A Twist of the Wrist 2: The Basics of High-Performance Motorcycle Riding

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Summary: twist of the wrist: the basics of high-performance motorcycl
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.