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    Quote Originally Posted by Terminated View Post
    Title: Proficient Motorcycling
    Author: David L. Hough
    ISBN 1-889540-53-6

    Heads Up and Enjoy
    Easy reading and good info. Some of the American terms irritate (like "superslab" = motorway) and have to reverse all the lefts and rights to cope with left hand drive motorbikes that they all have in the States but still good.
    The Police Riders guide reads like lectures from a stuffy british cop. Different sort of approach but the essential info is the same - stay awake to what's going on round about you and don't ask your tyres to do too much at once. Tyres must be like men - crap at multitasking!

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    Don't forget
    there's also the free DVD available from www.rideforever.co.nz

    and it caters to riders of all experience levels.

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    Thanks for the referral, Nowool. I'm waiting to see if they'll send a copy to Oz. Worth a try. Aaron Slight - cool.

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    Just finished reading Proficient Motorcycling by David L Hough,it is a great book,and has been really informative and helpful in my quest to improve my riding skills..

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Everlasting View Post
    Just finished reading Proficient Motorcycling by David L Hough,it is a great book,and has been really informative and helpful in my quest to improve my riding skills..
    I'm about to order a copy myself. Ride Forever DVD is on it's way in the post.

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    i see no-one has mentioned 'twist of the wrist' by keith code
    2 volumes, once you have mastered the very basics this is invaluable
    dvd available too
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    Quote Originally Posted by Terminated View Post
    Title: Proficient Motorcycling
    Author: David L. Hough
    ISBN 1-889540-53-6

    Heads Up and Enjoy
    Quote Originally Posted by twistemotion View Post
    Yip, I'm reading that one at the moment. It seems like an excellent book - just need to practice all those techniques now, and get them to become second nature!
    +3..... excellent book, I think he has two more:

    More Proficient Motorcycling: Mastering the Ride
    David L. Hough
    Paperback: 256 pages
    Publisher: BowTie Press (March 2003)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1931993033
    ISBN-13: 978-1931993036

    Street Strategies: A Survival Guide for Motorcyclists
    David L. Hough
    Paperback: 91 pages
    Publisher: BowTie Press (September 1, 2001)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1889540692
    ASIN: B0058M7U7G

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    Books for beginners

    The most invaluable book that I have in my repertoire, and I teach this syllabus, is Riding the Essential Skills. You can buy it from amazon.co.uk. It has exactly the same rules, except for the NZ give way rules, and the road signs are English, but easy to recognise. They ride on the same side of the road, and there isn't anything of its calibre available in New Zealand. The american books are good, but you need to convert from the toher side of the road, so positions all need to be mirror imaged, which can get confusing.
    I have a number of Riding the essential skills books that I loan to my students, who are undertaking training with me, and they have all found it to be of enormous use.
    When we are doing car training, we use the car version of the same book. Well worth the 10 Uk pounds sterling, plus postage.
    Remember, that GOOD QUALITY TRAINING stays with you forever. It doesn't get sold with your bike, or expire with your rego. It stays with you FOREVER..

    It's not the message that is DELIVERED, but the message that is RECEIVED that is important.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tricia1000 View Post
    Riding the Essential Skills. You can buy it from amazon.co.uk.
    Fishpond.. $25.52 & free postage in NZ

    http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Offi.../9780115526442
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    Quote Originally Posted by blackdog View Post
    i see no-one has mentioned 'twist of the wrist' by keith code
    2 volumes, once you have mastered the very basics this is invaluable
    dvd available too
    +1
    especially the second one. The first one he rambles on a bit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by quickbuck View Post
    It could be that I have one years experience repeated 33 times!

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    Damm fine Monsta in the ride forever website

    Quote Originally Posted by Krazyklaus View Post
    And don't forget www.rideforever.co.nz

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackdog View Post
    i see no-one has mentioned 'twist of the wrist' by keith code
    2 volumes, once you have mastered the very basics this is invaluable
    dvd available too
    +1

    Most interesting Dvd I have seen in a long time :-)

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    I think it's called:

    Elementary Motorcycling
    Brent Allen
    Amazon Kindle books

    Down to earth, good examples from the everyday world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackdog View Post
    i see no-one has mentioned 'twist of the wrist' by keith code
    2 volumes, once you have mastered the very basics this is invaluable
    dvd available too
    Best single resource I have found the twist 2 book/dvd
    Basicly I give that book to anyone who will read it.

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    not a book, but quite a lot of useful info in a rather succinct and entertaining form from a UK-based instructor

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...Qhe_MUgTA9-hNH

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