Roadcraft manual update

[trainman]

for those of you of the 'making good progress' persuasion the Police Roadcraft book is finally being updated (current one is 1996 vintage I believe) and re issued at the end of this month, there's a reasonable description of whats new in it on Amazon.

if anyone has any info pre release pls share!

 

[JayC]

When you say updated, how 'updated' is it? Does it include the following update:-

When entering and exiting a bend use all the road available by hugging the centre white line and then powering out of the bend with a little tug on the handlebar whilst lifting the front end high.

This replaces the previous IAM theory that taking the bend wide gives you a far better view ahead of you when rounding a bend because it's not about what you can see, but how quickly you can get there.

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...and why is this in the 1200 section

 

[Martyn H]

I saw some of the draft, but have not seen the finished article. None of it is vastly different, in that the laws of physics, & the rules of the road, haven't changed.
It is a re-wording, & hopefully an easier read.

 

[Giles]

.... but there is a chapter on how to pull wheelies on a Pan ...

 

[JerseyNeil]

And some colour pictures of post 1996 bikes

And asterisks on the bits about "gently feeding in the power" on the exit of a bend*


* nail the f*&^er if you have traction control....................................

Neil
(and yes I have read the old one)

 

[Steptoe]

What's this doing in the 1200 technical section ?

There is a section just for this type of thing. The rider and training forum.

 

[Giles]

What's this doing in the 1200 technical section ?

There is a section just for this type of thing. The rider and training forum.

Oooooooo, I see a wannabe ink monitor in the making ....

 

[Time Traveller]

I used to be a milk monitor, does that count