Total Control: High Performance Street Riding Techniques, 2nd Edition [Paperback]

Total Controldelivers what other high-performance riding books only claim to offer: the skills to let you put your bike where you want it. Practicing the techniques outlined on these pages is the fastest and easiest way to master your machine.

Writing in aclear and understandablestyle,accomplished instructor and road racer Lee Parksdemystifies the techniques used by top professionals and shows how to apply them to high-performance street and track riding, no matter what kind of bike you ride. Parks explains thepsychological dynamicsof fear and concentration, as well as what it takes to achievetrue masteryof your motorcycle.

Total Controlgives you everything you need to develop the techniques andsurvival skillsnecessary to become a proficient, accomplished, and safer street rider.High-quality photos, detailed instructions, and professional diagramshighlight the intricacies and proper techniques of street riding. Readers will come away with a better understanding of everything from braking and cornering to proper throttle control, resulting in a more exciting yet safer ride. By breaking down skills intosmall and easily learned modules,Total Controloffers the most effective riding curriculum ever developed. 

Total Controlis themust-have instruction bookfor sport, touring, cruiser, and adventure riders who want to taking their riding skills to the next level in the shortest amount of time…without taking unnecessary risks.  

Lee Parks has been racing for over 16 years, and he won the 2001 G.M.D. Computrack National Endurance Series Championship in the Lightweight class. He also finished 2nd in the 1994 AMA 125GP national championship in its exhibition year. He spent five years as the editor and chief test rider ofMotorcycle Consumer Newswhere he road tested every new street motorcycle available in the U.S. and became olco