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The book about piloting sportbikes (the author - Keit Code)

The foreword

All my achievements in motor-cycle races are based on the information which has been set up in this book. The book is written to inform up to you this information and to learn you to use it at driving a motorcycle. Much will show to you exuberant for daily driving, but I dare to certify, the majority of methods are applicable not roofing felt on a racetrack, but also in the street.

Often advices of the people only produce a headache. Therefore Kate in the book learns you to think independently. More seven years we worked together without any records. Now you have book, means to you will be more lighter.

Nobody would like to think, that the panic can take above him top. You should esteem it as a certain barrier, which one to you needs to be overcome. All reacting resulting in to a panic, are listed in the book. All drivers collide with them. Now you can recognize them and understand, what exactly they - cause of all your errors.

I range a motorcycle more than twenty years and still I study. Do not hurry. I saw much hurry, anybody from them has not advanced far. You should accept all ideas of this book, get used to them. Not important, what is the time it will take. Because if you it will not make, you can not go further.

Dug Chandler.

The foreword of the writer

10 years, elapsed from the moment of appearance of the maiden volume of this book, were delightful for bikers. That book became my maiden attempt to create technology of driving. I knew, that she exists, it was required only to find it. The maiden volume go worldwide, because he tendered to the driver to work and to think independently, it was the very useful first step. But Twist of the Wrist II tenders more actual technology of driving, addresses to the essence of problems of the driver. Let me to explain concept " actual technology of driving ".

Technology against advices

For the beginning give is identifiable different categories of the information, which one you receive. Their four, store them. Any information on driving your motorcycle falls in one of them.

Parasitic advices

• " Never will learn, whether fast thee go, will not be displayed yet "
• " Wait, while everyone will brake and listen up to two "

Friendly advices

• " Warning itself "
• " Try to go continuously "

Useful advices

• " Try to go round in turn that knoll "
• " Try to pass this section on heightened transfer "

Actual technology

• " Always use more late entry point in turn for turns with decreasing radius "
• " If you will be in turn that to add gas to dump is will put to reinforced activity of the suspension, will diminish coupling with a road and will force a motorcycle to straighten a pathway ".

The actual solutions

The present technology has a broad field of application and always decides problems. She includes realization by the driver of the operating and comprehension of communication between these operating and requirements to dynamics of a motorcycle. Contr-taxiings - and ideal example of such technology, (see cpt. 12 for explanation of contr-taxiing).

Practically everyone study to go, not having slightest concept about contr-taxiing. But as roofing felt to the driver perceives and receives it, it opens a vast field for perfecting in any situation requiring of taxiing. Contr-taxiing theoretically combines the requirements and desires of the driver with the requirements and desires bikes. It I also name by technology. I hope, you see a difference between her and friendly or useful advices.

I do not want to say, that is necessary to neglect advices. They are very useful, when it is necessary to apply technology to a concrete situation. Then the hint or advice become the useful tool. But I heard many advices from the people sincerely attempting to help, and almost all of them appeared useless.

Discovering

For the present bikes driving - always discovering and call. So was during 100 years, from the moment of originating a motorcycle, and so will be, while the motorcycles exist. The present driver receives each trip as valuable experience. The adventure is hidden in each turn, each starting, each gasing. In a pattern there are a lot of things, which one in due course become boring and customary. The analysis and application of new technologies will allow to avoid it. Before you the new doors will open.

Acceptance of technology

Schopenhauer has said: " the True passes three stages. At first at her laugh. Then it hardly mind. And at last receive as an evidence ". The technology of driving has passed all three stages.

Passing a series S on mine 20 0-bottom Ducati in 1960-m to year, I have opened contr-taxiing. I have frightened. It seemed by full delirium and I never mentioned a nem till 1970, was afraid, that me will accept for idiot. Contr-taxiing was realized only in 1973-m to year, during international conference on secure driving driving in San Francisco. There doctor Harry Hart and group of the explorers of the corporation Honda separately have presented the documentation clarifying as works contr-taxiing, and as its interpreted usage helps the driver to avoid troubles.

These researches have given each capabilities for perfecting. But I remember also rigid oppositions pronounced in my address, when I attempted to tell about this technology to the racers with the 20-year's experience.

