NEW Motorcycle Roadcraft: what's changed?

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Postby Zebedee » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:44 pm


So now Motorcycle Roadcraft has been updated. Should I bother buying it? How different is it to the old version (which I have already)? What's changed?
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Postby Slink_Pink » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:07 pm


Not being a motorcyclist or having seen the new book I can't comment directly but the reviews on Amazon are scathing to say the least. It sounds like an afterthought from the car edition. Based on that, it's probably advisable to flick through in a bookshop before committing to purchase.
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Postby michael769 » Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:13 pm


There are a number of quite jarring proof errors in it, which have arisen from a bit of copy and paste from the car edition.

For example it advises riders to wind their window down at junctions in fog. :roll:
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Postby Horse » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:14 pm


Bwa-ha-ha . . . Groan :(

How long before that finds its way into HTBABB? :)
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Postby Horse » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:46 am


At long last . . .

http://www.roadcraft.co.uk/uploads/p...t-chapter7.pdf


Counter-steering
At speeds above walking pace, steering input to the left will make the bike
lean to the right. This is known as counter-steering. Everyone countersteers
but the steering input required is minimal and often unnoticed.
If you understand the principle, however, it increases your ability to
manoeuvre accurately while cornering.
As the motorcycle leans, several forces are at work.
• Inertia tends to make the motorcycle keep travelling in a straight line –
this feels as though you are being pushed outwards.
• Other forces tend to move a bike travelling along a curved path towards
the centre of the circle around which it’s travelling.
When the forces tending to push the machine outwards equal the forces
tending to pull it inwards, the bike will be balanced.
So, to start a turn and get the bike to lean, you must apply pressure on
one side of the handlebars. To turn right, push on the right handlebar, and
to turn left, push on the left handlebar. It is important to apply the pressure
smoothly. When you reach the correct angle of lean for the bend, remove
all pressure from the handlebars and the steering will self-align. Maintain a
positive throttle to balance the effect of cornering forces.
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