Ride to Live, Live to Ride - The Guide to Safe Motorcycling

Study the art of staying safe and alive on your motorcycle or scooter, riding in the jungle warfare that is everyday traffic. Draw on the experiences - and the mistakes - of celebrity riders: Superbike ace Aaron Slight, television chef and scooter pilot Jamie Oliver, the Hof and his Harley...This is a handy guide on what not to wear, and what to wear, how to choose a bike that's right for you and set it up, with pointers on avoiding accidents and the dreaded 'Smidsy'. The aim is to help make the motorcycle/scooter experience fun and exhilarating - a shortcut through the knocks and scrapes of learning the hard way. In his role as chief editor for New Zealand Autocar magazine, author Paul Owen regularly gets to road test the latest motorcycle, be it a new retro Vespa in Italy or the latest Suzuki GSXR 1000 around Philip Island in Australia. So he really knows from personal experience what he writes about. Ride to Live, Live to Ride is relevant for both the new and the experienced rider. It's a book that should be in every scooter and motorbike owner's possession or pannier......