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Summary: A Twist of Knowledge
Review: I have read Twist II five times. And every time I re-read it, I pick something else up. This book is FULL of information. From my experience, you cannot read this book once and think you have gleened all that it has to offer. This book has a LOT of useful information. Read it, understand it, and you WILL become a better rider. The techniques decribed in this book work no matter whehter you are a street rider or racer, novice or pro. I guarantee that if you actually try the techniques that KC expains, you will find they work. It does not matter what kind of bike you ride. This is a MUST READ. If you are willing to spend the time reading it, this book will pay you back in spades.
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Summary: Twist 2 review
Review: There is nothing else even close. It gives technique, step by step, easy to understand (and I like the words being defined that might be not understood.)If you ride a bike, you better know this stuff
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Summary: A very good book.
Review: It is an excellent book for all riders regardless of skill level. The one down side of it is the footnotes. Keith explains simple english words like 'Reaction'. But I agree with other reviewers. Just ignore the footnotes... I most definitely recommend this book... Well worth adding to your motocycling books...
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Summary: Why can't I give it zero stars?
Review: I bought this book because so many riders had recommended it to me, and because of its rank here. I am amazed. The author Keith "Code Break" Code is almost incoherent. Each chapter has an outline of 'new terminology' that he prints in boldface for _each_ occurance through the chapter. These are words like 'automatically', 'specific', and 'direct'. Code thoughtfully provides definitions in case you missed these words during your childhood. To top it off, Code fails to explain the jargon he uses through the text. My edition of the book included (pointless) quotes from someone I surmise is a famous motorcycle racer. The quotes were rarely even related to the body text, and even had they been, were so turgid that I can only conclude the writer had suffered one too many 'track naps' during his career. There were a few great tips - but they're _buried_. Take the IMF riding class instead. It'll be less of an insult. Don't buy this book. It's depressingly poorly written.
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Summary: Good info, weird style
Review: That's the consensus, and it's correct in my opinion. Code is very obviously a naive writer, but the info in this book will improve your riding, and could save your life. Good riding technique is at least as important on the road as on the track, and the info in this book has certainly helped me to be a safer, faster rider, while having more fun. So get over the goofy style, and absorb the information. You'll be a better rider for it.
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Summary: If you're a beginner, do not buy this book
Review: This book seems to be only for "professional bikers". I'm not a professional (or amateur) racer; I only use my bike inside the city and on highways, so why should I learn taking a corner at 150 mph! It does not cover the problems found in everyday city traffic, so I couldn't get any benefit from reading it. I do not recommend it for beginners and those who want to know more about driving safely in city traffic.
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Summary: Something that sinks in the more you read it/ride
Review: I bought this book about 7 years ago and must admit that I was a little disappointed after first reading it. Some of the terms-definitions seemed to insult my intelligence and there seemed to be a lot of repitition. However, as I continued to ride, I read this book again and again, finally figuring out the wisdom in some of what Keith was saying. The real kicker for me was when I started racing YSR50's in my hometown of Saskatoon, Sk. I was running smack into my fear limits and doing all the bad things that Keith said I would (he calls them "Survival Reactions"). His sections on throttle control and quick turning have been incredibly useful to me in getting up to race-speed. Within a month of beginning racing, I was dicing with the guys who'd been at it for 5 years, and this book gave me ideas on exactly where to improve my riding to improve lap times. So, in short, I think that if you never race, you might not appreciate the ideas in this book, until the day you come into a corner way to fast and actually KNOW what you should do (slap it over fast and start gently rolling it on).
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Summary: Be Safer, Go Faster
Review: Ignore all those other reviews that whine (whinge in the UK) about the writing style ... who cares ... just ignore the little *'s and skip the footnotes. This book is primarily written for racers, but there's lots of worthwhile info on riding technique for street riders. For new streebikers, "Sportbiking: The Real World" is a better introduction to proper technique, but I still learned something from this book. "Real World" filled-in gaps in my basic riding style, but Twist of the Wrist II helped make me safer (avoiding "survival responses") and much faster through the corners (pivoting on the outside peg) ... yeehaa!
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Summary: Good Info hidden in horrible text.
Review: There is good info here on riding. But one must be prepared to dig it out from the mud. What is funny about the book is that Keith goes on to explain the meaning of words like "depend" etc. If I did not know the meaning of these words, I would never have started reading his book in the first place! Every chapter needs to be read over and over again to make sense of what the author is trying to say. If you are passionate about riding and really ready to endure any hardship inorder to improve, you can read this book.
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Summary: An excellent tool for safer, higher-performance riding
Review: Code's book is packed with information that no rider can afford not to know. I'm a better rider this morning as a result of what I read last night. The basics of this book should be distilled to pamphlet form and distributed to everyone taking an experienced rider course. The book is well-written, with only one niggling flaw: Code insists on asterisk-ing and defining common words throughout, which suggests that the target audience is 16- to 18-year-olds with two-digit IQs. I have no problem with Code defining terms such as "highside," but words like "stare," or "deliberate" should probably go undefined. Nonetheless, I recommend this book enthusiastically. Code is a cornering guru.
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