Motorcycling Excellence, 2nd ed.

$24.95

Order Code: MCX2

Author: The Motorcycle Safety Foundation

This all-new and expanded second edition of The Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Guide to Motorcycling Excellence is the most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques and strategies for current and prospective motorcyclists who want to do it right.

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In a clear, engaging style with detailed diagrams and extensive full-color photographs and illustrations, the book covers rider attitude, protective riding gear, pre-ride inspection, maintenance, and troubleshooting, as well as basic and advanced street skills. Tips on how to create a “space cushion” to avoid traffic hazards; stop quickly; countersteer for better control; manage traction; position your body for smoother, more consistent riding; travel skillfully and safely in a group; maneuver effectively and efficiently in off-highway riding; and much more, are included.

This second edition also features advice from legendary racers Kevin Schwantz, Nick Ienatsch, Freddie Spencer, Rich Oliver, and Reg Pridmore, as well as contributions from Erik Buell on motorcycle geometry, Keith Code on countersteering, and Paul Thede on suspension adjustment, among other experts.

Founded in 1973, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) is recognized internationally for its rider-training curriculum, which has been used worldwide by thousands of trainers in teaching more than three million motorcyclists the skills necessary to stay safe and have fun on the road. This book is the essence of what the MSF has learned about teaching students of all ages and experience levels. It is the definitive reference for the sport—a perfect refresher for anyone who has ever taken an MSF course, and an eye-opener for those who haven’t.

As the MSF likes to remind us, “The More You Know, The Better It Gets!” This new edition of Motorcycling Excellence provides the opportunity for every motorcyclist to discover for him or herself the thrills and joys of “riding right” by getting the best from self and machine.

Product Detail

Paperback: 176 pages

Format: 8.25 by 10.5 inches, color

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Learning to Ride
The Challenge of Motorcycling
Basic Riding Skills
Mental Preparation
Riding Straight
Protective Riding Gear
Inspection, Care, & Troubleshooting
Street Strategies & the Visual Edge
Street Strategies At Work
Special Situations
Group Riding
Traction
The Traction-Pie Analogy
Countersteering
Cornering
Low & High-Speed Turning
Off-Highway Riding
Appendix
Index

Customer & Editorial Reviews:

Reviewer: www.inter-bike.co.uk, August 2009

Date Added: Friday 02 October, 2009

Interestingly they explain the physics and dynamics of motorcycling in an effort to get you to understand how the machine reacts to rider input, something we do not do in the UK!

It has a clear well laid out style throughout, with detailed diagrams and extensive full-color photographs and illustrations.
It covers rider attitude, protective riding gear, pre-ride inspection, maintenance, and troubleshooting, as well as basic and advanced skills. Counter steering is also covered, as is group riding; in fact it is hard to work out if anything has been left out of the authoritative work!

Reviewer: Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly, April 2006

Date Added: Tuesday 06 June, 2006

A great way to tune up your mind is to read the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Motorcycling Excellence, one of the best all-around books on motorcycle riding.

Each chapter in this new edition contains tips and strategies beyond that of a BRC course to make you a better rider.

Even if you recently passed the BRC, there is enough additional material here to justify the purchase.

MMM heartily recommends Motorcycling Excellence. We give it four-out-of-four cylinders.

Reviewer: Rider, February 2006

Date Added: Monday 09 January, 2006

Should you pay $24.95 to read about a bunch of stuff you may already know, at least intuitively? Think of it this way: it’s the one or two things that you don’t know that might bite you one day. If you took an MSF course years ago and are feeling rusty, this book will get you back up to speed.

Reviewer: Keystone Motorcycle Press, January 2006

Date Added: Monday 09 January, 2006

I am going to recommend that you go out and buy it for anyone you care about who is new to motorcycling. Sure, they should take MSF rider courses; this is no substitute for hands-on instruction from a qualified teacher. But this volume adds detail and technical context which will allow new riders to absorb the complicated stuff more fully and at their own pace.

Reviewer: US Rider News, December 2005

Date Added: Wednesday 07 December, 2005

... this 176 page soft bound book, with over 200 color illustrations is chock full of useful tips for any level rider. After I read, and re-read many of the sections, I came to realize this book was written for every motorcycle owner, no matter the brand, or their style of riding. Which means that the sportbike rider can learn something and the cruiser rider can learn something. Isn’t that a wonderful thing.

Reviewer: Friction Zone, October 2005

Date Added: Monday 28 November, 2005

. . . not a substitute for qualified hands-on riding instruction, but it is a competent class textbook that will certainly assist in the learning process. It is also a good refresher for motorcyclists who may have ‘graduated’ long ago.

Reviewer: American Motorcyclist, November 2005

Date Added: Thursday 13 October, 2005

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s recently revised book, ‘Motorcycling Excellence,’ is not your father’s dry training manual. Here’s why: Tons of pictures: The oversize, 192-page softcover book is chocked full of color photos, drawings and diagrams that educate, enlighten and even entertain. Writers you’ve heard of: Former Grand Prix racer Kevin Schwantz on safety gear; Arai’s Bruce Porter on fitting a helmet; former racer Rich Oliver on stopping distances; motorcycle designer Erik Buell on moto-math; GP god Freddie Spencer on trail braking. Solid Advice: Hand signals for group riding, how to manage traction, riding two-up, countersteering, cornering, basic skills, intermediate skills, advanced skills, and more.

Reviewer: John Joss, September 2005

Date Added: Tuesday 06 September, 2005

Perhaps the best nuts-and-bolts book on this important subject I’ve ever read.

Reviewer: Iron Works

Date Added: Thursday 10 February, 2005

Praise for the First Edition: The most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques.

Reviewer: Motorcycle Cruiser

Date Added: Thursday 10 February, 2005

Read the Book. Riders looking for strategies and ideas to improve their survival quotient probably won’t do better . . . we keep a copy to refer to on a regular basis.

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