance training. As a novice motorcyclist, I bought Twist of the Wrist and Proficient Motorcyling at approximately the same time, and found Proficient Motorcycling to be much more useful. That book takes all the useful street skills that you'll find in Twist the Wrist, then adds reams of additional street riding content, including wet/icy weather riding, judging corners, avoiding lane-straddling cars, how to set your shocks for load, riding gear essentials, correct braking, what to do when you see a deer, etc. Do yourself a big favor, go pick it up and wait for Twist the Wrist until you are planning to take your bike to the track. That's when Twist becomes useful.
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Summary: A must have for any rider
Review: I've been riding for a few years now. Last weekend while riding some curvey roads, I took a spill going into a tight turn. I bought the book after a recommendation from another rider. I'm not even halfway thru the book and already the author pointed out what my reactions were and how they contributed to the fall. Very easy to read and packed with lots of useful information.
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Summary: Great content, needs an editor
Review: This book has some really really valuable content. The messages are very valuable to the motorcyclist. However, the book itself needs an editor. You will spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is being said. This is due to the large number of gramatical and spelling errors present in the book. The book also needs some help in "flow." Some of the paragraphs are not really in a logical order. The book is still worth while, mostly because there is solid content and reliable advice. But, expect something that is written below an 8th grade level and will be hard to follow at times because of poor editing.
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Summary: A many years street biker appreciation
Review: After some 40 years of street motorcycling I found Keith's approach through survival reactions (SRs) objectively teaching and Doug Chandler's comments very true. I'm again learning to bike ride. To the author, I may simply say: thanks for the renewed fun I'm experiencing!
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Summary: A M A Z I N G ! ! ! ! !
Review: Oooh man!!! I was love the first one, but this book is amazingly wonderful! Keith Code is a brilliant teacher and a great speaker.
Keith Code clarifies all the obscure points and also he teaches you all the tricks for who wants to be a real good bike pilot.
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Summary: A good read
Review: Just started reading Twist II. It has excellent riding advice and explains many riding principles that are often overlooked or misunderstood by riders. The only improvement this book could have is better selection of glossary terms. Commonplace words such as specific, imagined, depend, and overwhelmed are defined in the glossary when the average person already knows that these words mean. But I'd highly recommend this book to any rider.
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