Master Motorcycling: A Comprehensive Guide to Riding with Skill and Confidence

John M. Armstrong: The content is well written. The photos and diagrams add in their clarity - while making it easy to refer to what I need to check out again. Covers riding in ALL climates and situations, desert to frozen, urban & rural, short trips and l-o-n-g ones. I will keep referring to this for many years to come!

Canada on Dec 05, 2021

Francisco Leguizamo: muy buen libro para conocer los detalles finos de cómo andar en motocicleta... los ejercicios que propone son prácticos y efectivos para iniciar con buenas bases técnicas. El lenguaje es de un inglés fácil de seguir aunque en ocasiones hay que recurrir al traductor para palabras poco comunes para los que no somos nativos del idioma. Me gusta el tamaño de la letra y el papel. Buen producto si tienes la paciencia, tiempo y gusto por aprender mediante libros impresos o para complementar tu auto-aprendizaje.

Mexico on Jul 20, 2021

Zlatko Asenov: Very clear and digestable guide.
Already benefitted from emergency breaking, counter steering and trail breaking,
Definitely builds confidence even before one starts riding for it's quite predictable what to expect from the motorcycle behaviour if certain technics are applied.
The book is paying back every cent.

Germany on Jun 17, 2021

Amazon Customer: Only started the first few chapters but already a very informative read. The author has a brilliant mechanical knowledge and has been a motorcyclist all his life. Sharing his own observations and skills that can only be found through real life experience. Well worth a read no matter what level you have achieved. Many thanks.

United Kingdom on Jan 18, 2021

Amazon Customer: Creo que da ideas importantes a la hora de conducir una motocicleta por carreteras y calles.
No se centra en cómo correr, sino en cómo conducir con seguridad y precaución

Spain on Jun 24, 2020

Walter Kern: Did you ever wonder where you could find firsthand information by an expert motorcyclist that would teach you most of the skills you would need to become a proficient rider? Well, search no longer and pick up or download a copy of David L. Hough's book, Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well.

To keep your interest, Hough uses characters like Biker Bob and Cruiser Carla to populate the stories he tells of real incidents. These stories relate the details of motorcycle accidents or situations that went wrong because the participants failed to understand the underlying principles of motorcycle dynamics or how they should have ridden their machines.

The book begins with a gory story of a canyon accident involving riders approaching the same turn from opposite directions. Because one rider crossed over the center line when he couldn't successfully negotiate a corner, a rider coming in the opposite direction was instantly killed and another rider died an hour later at a hospital. All this occurred because one rider did not know how to control his bike.

Here's a quote from the book:

"If you expect to have the right skills for an emergency,...

United States on Sep 24, 2011

Chaz Turbino: Proficient Motorcycling 2nd Edition

Hough's Proficient Motorcycling is probably the best single book to read for beginners. Many reviewers have regarded Proficient Motorcycling as mandatory for all riders, and should be included with a motorcycle purchase. I agree completely, because Hough does an excellent job explaining the concepts. He doesn't just write, he includes basic physics diagrams, and lots of color photographs to drive the points home. He doesn't get lost in technical jargon, although you will notice some differences in his style compared to Keith Code simply because Code is writing to improve your road course racing skills more than traffic skills. That said, the physics apply in either case, and Hough's book is a excellent primer.

Counter-steering, front braking, safety equipment, statistics, and road hazards are all covered in Proficient motorcycling. Hough doesn't focus on pivot steering or using just the front brakes as much as Code. Like I said before, Hough is more concerned about typical hazards one encounters on the road, and the skills needed to survive in that setting. However, pivot steering is hinted by Hough when he describes an exercise to...

United States on Jan 15, 2011