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Race Tech's Motorcycle Suspension Bible: Dirt, Street and Track (Motorbooks Workshop) by [Paul Thede, Lee Parks]

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by Paul Thede (Author), Lee Parks (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Suspension is probably the most misunderstood aspect of motorcycle performance. This book, by America’s premier suspension specialist, makes the art and science of suspension tuning accessible to professional and backyard motorcycle mechanics alike. Based on Paul Thede’s wildly popular Race Tech Suspension Seminars, this step-by-step guide shows anyone how to make their bike, or their kid’s, handle like a pro’s.

Thede gives a clear account of the three forces of suspension that you must understand to make accurate assessments of your suspension’s condition. He outlines testing procedures that will help you gauge how well you’re improving your suspension, along with your riding. And, if you’re inclined to perfect your bike’s handling, he even explains the black art of chassis geometry. Finally, step-by-step photos of suspension disassembly and assembly help you rebuild your forks and shocks for optimum performance.

The book even provides detailed troubleshooting guides for dirt, street, and supermoto--promising a solution to virtually any handling problem.

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Motorbooks
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June 19, 2010
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Normal0MicrosoftInternetExplorer4“Race Tech’s Motorcycle Suspension Bible provides a clear understanding of the most misunderstood aspect of motorcycle performance. Paul Thede explains it all in this book. The book provides step-by-step photos of suspension disassembly and assembly as well as detailed troubleshooting for dirt, street, and supermoto - promising a solution to virtually any handling problem.” - Sport Rider

“…a comprehensive book about one of the most misunderstood aspects of motorcycle performance – suspension. It explains the art and science of suspension tuning and set up in easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions and explanations. It is stuffed with photos and illustrations that clarify the already well-written text.” - Cycle News

“This is a highly detailed technical discussion about motorcycle suspension systems, components and operation with superb illustrations and photographs. This book could easily be used for a Master’s degree course on the subject. One thing’s for sure: it is absolutely the “Bible” of motorcycle suspension, no doubt about it.” - WebBikeWorld.com

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About the Author

Lee Parks is the author of the best-selling riding skills book Total Control. Based on his internationally renowned Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics, Total Control is considered by many to be the riding skills bible. Parks formerly edited Motorcycle Consumer News, Motorcycle Product News, and Motorcyclist magazines. He is also the owner of Lee Parks Design, a motorcycle glove and apparel manufacturer in Apple Valley, CA.

Lee Parks is the author of the best-selling riding skills book Total Control. Based on his internationally renowned Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics, Total Control is considered by many to be the riding skills bible. Parks formerly edited Motorcycle Consumer News, Motorcycle Product News, and Motorcyclist magazines. He is also the owner of Lee Parks Design, a motorcycle glove and apparel manufacturer in Apple Valley, CA. Paul Thede is widely considered the ultimate motorcycle suspension guru. He is the owner and chief engineer of Race Tech, the largest motorcycle suspension modifier in the world. leeparksdesign.com, racetech.com

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ASIN : B00FKYXJCM
Publisher : Motorbooks; First edition (June 19, 2010)
Publication date : June 19, 2010
Language : English
File size : 55999 KB
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Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Print length : 656 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #469,621 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #9 in Motorcycle Repair & Performance (Kindle Store)
- #211 in Motorcycle Repair & Performance (Books)
- #313 in Automotive Racing

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Lorbeer

Stay away from the Kindle format! Steep learning curve for total beginners.

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2016

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DO NOT purchase the Kindle format of this book. The illustrations are always out of sync with the written topic and makes the effort of learning twice as hard. I found myself jumping from picture to text many times and having to find my way back through line of discussion again.

Other than that, it has enlightened me with what was once a totally alien concept to me: suspension. Bought this as a learning kit for my entry into full suspension mountain bikes and it has been sufficiently helpful, albeit, at a steep learning curve. There are big chances of comprehension gaps for a total beginner like me: I've lost count of the number of times I found myself staring blankly at the ceiling, drawing in the air just to make the illustration jive with what I comprehend it to be.

This book would be perfect if it came with animation (via links to YouTube maybe) to explain crucial suspension workings.

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Ocatominete on youtube

this book does a good job explaining suspension

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2018

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Overall, this book does a good job explaining suspension. As I am a retire profession motorcycle mechanic, I was familiar with most of it. What I was looking for was in depth discussion of valving stack descriptions with samples with dimensions, which was beyond the scope of the book.

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Nicholas Gomez

Want to know how high-end dampers (shock absorbers) work? This is it!

