I strongly suggest purchasing this book. It is full of information to help you become a better rider. As a Road Captain in The Christian Motorcyclist Association it helps me keep our Chapter members informed on safe riding practices. The writer has excellent knowledge of motorcycling and uses many real life situations to illustrate his point. He is very witty in his writing which makes the book fun to read. I would also reccomend the first book Proficient Motorcycling

If you want to ride a motorcycle safely then you must buy and read this book. I re-read it each year in the winter to refresh my riding skills in preparation for the upcoming riding season. The best book on motorcycle safety skills development.

This book is an excellent place to gain more knowledge of motorcycling or to review old information on motorcycling. Will probably reread book every year before motorcycling season begins.

I read this book and keep refering to it for years till I handed to my Dad (a new rider at 55) to help him understand motorcycle riding a bit more.

If you're too stupid to take the MSF course or equivalent, this is the next best thing. If you've already taken the course, this book fills in a lot of the cracks. Easy to read, and it willl save your life!

This is a great book for improving your riding skills such as braking, riding and turning at slow speeds, and handling road curves.

The Book is Great, However the pages are coming unglued and falling out, individually. Very bad book binding process, must contact Bowtie for concerning issues.

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This book is a furtherance of your motorcycling education, read this after "Proficient Motorcycling".

Dave Hough is the closest thing to a guru that I have. I ride constantly; I am a true "biker." although I don't fit the image at all. I commute on my bike; I run errands on my bike; I travel on my bike; I vacation on my bike. Dave's three books have saved me, literally, more than once from making errors that would have proven serious or fatal. Beyond that, his books have been instructive, distilling the wisdom of countless years of safe motorcycling into complete volumes like this one. Why learn the hard way, re-invent the wheel? If you ride, it's all here. Get it.

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This book is a furtherance of your motorcycling education, read this after "Proficient Motorcycling".

The original is the best but this is still very useful. Learn what goes wrong and how to prevent it by reading and thinking instead of making your own mistakes people. Wish i'd read this before I wrote off my last bike :-(

Here's more information for motorcyclists of all levels. David Hough is a terrific writer. You'll hang on his every word.This time out, he shares his history of riding motorcycles, and what he's learned in over 30 years on the road. Get it!

Hough knows his stuff. The language is clear, the photos clear, the message clear. It's more of the same, what he writes about all the time. If you bought "Proficient Motorcycling" you've read most of what's here. If you paid attention to what you read, you can pass on this one. Having said that, it's probably useful to have it in your library. If you're buying for a biker or soon-to-be biker, it's a good choice.

This is a great book. Well written with lots of good information for the motorcyclist.

The issue I have is the publishers binding of the book. I opened this book and within minutes a page fell out. Within 24 hours, 40+ pages had come loose from the book.

Amazon has an execellent on line system for replacing defective merchandise. I used it, and the book was replaced within a few days.

Unfortunatlly the replacement book had exactally the same problem. Very poor binding.

I just put it on the shelf, a victum of crappy publishing.

I can not reccomened it for this reason alone and that is too bad.

I read the first book "Proficient Motorcycling". It was informative and
mostly accurate. The advice was level headed and sound.

This book repeats a lot of the material in "Proficient Motorcycling". So,
for those who bought the first book I would advise them to buy this one
used, but the copy of "More Proficient Motorcycling" which I bought
completely fell apart at the binding. All the pages are now loose leaf.

So, my recommendation is to just keep your money.

This guide serves as a perfect beginner's volume or a reminder for the seasoned motorcycle rider. This motorcycle philosophy will also teach you to stay focused.

I've read both of Mr. Hough books. I found his style to be an easy to understand common sense aproach. Very informitive. Enjoyable read.

I've read both of Mr. Hough books. I found his style to be an easy to understand common sense aproach. Very informitive. Enjoyable read.

I've read David Hough's article in MCN magazine and heard this book reference many times. I finally bought a copy and found I was going through the chapters very quickly. The information is presented in a way that every rider can relate to his stories. Either we can see ourselves or others we've ridden with presented as the examples. David even points out when he has fallen prey to some of the traps that can cause to rider to temporarily lose their focus.

I'll be buying his other books. Good motorcycle rider/writers are always added to my list of must reads.

This selectiion is a follow-up to the original "Proficient Motorcycle Riding" by author David L. Hough. Simply stated, these two volumes form a bible for the conscientious biker. The skill and safety development tips provide invaluable information that will jump-start the novice biker's awarness and knowledge, and serve as a wake-up to forgotten or overlooked skills for the experienced rider. Mr. Hough uses humor and bemused observations to present direct, yet easily understood concepts and case histories.

Excellent information for new and experienced riders who want to be more experienced and safer on the road.

Excellent information for new and experienced riders who want to be more experienced and safer on the road.

I read Proficient Motorcycling, and was extremely impressed (best book on motorcycle skills ever); I was a little disappointed with this follow-up book, since I had such unrealistic expectations. This is a good book, but I got more "motorcycling philosophy" out of this book than the first book. It is worth the cost, but if you're only getting one book, get the first one.

This is a great book, a must read for all riders. Before you get this book read Hough's 1st one. It is even better than this book.

After riding for 50 years I still found a lot of great information.

