The Complete Idiot's Guide to MotorcyclesPenguin, 2001 - 428 páginas The definitive buying and lifestyle guide! -- The Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to Motorcycles, Second Edition is the most comprehensive book on motorcycles-covering everything from how to choose and maintain a motorcycle and how to buy appropriate gear to how to ride safely, and how to make the most out of trips on the open road. It even discusses motorcycle history and the timeless motorcycle mystique. -- Written by the editors of Motorcyclist Magazine, the world's largest streetbike publication, with a monthly circulation of 230,000 and an estimated readership of 1.3 million. -- Features a cover quote from Jay Leno! The Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to Motorcycles, Second Edition will contain approximately 15% new and/or revised information, including a completely updated buyer's guide featuring the latest motorcycles and equipment, an updated chapter on racing covering new rules and venues that have come about over the past three years, updated material on the repair and maintenance of motorcycles that reflects new product and service changes of the newer models, and additional resources for beginners to motorcycling. |
Contenido
Biker Basics | 1 |
A Brief History of Bikes | 13 |
Street Squid or Dirt Donk? Types of Motorcycles | 27 |
So You Want to Buy a Bike? | 43 |
Anatomy of a Motorcycle | 57 |
Start Your Engines | 73 |
Buying Your First Bike | 85 |
Insider Tips on Buying a Bike | 99 |
Special Situations | 185 |
Group Riding | 192 |
Riding OffRoad | 199 |
Living with a Motorcycle | 211 |
Repair | 229 |
Creative Customizing and Collecting | 243 |
The Motorcycling Community | 257 |
The American Motorcyclist Association | 268 |
Getting the Gear | 107 |
Fancy Footwear | 115 |
On the Road | 127 |
Learning to Ride | 141 |
Rules of the Road | 155 |
Riding Reading and Reacting | 164 |
Steering Through Sticky Situations | 169 |
Freeway Riding | 175 |
Motorcycle Road Racing | 287 |
BritishEuropeanAmerican Racing Series BEARS | 297 |
How to Become a Motorcycle Road Racer | 301 |
Appendixes | 311 |
B Bikers Buying Guide to Used Bikes | 375 |
Resources | 383 |
Cycle Babble Glossary | 403 |