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my copy of Proficient Motorcycling came in the mail last night. Within the first 30 pages i realized how my brother ended up hitting the ditch this spring and how to avoid a similar situation.

The book was hard to put down. After reading the first 100 pages i can see many ways to improve my own riding and got clued in to a few things that could save my life in everyday driving.

If you haven't read it, do yourself a favor and spend the 20 bucks.

i read it.

it is good but i like...

"Sport Riding Techniques: How To Develop Real World Skills for Speed, Safety, and Confidence on the Street and Track. by Nick Ienatsch."

... a lot better.

Verm, so you've read both?
I only have Proficient MCing and haven't finished it yet.
What do you like better about the other?
Would you still recommend it to someone not on a sport bike?

d2mini wrote:Verm, so you've read both?
I only have Proficient MCing and haven't finished it yet.
What do you like better about the other?
Would you still recommend it to someone not on a sport bike?

well not really, although a lot of the stuff on Nick's book can be applied to any bike. the theme of the book is really geared towards sport riding.

I would. It never hurts to read another book.

Sport Riding Techniques is helpful because it goes into a little more depth into riding. So if you come across a situation that required high speed or handling, you at least know what you are supposed to do, and have a better idea of how not to get into trouble while riding.

This carries over to any motorcycle... the theory is the same, it just might be a slightly different technique depending on your bike.

I have both volumes of Proficient Motorcycling and I'm kind of reading both at the same time.

I also recommend them!

i might give the sport riding techniques book a look after i'm done with the other Hough book. not really a big speed/performance rider, but would still like to brush up on those skills in case i ever do need them.

I picked up PM as well, about 2/3 of the way through it. Lots of really good material in that book. The only thing I will say is that the binding is s**t. Pages falling out left and right. $20 for a book that disintigrates in my hands the first time I read it...

Yah...the binding on the PM book is notorious. Go to a copy shop and spend a few bux to have it spiral bound. Now, how much extra would it add to the cost of the book to simply have it spiral bound in the first place?? Jeez.

I've read most of both of Hough's books and right now I'm going through A Twist of the Wrist: Vol. 1. Good reads, all of them.