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2018

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There aren't exactly a lot of books out there on how performance suspensions work. This, although focused on motorcycle suspensions can give the reader a better overview of how high-end, adjustable performance suspension systems work in comparison with cheaper, mass-market items. Highly recommended.

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Glenn M. Mcclain

Increase your suspension knowledge.

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2017

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This book has a good deal of suspension theory in it. Some things I never really thought about are explained. I found it helpful to read and reread several of its explanations and to review the illustrations to properly grasp the subject. I bought this as a Kindle book but eventually will purchase as a regular paper book as that is handier when using in the workshop. Obviously this book won't make you an expert on motorcycle suspension but it will help guide you to perfecting the suspension action on your ride.

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AudioPhlake

If you ride and don't have a factory mechanic, you should read this!

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2019

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Very in-depth physics correct analysis and real life implementation of suspensions, motorcycle specific but general in principle. Well written.

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Joe

Great read

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2011

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Worth the money. Very practical.
If you want really understand the hows and whys of suspension this is a great book.
If it was possible to gain real world experience by reading, this would be one of the books that would be able
to transcend reality and make it happen.
Excellent read and a great reference to have on hand.

The book covers the basics through the advanced topics well.
Lots of good pictures, diagrams, and illustrations. These reduce the anxiety factor a lot.
After the theory there is a large section on actual tear down of different forks and shocks.
Step by step photos. Covers dampening rod forks, inverted cartridge forks, emulsion shocks, reservoir shocks, progressive shocks, and more.

If you are redesigning or doing major chassis modifications on a street bike you will also want
Tony Foale's "Motorcycle Handling and Chassis Design the Art and the Science" to compliment this book.
Good riding to you.

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intune

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2010

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This book is Fantastic.

If you are looking to understand the inner workings & theories on motorcycle suspension I do not think you will find a better book. Having just a little mechanical knowledge and an inclination to liking mechanical/technical subjects you will find it easy to comprehend. If you have no mechanical aptitude, nor basic motorcycle riding experience, obviously you should pass on this.

At first glance the books contents may seem overwhelming. But if you read carefully, and make sure you comprehend the concepts BEFORE you turn to the next page (I re-read some pages a few times and studied the diagrams closely) you will find that by the end you have a wealth of knowledge and understanding on the subject.

Suspension tuning it seems is kind of a "black art". The right tools, years of experience, experimentation, and knowledge are needed to be a good suspension tuner. If you are looking for a good start to doing any suspension work yourself this book gives you a big leg up on the subject. If you're looking to have someone else do suspension work for you this book is invaluable as you will be well versed in understanding what YOU are looking for, and you will be better prepared to speak the "language" of the subject, as well as judge a good tuner from a "tinkerer".

9 people found this helpful

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Helped to explain Setup and replacing Fork Oil and Dust Seals

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2019

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I used this book to setup several different bikes and replace the seals on several types of forks.

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Mr Fro

Good book marred by advertising

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2014

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Naturally, any company who publish a book will slip in a few adverts to push their product. This one takes the mick though, Every other sentence is a sales pitch and it gets quite boring.

The information itself reads like a GCSE revision book insofar as it's all explained in a very simple and easy to understand age if you're 15. For a bloke in his 30's it's a bit annoying and you have to wade through loads of text before you stumble on a bit of pertinent information.

There are a few terms in the book which they manage to confuse with each other – sag, static sag and rider sag and seem to interchange quite frequently. It’s not so bad if you already understand these terms but if you’re picking up the book as a novice then you may spend a while before you figure out that they’ve used the wrong term.

Also note that the second half of the book is dedicated to pictures showing how to service various types of suspension units with a few “hilarious” snaps thrown in...

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E M

Good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2020

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Took a bit of getting into and having read the whole book, I do have a better understanding of motorcycle suspension, but I bought it for a specific job and it didn't really give me the information I wanted.

Great theory I suppose and some practical strip down guides. So definitely worth buying if your level is basic as this will help cement the principles.

cz-75

it's the only book that did the job!.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2020

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This was the book I needed to sort my bikes suspension out and a lot more, not too complex and in layman's terms, a very useful book.

frp

Very good look inside motorcycle suspensions

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2014

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If you want to study how motorcycles suspensions work this book is one of the best (if not the only).You'll find the latest technology.But for a insular european it's a bit racetech oriented and i would have like to go more inside the shims tuning.I doubt anyway you'll find a better one to start with.

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Craig S.

... this for my son he seems to think it's good help for him setting his bike

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2015

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Bought this for my son he seems to think it's good help for him setting his bike up

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