Sportbiking: The Real World (The Advanced Riders Handbook) (Paperback)

~ Gary S. Jaehne (Author)

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Product Description

This instructional, yet entertaining, handbook guides the reader in the advanced techniques required to improve the riding skills of the modern day "Sportbiker", with it's direct focus on the "Real World" environment of the backroad canyons .... not just the racetrack!

About the Author

Gary Jaehne has been a long standing California roadracer, competing with various local and national organizations (AFM, WSMC, WERA, AMA, CCS) for the last 12 years. During that time he has achieved numerous race wins and class championships, as well as proven himself to be competitive in the world of endurance racing.

In addition to his racing activities, Gary continues to be active in the local motorcycling community. He can regularly be seen leading informal groups of riders through the twisty mountain roads of Northern California.

Gary's instructional skills have been developed through his work as a Riding Instructor on the staff of the "dp Safty School", as well as having served as a "New Rider School Instructor" for his local roadracing club (AFM) for the past 7 years.

This wide array of motorcycling experiences have combined to provide the basic foundation for the information that Gary has provided in this book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Brentwood Christian Press; 1 Ed edition (April 22, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 1556308353
• ISBN-13: 978-1556308352
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #553,092 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing change that takes it to the "streets", September 2, 1999

By A Customer

The number of books on the market that address the riding skills needed for riding high performance bikes is fairly limited. When I got my first sportbike, I'd borrowed a copy of the second TWIST book from a friend but found it lacking for me in that I wanted something more related to the street riding skills that I'm trying to conquer. I found that this SPORTBIKING book supplied many of the answers that I was looking for and hadn't been able to get from the racetrack stuff in Code's book. It makes sense that to learn to ride better on the street reading a book that directly talks in those terms is a good resource. The book is written in an entertaining way that makes the reading fun while being educational. The actual personal riding experiences that the author combines with each individual riding technique in the book, helped me alot in being able to see the way that each form of bike handling technique could help me in my own riding. I also enjoyed the refreshing viewpoints that the author presents inside. I've already started applying some of the methods I've read in the book to my riding and been amazed at the instant improvements that I've seen. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for some fun reading and to step up their own riding skills. A definite five star effort!

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of good stuff from a small book, October 7, 1999

By A Customer

I'd read a review of this book in the latest copy of Motorcycle Consumer News and from the good things they said about it, I decided to get a copy. The book is easy to read and offers a lot of ideas on street riding issues that I haven't seen discussed in any other books on motorcycling. The book is a good mixture of racer proven techniques that are directed in a way that applies to riding in the hills and ideas on how to improve the chances of survival while doing it. It rains a lot here in Seattle and the tips I've read (and plan on trying soon) in the special Rain Riding section will come in handy. The short stories that recount riding experiences in each skill segment area were helpful for me to see how applying them would work. The book is small and to the point which made it a quick read that left me with a lot of things to take out and begin trying on my new R6.

35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written and not comprehensive., July 11, 2000

By	"k-java" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

First, at 15 bucks for 100 pages of a book that looks like it was printed in your neighbor's garage, this book is overpriced. There are no photographs and only a few crude line drawings.

The actual riding advice here is really not advanced at all, and concentrates mostly on weight distribution and line selection--important stuff, but hardly for the advanced rider. A good section on wet weather riding.

Here's the real two-star kicker, though: this book is written with the most bizarre language possible. We need a Jaehne-to-English translation. Hardly a single sentence is written without using either BOLDFACED words, underlined, parenthesis, italics, or words in quotes. It appears more like an outline than it does a finished product. Very, very bizarre style and not at all appropriate for an instructional book.

He throws in a bit of philosophy on how to get around the highway patrol, which is amusing enough.

This should be a free phamplet they give you with a motorcycle safety class, rather than a $15 book. Buy a subscription to Cycle World instead.