VOLUME 58 ISSUE 24 JUNE 15, 2021 P113
S TANDOUT FEATURE
Incredible depth of information on
just about every facet of fast riding
READER AN ALYSIS
It's taken me a while to write this
because it took a long time to read.
Being an avid club racer with an eye
on a rather large international race
next June, reading MotoGP Perfor-
mance Riding Techniques couldn't
have come at a better time.
To break down information that
seems invisible to the naked eye
takes a certain type of author, and
Andy has done an excellent job of ex-
plaining what goes on when you try
to ride fast. Granted, these are the
best riders in the world and on total
unobtanium equipment, but at the
end of the day, they are still human
beings riding motorcycles and the
same basic principles apply, whether
you're MotoGP or CVMA.
An area I am constantly in-
terested in is braking, or, more
specifically, the use of rear brake
to help the chassis turn. As Andy
says, "Braking on track isn't the
art of slowing down, as most
people think. Braking is another
tool for going faster." There
are quotes from everyone like
Rossi to Crutchlow to Bradley
Smith on this subject, and
it makes for engrossing
reading.
There are some sections
in the book not related at
all to the mechanics of rid-
•EXCELLENT BREAKDOWN OF
VARIOUS RACING SITUATIONS
•EXTREMELY THOROUGH
ANALYSIS, ESPECIALLY WITH
REGARDS TO RIDING POSITION
AND BRAKING
•IT WILL TAKE YOU A VERY
LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH,
JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO
THOROUGH. BUT THAT'S NOT
REALLY A BAD THING, IS IT?
ing but more in the rider's software.
Chapter 12, named "Outwitting," is
particularly intriguing, and it starts,
rather predictably, with a glaring
photo of the master of mind games,
Marc Marquez. Getting in a rider's
head can have them beat before the
green light, and Andy gives you a few
sneaky tips for getting the mental
jump on your opponent, which is
something you'll probably never see
in another rider coaching manual!
MotoGP Performance Riding
Techniques is an entertaining read for
anyone wanting to know how the best
get it done on the weekend. It's a vi-
sually appealing book, with plenty of
diagrams and breakdowns of various
riding situations, all illustrated with
some brilliant photography.
If you've got a track day or club
racer nut in your family, you've just
found their next birthday present.
RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
LOWDOWN
PERFORMANCE RIDING TECHNIQUES
List Price: £29.99 ($32.00)
Website: https://www.performanceridingtechniques.
co.uk/product/performance-riding-techniques
There is no shortage of
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