Free Downloads How To Ride Off-Road Motorcycles: Key Skills And Advanced Training For All Off-Road, Motocross, And Dual-Sport Riders
Off-road riding is one of motorcycling's most popular pursuits and also one of its best training grounds for improving street-riding skills. Off-road riding takes many forms, from motocross and enduro racing, to dual-sport day trips, to trail riding, to adventure tours. No matter the specific pursuit, all dirt riding (and much street riding) shares the same basic skill set. How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles schools the reader in all the skills necessary to ride safely and quickly off-road. Chapters cover the basics, such as body position, turning, braking, and throttle control, then proceed to advanced techniques, such as sliding, jumps, wheelies, hill-climbing, and more. If you've ever wanted to try dirt riding or if you're an experienced rider looking to sharpen your skill set, How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles is a perfect riding coach.
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (August 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760342733
ISBN-13: 978-0760342732
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.5 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
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I was expecting more advanced techniques and information that would be helpful for an advanced rider. Unfortunately most of this book was written for neophytes and people who had barely ever seen a motorcycle before. That's not to say that there weren't helpful tidbits for experienced riders but not enough there to justify the price of the book when compared to other choices like The Art of Trail Riding by Paul clipper.If you are new to motorcycling buy this book if you are an advanced rider buy Paul Clipper's book.
This gets a top rating for several reasons. First, it is built on solid, practical experience based on training thousands of riders to ride off-road or improve their off-road skills. Second, it is concise with easy to implement tricks and techniques that build skill and confidence. Third, it is as good for beginners as it is for super experienced experts. What ever dirt riding skills you want to develop, whether its doing wheelies, sliding, climbing hills or traversing whoops and sand, the author shows you precisely how to accomplish it - laying out the basic technique, showing some practice exercises and then how to evaluate how you're doing. This is just a great book!
I'm an experienced road rider, toured 45 of the 48, several Canadian Provinces... ridden big BMW highway machines at high speeds for long distance and logged thousands and thousands of miles. So getting on a little dirt bike for some off road fun after 35 years of being away from riding the in the dirt should be a cake walk, right?? Sure.... three hours later it looked like I'd been dragged behind that motorcycle rather than having tried to ride it, Yeah... I provided endless amusement for the experienced riders I was with... lucky to get away with no dental damage just some minor flesh wounds....Nothing to do but buy a dirt bike and start over from scratch with forgotten skills. This book starts with the very basics, recommends riding exercises to build skill with obstacles, balance, and fundamentals. This old dog is learning new tricks and this is the guidebook for that. My guess is that someone with a good grip on skills might use this more as a refresher, but for someone like myself on the climbing up to the bottom rung, it is great!!!!
Rates at the top of these "how-to" books. It is sufficiently detailed to come back to as a reference and sufficiently demonstrative to go out and attempt to quell/hopefully change old habits!! It is also quite readable with good pics which gives it a leg up on some.
Gary is a fantastic coach, & the book follows the cirriculum of his classes. Highly recommended!But ... this .com review wizard, which requires that I write a minimum number of words, sucks
I've been a street rider for quite a while. I recently picked up trail riding. On one of my recent outings I hurt my foot pretty bad so I had some time off. I decided to pick up this book to educate myself and learn better off road riding techniques.The book is well written and entertaining. It has some good visual aids and does a pretty good job of explaining various techniques used on a dirt bike. There are lots of drills that you can use to practice at the end of each chapter.This book seems like a good primer or refresher for off road riding, but the key will be to get out and practice. There's just no replacement for time spent on the bike.
Through regular practice this book will improve your offroad skills. Having a background in music, I find it rare to find an educational book that approaches any new skill with the requirement of regular practice and a step by step growth on new skills. (A definite pedagogical approach.) This book has that and more. It will take you as far as you want to go with your skills and provides excellent advice on what bikes to start with. Great book. Wish I had more areas to practice near my home, but when I do get to areas that I can practice this book will be in my saddle bag.
This book presented me with a clear lesson plan for improving my offroad motorcycling skills.Gary's text is easy to comprehend and the accompanying photos are worth their thousand words.
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