Adventure Riding Techniques: The essential guide to all the skills you need for off-road adventure riding
Author:   Robert Wicks
Publisher:   Haynes Publishing Group
ISBN:  

9781844255726


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   19 March 2009
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Foreword by Simon Pavey Adventure Riding Techniques is the definitive guide to the specialist skills needed for off-road adventure riding, written to give readers the confidence to undertake a long-distance adventure ride, whatever the conditions. The book takes a practical approach to adventure bike basics, riding techniques, crossing different types of terrain, riding positions and survival. In typical Haynes style, using picture-led chapters and step-by-step instructions, the book covers all the key aspects of the techniques relevant to adventure riding.

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Author:   Robert Wicks
Publisher:   Haynes Publishing Group
Imprint:   J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   0.861kg
ISBN:  

9781844255726


ISBN 10:   1844255727
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   19 March 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Adventure bike preparation: bike basics including suspension and tyre pressures, training schools, luggage, equipment and accessories. Terrain: gravel, sand, rocks, mud, water, road. Essential skills: steep ascents/descents, ruts and obstacles, getting out of trouble. Specialist techniques: riding at speed, brake slide turns, riding off camber, digging out. Long-distance riding: motivation, mental preparation, fitness, nutrition and hydration, route-planning, navigation and communication. Security and survival: personal safety, cultural differences, survival techniques, first aid.

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Robert Wicks is the author of Haynes's Adventure Motorcycling and works as Commercial Director for the Powerboat P1 World Championship. Greg Baker is a veteran motorcycle enthusiast, having owned more than 35 different motorcycles to date. The pair have ridden together extensively and together have more than 100,000 miles in the saddle.

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