Similarly, the long time was considered what to apply the forward brake very much and very dangerously. Even the sellers of motorcycles pavor by it of the beginners. Here and there at discussion of this problem the business reached combat. Now " everyone know " that the lion's lobe in inhibition is necessary on the forward brake.

In 1976-m I have declared to year, that the racers can improve the outcomes simply having learnt fundamental theory of driving of a motorcycle. I have emitted some short reports consisting in main of useful advices, and they have helped to many people. However my friends the racers criticized sharply me, when have learned, that my schoolboys often sit in the class, examining the schedules and charts. Nevertheless, my schoolboys become sharply to improve the outcomes, passing a circle on the average for 7 seconds is faster, than before occupations. So long as the young journalist and racer John Ulrich has not passed my course and the men in 1977-m has not published the report, anybody even and to listen nothing wanted. Now they speak, what is it history.

In this book you will find some more keys to a solution of efficient control a motorcycle.

Kate Code

THE INTRODUCING. THE MACHINE AGAINST the PERSON

From the moment of purchasing my maiden motorcycle in 1957, the motor-constitution developed with startling paces. Bikes became the trunks - adhere ding are more lighter and faster, the suspensions - are more reliable. But, by 20000 students, which one I have trained for 13 years at the Californian school Superbike, all of them interfere with with the same problems, as 20 years back. Our educational motorcycles become to go on 20 miles per hour faster, but the propagation time of a circle was reduced all to 1-2 seconds. If to recollect, that for this time of speed in sports have grown íà8-10 of seconds on a circle, there are interesting problems and answers on them.

That hinders

What hinders the drivers to use all these remarkable achievements of a motor-constitution? (Only improvement hooking of properties of trunks gives improvement of time of a circle on the average for 3 seconds.) Where there are barriers and how them to overcome? (something hinders huge quantity of the people.) it can is necessary will be massed on comprehension of methods of driving? (the Racer 90-years know how is greater the colleague from 80.) Probably it is necessary to conduct more time on a route? (my experience speaks, that the outcomes do not depend directly on time conducted in a saddle.) the business in motivation of each concrete racer Is possible? (Again, I used to know of the gifted and reasoned sportsmen not reached large outcomes.) the Gloomy picture is loomed for the starting racers, whether not so? (Wait a one second.)

Skill on 75 percents

I have noted, that 95 % of my schoolboys reach unknown reliance of control of a motorcycle after several busy hours in the class and on a racetrack, and the majority of them can be run in by very composite methods of driving all for two days - but only if they go on 75 % of percents from their customary speed. What descends behind these in 75 percents? I think, everyone will agree, that a self-preservative instinct usually called as pavor then comes into effect. As soon as main methods of driving are run in, there is a push button "Panic", and each depresses it at the approach to an own limit of capabilities. It also hinders to reach object in views, bates self-respect and deprives of confidence in one's strength.

In the maiden volume of the book I have entered concept " of ten dollars ". Sense it that each has definite and invariable quantity of attention, which one spends during driving for any operating, made behind a control surface, - a gear-shifting, observation of a flow, mortgaging of a motorcycle in turn or singing about itself song. If all your attention is depleted, the panic starts. For example, you so are afraid to be fitted in in something, that focus all your attention on this object, and him (attention, that is) simply does not remain on fulfillment of other operating, in outcome you are fitted in. All drivers, irrespective of opening-up, occasionally spend all $ 10 of the attention, that results in developments of a self-preservative instinct - panic and pavor. In this book I shall be attempted to learn you to deceive your pavor (or to remove a limit, behind which one he arises) and by that to eliminate the main cause of all problems - push button "Panic"

Spend yours attention deliberately and do not press on the push button with all force.

This book - remarkable tool, which one will help to you to understand, what exactly depressed the push button with "panic". Reading and the trainings will help to you to remove a barrier, behind which one this push button works and will allow you to take pleasure in the increased speeds

Donny Green

( Five-multiple champion in the class 250 sm3 and instructor of the Californian School Superbike with the six-years experience. He has added the commenting to this book).

 

Last changes 25.03.2004