Sport Riding Techniques: How To Develop Real World Skills for Speed, Safety, and Confidence on the Street and Track Paperback – February 28, 2003

I’ve been riding for over 50 years. Started out on a lawn mower engine mini bike at six years old. Raced MX as a kid and eventually made the transition to street bikes. A serious accident had me hang it up for many years. Got back on the bike a couple years back and thought it wise to brush up on my skills. I learned most of the content thru years of riding but this book helped me tie all the techniques together in a smoother more proficient and seamless manner. I am also a Champ U grad and between Sport Riding Techniques and the excellent instruction of Champ U I’ve taken my riding further than ever. I don’t ride surface streets or freeways and prefer back roads and the canyons of Southern California. Angeles Forest and Angeles Crest my favorites. You won’t regret reading this. It will make you a smoother faster better and SAFER rider. I salute you and Nick as well as all the staff at Champ U.

This is a common sense no frills approach to upgrading your riding skills on the road and on the track with a strong focus on safety and survival which I really like (I've been riding sport bikes for 30+ years).The book features many great action photos, equipment/setup photos and simple yet highly informative, practical diagrams to explain some of the theory.I just wish this book was longer, not that it lacked depth (although it could have delved deeper in some areas for me personally) but it was such an enjoyable read, with much new to learn as well as re-enforcement of existing good practice.Invest a few $ and a few hours of your time to keep you and your bike safer - I've found that it opened up many additional channels of control and feedback, upping my safe cornering assessment and speed.Definitely a win win.

Hands down one of the best books I've ever read on sprots bike riding. A great read if you want to improve your track or back road handling techniques. Beginner or advanced riders will learn from this book.

This is a book you should have in your library if you care about improving your riding skills. There is a lot of homework for you if you take it seriously and practice the lessons that will help you not only survive but enjoy riding more. There are many lessons you should practice here prior to or in conjunction with getting into track days/ schools.

Though a pretty good book, it seems long on photos and illustrations and a little thin on content that I didn't know/read elsewhere.

I own a variety of sport and general riding technique books. I started with the horribly-written Keith Code books which I thought were the greatest thing since sliced bread when they first came out (because there was nothing else that I could find like them at the time). I have the David Hough books and a smattering of other motorcycle skill-enhancing books by other authors. Nothing compares to "Sport Riding Techniques."Nick Ienatsch is a top-notch motorcycle racer, and track-school coach who knows what he is talking about when it comes to technique -but so was Keith Code and his books, while full of sage advice, were pedantic at best. Code's "Twist of the Wrist" can be literally painful to read. Ienatsch, in addition to being a highly skilled racer, rider, and top instructor at the Freddie Spencer Superbike School, is also a highly skilled writer and moto-journalist who has been writing about motorcycles professionally for decades. Writing for a motorcycle magazine has taught him how to write in an entertaining but down-to-earth manner which makes him the ideal person to write a book detailing just exactly what is going on when a rider has mastered the techniques that not only allow you to go fast on a racetrack, but keep you alive on the street.Ienatsch separates the track from the street in his writing. He plainly tells it like it is that certain techniques are best left to the safety of a track and not for the everyday world of gravel in the corners, wildlife on the road, and cell-phone talking teenagers driving daddy's car the other way. While these skills are very useful to master, he explains that hanging off and other racetrack techniques will only get you going way too fast for street conditions and draw attention to you from the constabulary. They are best reserved for the track, or when needed in an emergency when you need to draw from your safety margin when things go completely toes-up on the street. Nick is the author of the highly-acclaimed motorcycle magazine article "The Pace" in which he details the way to treat riding on the street in a responsible and fun manner and stay alive. He has ridden with many other moto-journalists and seen many of them crash and get seriously hurt -even killed. He knows that one needs to ride "The Pace" to stay alive on the street. He is down to earth when telling which techniques are for the track, and what lessons we can learn from that and apply to the public roads.The book is not only superbly written and detail a step-by-step approach to understanding what makes a motorcycle turn, stop and accelerate right to the theoretical limits, but it does it in a beautifully presented coffee table worthy book with tons of very high quality photos and prints inside. All the pages throughout are glossy and the text is immaculately laid out and printed. Even if this book were like the fluff that most other motorcycle self-help/technique books are, it would still be beautiful and worthy of collecting just to page through the pictures and feel the wonderful glossy pages turn under your fingers. It's that nice of a book.The fact that it is so much more than just a pretty coffee table book is almost gravy. For $25 you can't buy anything else for your bike or your gearbag that will give such a return on its investment. There are no go-fast farkles or safety gadgets that will yield such a benifit for your riding and safety as this book. It should be in every rider's library. Get it and read it. It might just save your life, or at least make it that much more enjoyable when you are out on two wheels.

Why should someone who rides on the street read a book written by a motorcycle racer? Because today, an awful lot of riders are tooling around on 100+ horsepower race bikes and wondering why the corners come at them so darned fast!This book is clearly and smoothly written with outstanding photographs, great stories and excellent advice. Here's a sample: There is more to cornering than braking early, throwing the bike down and twisting the throttle. Ever hear of trail braking? Racers use it, and you'll need it when that cage driver backs out in front of you while your leaned over in a tight right hander. Ever wonder why corners scare you? It could be because you are rushing them, not keeping your eyes up, and are riding way too fast for the street. Have you ever wondered just how far you could lean your bike over before bad things start to happen? If you read this book, you'll know how to find out safely.This is a wonderful book for intermediate or experienced riders. New riders probably won't get it. However, for anyone who has been riding for awhile, this book will explain a lot.Quibbles? I wish the author was more descriptive of how a bike behaves at the limit, but I guess that's sort of his point: The smart move is to gradually work up to your limits in a safe and controlled way, in a safe and controlled environment, like a racetrack.Buy this book today and ride better by this weekend.