Twist or wrist is good for doing laundry cleaning your room, and being MACGUYVER


seriously, it the best information you can learn out of a book for riding. Most of it applies to the race track, but can certainly be applied to the street, such as awareness, speed of flicking a bike in a turn, turn in points etc.

Ive had my book for two years, and i juss finally finished the last section the other night, and plan to read it over agian as i have a track day coming up

 

I think it's for racing ( safest on the track :twofinger ) , HOWEVER, I believe the techniques offered can be very very valuable on the street too. I've yet to read the entire book. What I have read, I have enjoyed.

 

It definitely has street application. It's all about riding techniques that work no matter where you're riding. If you only got TOW I, make sure to get the companion book, TOW II. It has more specific cornering techniques. Good luck!

 

I guess I was pretty much expecting that. I am a new rider, and that may hbe why I am having a hard time putting track scenarios and strategies onto a real road.


"Jason-No-Bike & Blackhawk" I am surprised to see you have not gotten thru it already. It seems to be a fast read. Any reason why you go so slow. Should I be:

1. riding,
2. reading,
3. riding,

to see if I learned. (no I am not insulting you for not reading the books, just wondering your strategy)


"DAD"

I will take your advice and order #2 as well. After reading the reviews on the two titles it seemed that #2 was really all about track racing, something I will never do.

 

Twist II

I will take your advice and order #2 as well. After reading the reviews on the two titles it seemed that #2 was really all about track racing, something I will never do.

I have A Twist of the Wrist, The Soft Science of Road Racing Motorcycles, and A Twist of the Wrist II, and I found Twist II the best of the lot for street riding. Think of it as release 2.0--an improvement on the first--not a continuation. The material stands on its own.

Twist II describes techniques that I use every day. For example, the "two-step" is a procedure for visually mapping a path through a turn. As you approach the turn, identify your turn-in point. Before you get there--maybe 10-20 yards in a typical turn--move your focus to the apex. Then turn. Because you're focusing on the apex, you'll hit it precisely and eliminate uncertainty caused by hunting for a path. BTW, it works on any turn, including those around town.

The two-step, combined with throttle control, the steering principles, and "wide-screen vision", were a revelation to me, even after many years of street and track riding experience. I think almost any rider can benefit from Code's techniques.

Read carefully, plan what you want to practice on your rides, and practice at moderate speed. By keeping speed down, you leave your brain enough bandwidth to actually think about and apply the lessons. At higher speed, you simply can't expend the required attention on technique. Eventually, the techniques will become second nature, and you'll be riding faster but with better control than you were are now.

 

I guess I was pretty much expecting that. I am a new rider, and that may hbe why I am having a hard time putting track scenarios and strategies onto a real road.


"Jason-No-Bike & Blackhawk" I am surprised to see you have not gotten thru it already. It seems to be a fast read. Any reason why you go so slow. Should I be:

1. riding,
2. reading,
3. riding,

to see if I learned. (no I am not insulting you for not reading the books, just wondering your strategy)


"DAD"

I will take your advice and order #2 as well. After reading the reviews on the two titles it seemed that #2 was really all about track racing, something I will never do.

I started it not long before my bike was stolen. I haven't finished it because my motivation is temporarily focused on other things.

 

I completely agree with DataDan about TOTWII. It is the better of the two books and is better suited to street riding than the first book. I practice much of this stuff on every ride and I've become a much better rider because of it. Proper cornering has become second nature even if I'm not race track fast. It's amazing how my lean angles have decreased while my cornering speeds have increased.

 

i got through 80 percent of the book and i sold my bike last april, juss really getting back into riding this year, finally! so i picked up my trusty twist of wrist II.

i was reading it kinda slow because, Yes, i was reading and riding, reading and riding, everytime i got on my bike, i had a point i tried to remember. Especially in the canyons.

bumped into a guy, and chatted about this book, and hes about 50 years old, said he is finally going a lot faster from this book, by applying what hes learned. He also said he reread it as i stated im goin to do previously.

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ride safe, you may want to read chapters 22-25 if you ride on the street alot. those sections are about vision and braking that i just got through, i dont remember the rest of the book well,