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Total Control

High Performance Street Riding Techniques, 2nd Edition
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Total Control by Lee Parks is a comprehensive guide that delves into advanced motorcycling techniques to enhance both safety and performance. The book emphasises gaining a deeper understanding and mastery over motorbike handling in various riding conditions, making it invaluable for both beginners and experienced riders looking to improve their skills. It weaves technical guidance with practical tips to instil confidence and control for an adventurous journey on two wheels.
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If you're passionate about mastering motorcycle riding skills and enhancing your adventure experiences on two wheels, this book offers valuable insights and techniques. It may appeal to you if you seek practical advice on improving control, safety, and performance while exploring the open road.

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Total Control

Total Control provides you a course developed and perfected through decades of professional training in Lee Parks' Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic. Lee Parks helps riders master the potential of modern motorcycles.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

A completely revised version of one of the best-selling motorcycle riding skills books of all time. Today's super high-performance bikes are the most potent vehicles ever sold to the public and they demand advanced riding skills. Get it right, and a modern motorcycle will provide you with the thrill of a lifetime; get it wrong and you'll be carted off in a meat wagon.

The line between ecstasy and agony is so thin that there is absolutely no margin for error. Total Control provides you with the information you need to stay on the healthy side of that line, offering a training course developed and perfected through decades of professional training in Lee Parks' Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic.

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.

The knowledge gained will apply to all brands of bikes from Harley-Davidson and Suzuki to Ducati and Kawasaki to Honda and BMW and more! Readers will come away with a better understanding of everything from braking and cornering to proper throttle control, resulting in a more exhilarating yet safer ride.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760343449

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 January 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Motorbooks

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Erik Buell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 270.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 750g

Pages: 192

About the Author

LEE PARKS is the author of the best-selling riding skills book Total Control. Based on his internationally renowned Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics, Total Control is considered by many to be the riding skills bible. Parks formerly edited Motorcycle Consumer News, Motorcycle Product News, and Motorcyclist magazines. He is also the owner of Lee Parks Design, a motorcycle glove and apparel manufacturer in Apple Valley, CA.

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