Ducati Sporting Club UK > Sport > Trackdays & Race Schools > Twist of the wrist books

Originally posted by KP

but prefer this book:

it gives a balance of both sport riding for the road as well as rack riding techniques.

I bet you prefer that book as well ........ you couldn't share those tips here .......

[stuart hill]

Very good and buy both. I even have the video!
I like the principal that if you have enough grip to brake (when you bottle it in a corner) then you would have had enough grip to corner

I haven't read them for a while but from what I remember it seems like a reasonable percentage is down fear and your reaction to that fear i.e. backing off the throttle when the rear loses grip. I have been wrong before though

[JPM]

Originally posted by Steve M


really looking forward to Oulton now - that bleedin' track bug has bitten again

Couple of dates in September, think Dibble was having a sniff also

[ali]

Errrmmm, bit off topic this, but if anyone has my TOTW2 can I please have it back?! I lent it to a club member last summer, but can't remember who I lent it to!

Cheers,

Ali

[Mr_S]

Originally posted by KP
...Has anyone else read 'Sport Riding Techniques' ?

Nope, but always open to new info.

[guest1]

With all (?) new bikes you get a dvd called summat like A Track, A Street An Open road.

If anyone else has seen it - how long can you watch the honda ex-boss for?? I think I managed about 2 minutes of his section.
Chris Walker was the best of the bunch IMHO.

[KP]

Originally posted by Mr_S

Nope, but always open to new info.

Its certainly worth a look - as I said, I thought it was pretty good.
Good to have an open mind!

btw dibble - good spot on the freudian slip.

[multi600]

I've read Sport Riding Techniques I think it's great.

[HW]

I bought Sport Riding Techniques and TOTW2 back in Feb this year when it was being discussed on here. Read about half of TOTW2, it's not bedtime reading for sure. Short chapters, very american (they feel the need to print any word with more than 2 syllables in bold and explain them), but there is stacks of good info in there. More of a read it, reread it, then go and try it - chapter by chapter.

I spotted the Fast Bikes cover DVD last month. Full of American "humour", but there are the pearls of wisdom in there that make it worth watching. I particaulrly liked the way they showed you what happened when you got it wrong and ran wide etc, rather than just the right way. Might get the full DVD sometime, and definately plan to do CSS early next year.

SRT I thought was more of a coffee table book, not really got into it, plenty of nice colour photos. Might be doing it an injustice, and so I reserve judgement until I give it a good read.

[gary888]

Hi Steve,
Sounds backwards, but read TOTW2 first. It contains the subjects covered at CSS in level 1, so that's really where you should start and get to grips with the basic ideas and principles. TOTW1 is a bit more racer/ track oriented and the techniques in there can be built onto your skills learnt in TOTW2.
Regards,
Gary.