Street Strategies: A Survival Guide for Motorcyclists [Paperback]

David L. Hough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2001

A collection of street riding savvy gleaned from years of real-life motorcycling.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Street Strategies could save your life," says David Searle, editor of Motorcycle Consumer News. "Read these stories and commit their lessons to memory."

The perfect companion to Proficient Motorcycling, Street Strategies is a unique collection of street riding savvy gleaned from years of real-life motorcycling. Each page serves as a reminder about a specific hazard and a short lesson designed to help readers avoid an accident. Perfect for the novice and expert alike.

David L. Hough, author of Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well, is a two-time winner of the prestigious National Motorcycle Safety Foundation's award for "Excellence in Motorcycle Safety Journalism." He has written a column titled "Proficient Motorcycling" in Motorcycle Consumer News for 20 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 91 pages
• Publisher: BowTie Press (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889540692
• ISBN-13: 978-1889540696
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #509,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David L. Hough (pronounced "huff") and his wife Diana reside in the Port Angeles area, about 80 miles northwest of Seattle, but they have toured worldwide by motorcycle.
Dave took up motorcycling in 1965 as a means to commute to work. But he quickly discovered that there wasn't much information available to help a new motorcyclist. So he started gathering what he could find, and after several years began sharing sharing "safety tips" with the Boeing Employees' Motorcycle Club.
That led to a long career of writing skills information for Road Rider magazine, Motorcycle Consumer News, BMW Owners News, and other commercial magazines. In 2000, after 40+ years of riding and writing, Hough selected the best of his work for publication as the book "Proficient Motorcycling", followed by two other books, Street Strategies" and "More Proficient Motorcycling." Proficient Motorcycling is now in it's second edition in English, and is also published in Russian, German, and Polish.
Hough is one of only a few motorcycle journalists who has also been a certified instructor for both two-wheeled and three-wheeled motorcycles. He wrote the book "Driving A Sidecar Outfit." Hough has been honored by awards from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and the BMWMOA Foundation, and is being inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame in 2009 in recognition of his efforts toward motorcycle safety.

Customer Reviews

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78 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy both books, April 22, 2003

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California Dreamin "sr538" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Street Strategies: A Survival Guide for Motorcyclists (Paperback)

This is not a bad book, but don't make the mistake I made of getting both this and Proficient Motorcycling, also by Hough. Proficient Motorcycling contains all the information in this book and then a lot more, and should be required reading for anyone who wants to drive a motorcycle.

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful only if you didn't read Proficient Motorcycling, October 31, 2003

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Marcelo A. Soto Quiroga (Maracay, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This is not a bad book at all. Just by knowing its author any rider can tell he/she will find good learning material inside. But it is not more than a well organized and decorated synthesis of same author's Proficient Motorcycling couple of books. I strongly recommend those as the Bible for street riders. Anyway, if you like, you can take this nice compilation, it's a good choice as a night table book.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not My First Pick, November 21, 2001

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Richard Covert (Sequim, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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Street Strategies is a fine book. However, I'd choose to buy Hough's other book, Proficient Motorcycling first.

Street Strategies is a book filled full of snapshots that warn the rider of potential dangers while riding on the road. Proficient Motorcycling is a book with a larger charge. It warns of road dangers, in addition points the way toward more skillful riding. It has exercises designed to help the rider build the skills needed to avoid danger and feel the satisfaction of good bike control.

I changed my star rating from four to five stars 12/16/01. The book has five stars worth of information. Originally, I was comparing the book to Hogue's "Proficient Motorcycling" which I still think is a better first choice for many riders. However, considered on its own merits "Street Strategies" is an excellent choice.