Riding Skills

Learn to ride your motorcycle like a pro with this comprehensive beginner's guide to everything from breaking in your engine to going full throttle. You have your motorcycle. You have you gear. Now it's time to ride. Whether you're a brand-new rider looking for safety tips or a speed demon seeking insider track tips, this is the book for you. The editors of Cycle World know everything there is to know about riding a motorcycle, and in this book they share all of their secrets. Their tips bring you into their world on two wheels, while step-by-step illustrations, instructions and awesome action shots give you an understanding of each technique. ABC's Starting with the basics of breaking in an engine, your pre-ride check and knowing your bike's limits before moving to improvising a cruise control, countersteering correctly and hitting the engine breaks, these experts have your fundamentals covered. ACCELERATION The editors take things to next level with splitting lanes safely, avoiding target fixation, surviving a crosswind, getting your bike wet and even spending an unplanned night outdoors FULL THROTTLE Why hold back? Read about navigating by the stars, riding in swamps, popping a wheelie, surviving a crash, riding on a tightrope and riding around the world.

Auteur

Mark Lindemann was an Associate Editor at the late, greatCyclemagazine between 1982 and 1987, and has been in the motorcycle industry ever since. Proficient on both streetbikes and dirtbikes, his notes show he's ridden over 750 machines on four continents, of which only a handful have actively tried to kill him. In 2012 he was the recipient ofCycle World's prestigious Joe Parkhurst Award for embodying the spirit of the sport. In addition to his efforts atCycle, his work has appeared inCycle World, Motorcyclist, Supercycle, Garage,andOutrider Journal. Career highlights include outrunning a low-flying aircraft at Bonneville, a citation for riding at 134 miles per hour in a 25-mph zone, and being stitched together by a veterinarian after a streetbike crash. His garage is filled with more tools than should be allowed by law. Compared to his former fearless self, today he rides about as fast as an advancing tectonic plate.