Books, Sports, Miscellaneous, Motorcycle Racing

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Lee Parks
Total Control: High Performance Street Riding Techniques
by Motorbooks (Paperback)

Today’s super high-performance bikes are the most potent vehicles ever sold to the public and they demand advanced riding skills. This is the perfect book for riders who want to take their street riding skills to a higher level. Total Control explains the ins and outs of high-performance street riding. Lee Parks, one of the most accomplished riders, racers, authors and instructors in the world, helps riders master the awe-inspiring performance potential of modern motorcycles. This book gives riders everything they need to develop the techniques and survival skills necessary to become a proficient, accomplished, and safer street rider. High quality photos, detailed instructions, and professional diagrams highlight the intricacies and proper techniques of street riding. Readers will come away with a better understanding of everything from braking and cornering to proper throttle control, resulting in a more exciting yet safer ride.

David L. Hough
More Proficient Motorcycling: Mastering the Ride
by BowTie Press (Paperback)

Written as a stand-alone or follow-up to David L. Hough’s wildly successful duo, "Proficient Motorcycling" and "Street Strategies," this book contains invaluable lessons for avoiding nasty accidents. Presenting new tips and topics geared toward protecting riders from road dangers with a special focus on mental and physical preparedness. Diagrams, examples, plain talk, and Hough’s practical attitude make this one of the most accessible guides available.

Chris Scott
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, 5th: Worldwide Motorcycling Route & Planning Guide (Trailblazer)
by Trailblazer Publications (Paperback)

Every red-blooded motorcyclist dreams of making the Big Trip--the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook is the comprehensive manual to make that idea a reality. Timbuktu to Kathmandu or Patagonia to Mongolia--it's all here. This expanded and re-designed new edition is packed with essential advice and practical know-how on the vital preparation for undertaking a long journey off the beaten track, be it in a nearby wilderness area or on the other side of the globe. So whether motorcyclists are planning their own Big Trip across Africa, Alaska, or Asia, or just enjoy reading about other people's adventures, this handbook is guaranteed to illuminate, entertain, and above all, inspire.This book covers:>Documentation--what travelers need and how to get it>Choosing a destination>Preparing a bike for long-range touring>Off-road riding techniques>Shipping or airfreighting a bike>Transcontinental route outlines across Africa, Asia, and Latin Americas, plus backcountry riding in Southwest USA, ...

Valentino Rossi
What If I Had Never Tried It: The Autobiography
by Motorbooks (Hardcover)

What If I had Never Tried It is the first autobiography of arguably the world's greatest motorcycle road racing champion, Valentino Rossi. Certainly he is the greatest in modern times and similarly the best loved. This is the official, personal story: fast paced yet insightful. Rossi’s record in the motorcycle road racing World Championship is supreme. First in the ultra-competitive 125 class starting in 1996; then in the 250 class only to graduate shortly thereafter to the big league of the 500s. In 2002 the premier class switched direction moving from 500 cc two-strokes to 990 cc four-strokes from then on to be known as MotoGP. Rossi rides for Honda and wins. He wins on a Honda the next year and then switches to Yamaha, to every race fans’ surprise, and wins against all odds. He wins again in 2005. No one is close. No one is faster. And all at speeds which approach 200 mph. Both on and off-track, on the ubiquitous TV screen or walking in the street, Rossi is idolized as ...

Keith Code
A Twist of the Wrist 2: The Basics of High-Performance Motorcycle Riding
by Code Break (Paperback)

Straight facts about riding! A Twist of the Wrist, the acknowledged number one book on rider improvement for ten years straight, brought riders worldwide to a new understanding of vital riding skills. Uncovers and traces, action by action, the direct links between man and machine.

Andy Ibbott
Performance Riding Techniques: The MotoGP manual of track riding skills
by Haynes Publishing (Hardcover)

An official book published in association with MotoGP rights holder Dorna SL, this practical guide to motorcycle racing technique is aimed at racing and track day enthusiasts at all levels. From starting and accelerating to braking, cornering, overtaking and even crashing, this book combines expert guidance from an experienced coach with advice and anecdotes from top riders. Presented in a large format and fully illustrated throughout in color, this is the authoritative guide to improving your racing technique and performance on the track.

Keith Code
Twist of the Wrist: The Motorcycle Roadracers Handbook (Vol 1)
by Code Break (Paperback)

Heres everything you need to successfully improve your riding, novice or veteran, cruiser to sportbike rider. This book contains the very foundation skills for any rider looking for more confidence when cornering a motorcycle. Notes and comments by Eddie Lawson. Foreword by Wayne Rainey.

Tim Hanna
One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro
by Penguin Global (Paperback)

Here is the amazing story of Kiwi motorcycling legend, backyard engineering genius, and land speed record holder Burt Munro. Munro was the archetypal eccentric inventor. He took an original Indian motorbike and modified it in his shed so it became capable of extreme speeds. From small town New Zealand in the 1920s to heroic accomplishments in the USA, Munro was still inventing up until his death in 1978. This is very much a "little guy beats the odds" story-Munro still holds several records in the US-as a mark of respect, the category he raced in was "frozen" for all time. The publication of the book has been timed to coincided with the movie The World's Fastest Indian, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, scheduled for release October 2005.

Gary McKechnie
Great American Motorcycle Tours (Great American Motorcycle Tours)
by Avalon Travel Publishing (Paperback)

This award-winning guide helps motorcyclists spend their two-wheeled vacation on only the best rides. From the rocky New England coast to the glorious, wide-open West, Gary McKechnie provides information on side trips, scenic spots, bike shops, and more. You'll find photographs, maps, and expert advice on the country's top rides with hundreds of new website listings, new lodging options, current prices, and new side trip suggestions. This book is the winner of the Ben Franklin Award sponsored by the Publisher's Marketing Association and the Lowell Thomas Silver Award sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers. "One of the most original and useful motorcycle touring guides on the market." -- Motorcycle Product News "If you ... plan a serious road trip in the lower 48 ... grab a copy of Great American Motorcycle Tours." -- Backroads

Kevin Cameron
Top Dead Center: The Best of Kevin Cameron from Cycle World Magazine
by Motorbooks (Hardcover)

The feature articles and columns that have made Cameron a must-read for motorcycle aficionados--stories, interviews, and reports on races and winning technology.

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