Twist Of The Wrist by Keith Code

[Dusty]

This has been a year of re-learning how to ride a bike since I have spent the last 15 + years playing in the mud and just switched to sport bikes. It has been a great expeience. put about 8000 miles on my 97 gsxr 750. Starting out all tence around corners trying to get a knee down to ending the season with dropping the knees without much effort.

I went out and bought some books. one of which is the Twist of the Wrist. I believe I have learned more about the dynamics of riding then I learned all season. The way I thought it to be right in approaching corners was not correct. All the different set ups I was unaware of.

Constant Radius
Decreasing Radius
Increasing Radius

Off camber
Positive camber
Level

points of timming
Referance points
products
sub products

And how you break will be contigent up all these aspects and many more.


If you are new to the sport grab this book and a notebook and take notes. The first time I read through it I learned the langauge. The second time through I learned alot more.

[Ritten]

Also, I found that Twist of the Wrist II to be a bit more street oriented in it's teaching and learned as much, if not more, from it regarding how to ride in everyday life. Both of them are "must haves" for any riders library!!

[Juice]

Another great book is Total Control by Lee Parks. It gets into more stuff like weight training...preping your bike...not just riding.

[Rocky]

Yeah, Twist of the Wrist is good, I think TotW II is a little better. Reading both is best. (Also check out Nick Ienastch's Sport Riding Techniques, also a very good book)

[jason70360]

You should also try the Harry Potter books. They have a very good grasp on how to fly a broom.

[iridefar]

Since this is a Dual Sport site, I thought I would throw in a plug for the Gary Semics motocross video series. It is focused on MX riding, but the techniques apply to any dirt situation.

He spends a lot of time talking about using the controls. I have found that your average street rider has very little knowledge of how to use the different MC controls to make the bike do what you want it to do. Most people on the street these days just point it in a direction and twist the throttle.

Based on a friend's advice, I learned on a dirt bike for a few years before I hit the street. That was one of the best things I ever did. I realized that the first time I had to lock up my rear wheel and do a power slide on an 1800cc cruiser. Because I had done it so many times on my dirt bike, it was really no big deal.