Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition Quotes

“The rider of a lightweight dirt bike may use a planted boot to help control the machine in a slide”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Remember the techniques: • Reduce speed • Weight on foot pegs • Pick best surface; follow smooth lines • Steady throttle hand • Bike perpendicular to the road surface.”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“What if the road slants off to one side? The veteran tactic is to counterbalance the motorcycle to keep the tires perpendicular to the road surface.”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Clever riders take a break during the first half hour of a fresh rain to allow time for the surface to regain traction.”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“By comparison”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Be aware that afternoons between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. generate about one-fourth of all motorcycle crashes and fatalities.”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Slow down to give yourself time to react to the unknown”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“At a street speed of 40 mph”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Don’t allow yourself to be a victim of whatever happens”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“It’s not a matter of who has the legal right-of-way”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“If you know where to look”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Early action is always better than frantic reaction. It’s not clever to hurry toward trouble.”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“selfcentering action is just a result of the castering effect of the front tire trailing behind the steering pivot axis,”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Those are the two big secrets for the average situation: countersteer and look where you want to go.”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“As I have become more experienced and more mature”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Track instructors appear to believe that cornering skills learned on a closed track are transferrable to public roads. But I suggest that riding on public roads must have a very different focus than riding on a racetrack.”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well

“Street Rider’s Guide”
― David L. Hough, Proficient Motorcycling, 3rd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well