The Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Guide to Motorcycling Excellence: Skills, Knowledge, and Strategies for Riding Right

In a clear, engaging style with detailed diagrams and extensive full-color photographs and illustrations, the book covers rider attitude, proper dress, performance, maintenance and troubleshooting, as well as basic and advanced street skills. Included are tips on how to stop quickly when necessary; avoid traffic hazards; apply evasive maneuvers; countersteer for better control; travel skillfully in a group; identify and fix mechanical problems; ride more smoothly at high and low speeds; maintain momentum in off-highway riding; and much, much more. A remarkable source of riding wisdom, this book is the definitive reference for the sport. It enables brand-new riders to learn safe riding habits from the start while veterans can perfect their performance to reduce accident risk.

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses have been responsible for sparking in many people a lifelong passion for motorcycling. As they claim, "The More You Know, The Better It Gets!" Motorcycling Excellence provides the opportunity for every motorcyclist to discover for him or herself the thrills of "riding right" by getting the best from self and machine.