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Maximum Control: Mastering Your Heavyweight Bike |  | Author: Pat Hahn
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 23709
Media: Paperback
Edition: First
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0760336741
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.28475
EAN: 9780760336748
ASIN: 0760336741
Publication Date: January 3, 2010
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Product Description
As anyone who’s been on one knows, big bikes--Harleys, dressers, tourers, cruisers--handle differently than smaller bikes. They have different centers of gravity; they steer more slowly; they put you in a different riding positions; and riding one--especially riding it well--requires different skills. This book is aimed at helping owners of such motorcycles--bikes with big engines, long wheelbases, and a lot of weight--get the best ride out of them. Maximum Control addresses every aspect of riding--steering, positioning, braking, and carrying a passenger or heavy load. With clear information on differences in equipment--brakes, engine, drive system, even tires--this expert, accessible guide provides everything you need to know to handle your bike like a pro. The outcome will be, as promised, Maximum Control--and the ride of your life.
Book Description
As anyone who’s been on one knows, big bikes--Harleys, dressers, tourers, cruisers--handle differently than smaller bikes. This book is aimed at helping owners of such motorcycles--bikes with big engines, long wheelbases, and a lot of weight--get the best ride out of them. Maximum Control addresses every aspect of riding--steering, positioning, braking, carrying a passenger or heavy load. With clear information on differences in equipment--brakes, engine, drive system, even tires--this expert, accessible guide provides everything you need to know to handle your bike like a pro.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent Book! May 7, 2010
James Haun (Washington State)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I received this book, I couldn't put it down. I read it, made notes and then re-read it some more. I have been practicing doing the exerices from it and I may be getting better. It was easy to understand and the information very helpful to a guy that rides a bike that is almost 900 lbs.
Amazingly effective handling techniques for any bike, at slow speeds! July 25, 2010
B. Laue (Minnesota, USA)
I have not had the chance to practice all of the techniques described, as they require dedicating serious time to parking lot practice. I have, however, put into practice some of them, without the parking lot drills, on the road, riding two-up, and they have worked superbly! The single technique that I have found absolutely invaluable, is to make judicious use of the back brake. I have started leading with the rear brake, in all braking situations, and it has made my bike remarkably more stable in all braking situations. I have even used the clutch-slipping, while riding the rear brake, techniques, to make tighter-than-usual U-turns -- turns that before I would have my wife dismount, while I jockeyed the bike back and forth, over a period of 5-10 minutes. Now I turn the bike in a U-turn, with the wife on board, in a matter of 5-10 seconds! If I would invest the practice time in the parking lot, I would be able to handle the bike in absolutely amazing ways, but I am too lazy to do that.
The book discusses how to slip a wet clutch, while riding the rear brake, executing U-turns in a frighteningly small area -- you can even progress to doing full-steering-lock turns, in one-half of a two-lane road... With this technique, you never leave your lane of traffic, you make a U-turn in the lane, without using the shoulder, and without crossing the center line! This is what the police learn, and how they can handle their bikes in such amazing ways. That level of handling skill REQUIRES 100+hours of parking lot practice. I just applied some of the techniques, rather poorly, and I was able to make U-turns at really slow speeds, two-up. Even I was amazed at how well I did. I don't ride a heavy-weight bike, but it is 31-years old, and its handling is not that great, but with the techniques I have learned reading this book, I can handle my bike much better than I have ever done before. It has built up my confidence tremendously. Now if I could convince myself to go to the parking lot and practice...
To give you some insight, the authors advocate riding the rear brake, while slipping the wet clutch on your bike (will NOT work with dry clutches -- they will burn out in a short time!), will allow you to stabilize your bike's handling so much, with practice, that you will be able to pull off amazing handling feats, beyond what you thought possible. Just by leading with the rear brake in any braking situation, you will stabilize your bike, avoiding the nose dive you get when you grab a handful of front brake! That alone is worth the price of admission. Everything beyond that, is so much sweet frosting! This book is probably one of the best you could have in your collection. Buy it! You won't regret it. Cheers!
 Highly Recommended Reading For All Skill Levels February 3, 2010
John F. Willox (Seattle, WA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Greetings,
I have found this book to be of great value to riders of all ages and skill levels.
This is simply laid out with great illustrations. Some, more experiences riders may have to forage through the information to glean new ideas, but there is enough there for them as well, and it never hurts to practice old skills.
New or returning riders will find lots to learn and practice. This is loaded with good illustrations and good step-by-step instructions on how to proceed.
The chapters have a strong and common thread of safety, which is why we would want to learn more advanced survival skills on the road anyway.
Add it to your collection, and loan it to (or recommend they add it to their library) your new rider friends.
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