This book will make you a much safer and confident rider.

Great book. I have read both of David's books. The are both great books that will make you think twice about some of the things you may do on your motorcylce. I felt like "More Proficient Motorcycling" repeated many of the things said in his first book "Proficient Motorcycling", although it did go into more detail on some of the topics.

Mr. Hough takes you further along the path to successful riding. This book is "icing on the cake" after reading the first book on the same subject, "Proficient Motorcycling - The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well"

This is different enough to Proficient Motorcycling to be worth buying. I like the overall emphasis on avoiding trouble rather than getting out of trouble. There is more emphasis on throttle control which I found helpful. I expect I'll be reading this for the next few years as I continue learning to ride and start venturing out onto the serious twisties. As with the first book, being based on magazine columns ther eis a bit of repetition and some overlap with the first but I enjoy reading it and find it very useful.

This book was also an interesting read. I was hoping for more technical information. Still, is good for new bikers and a good reminder for old ones.

I picked this book up by accident and was very impressed, and read it cover to cover in a few days.

It is a very practical book, and gives very clear explanations. It doesn't try to dumb-down the language, yet it doesn't skip over anything either with the assumption that "you must already know" certain things.

I found the sections on counter-steering (explanation and practice) and "hanging-off" to be very helpful. I have been riding road bikes for many years but these are techniques that are not taught in standard rider-training, and I have never been to a track-school for bikes, so it was good to get a clear understanding of the techniques, plus advice on how to try them out yourself in a controlled enviroment.

I have recommended this book to my riding friends who are like me, middle-aged, riding fairly big bikes, doing a bit of touring, but who have no misconceptions that they are Rossi on a good day...

Excellent book. Goes into details very well. A must read for ANY level of rider.

If you already read Proficient Motorcycling, you'l probably find half of the content of More Proficient Mortocycling somewhat redundant. Other wise you will meet with David L Hough good writing style that confort you in beeing alert to the risk and road hazard facing motorcyclist.

Excellent book! I have ridden multiple cycles in years past and then got away from riding for quite a few years. I recently got hooked again with the purchase of a BMW R1150R and bought David's book to bone up on what I needed to be thinking about to keep from getting killed. His pointers on correctly approaching curves, proper braking and looking for an opening, instead of what you are trying to avoid hitting were priceless bits of infomation. The first time I had to nail the brakes on my new bike I locked up the back wheel. After reading David's book I know why and how to avoid doing it again. Highly recommended reading, even for experienced rider's.

The second volume of a two-volume set by David Hough, this text provides the motorcycle enthusiast with advanced insights, tricks, tactics and skills designed to hone operating skills to a razor's edge. Whereas the first volume presented the basics of motorcycle mechanics and control, this discussion provides a more in-depth analysis of the necessary skills and abilities needed to safely pilot a motorcycle. With information on avoiding road rage, slow riding, sight distance, quick stops, countersteering and "moto-psychology," even the most proficient rider will find something that increases his/her overall motorcycling abilities. Hough's books should be reread at the beginning of each riding season to ensure the enthusiast is armed with the necessary knowledge needed to survive on the often motorcycle-unfriendly streets of our country.

Excellent. As a rider of 3+ years it always helps me to continually sharpen my skills. This book helps me do just that.
The only negative - the first copy the bindings fell apart within 2 weeks. Amazon quickly shipped me another one though.

Excellent content. The information is priceless but it would be a big plus if the publisher could find a way to bind the book to help prevent it from falling apart while you read it. I had the same problem with the first book "Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well".

The 1st Hough book Proficient Motorcycling is a very complete overview of the motorcycle, its mechanics and basic safety. That book serves starting riders very well. I read "More" proficient motorcycling soon after I finished the first book and when I had less than 200 miles under my belt. At that point in time I found that I was not ready for the 2nd book. I couldn't make sense of the examples. The book is much more a discussion with riders than a training course for beginners.

This spring after beginning to commute to work on the motorcycle and having many more hours of cycle time I re-read the book in prerparation to return to the road. With more experience the book was much more useful. Where the first book told the reader what to do, "More" gives examples, choices and options for the rider to consider.

The book is extremely thought provoking. It contains many excellent examples including a section that describes how you can lay out your own training course (assuming you have the tarmac to do it)and much helpful advice on cornering.

If you are just starting out read the first book before this you read this one. You'll need the grounding. If you are an experienced rider I would suggest reading this book every year as you gear up for the riding season (unless of course you are lucky enough to live where its always riding season, then I'd make it a New Year's resolution).

Any way you slice it its another excellent book from Mr. Hough.

In a few words, after reading the first one -Proficient Motorcycling- one cannot expect less from this renowned author and experienced rider.
This book deals deeper with concepts presented in the first one, concepts any reader-rider should have caught in mind and practised on the street after reading that. So this second part re-enforces and emphasizes basics ideas and fundamentals of riding safe as well as presents new optics on advanced motorcycling.
I highly recommend it to you all bike enthusiasts who ýeated-upý the first one in a week and conciously practised every drill described there.

David L. Hough's book "Proficient Motorcycling" showed me how little I really knew about the mechanical dynamics of a motorcycle. While I have been riding for a while, and am a safe rider, with Hough's book it has become a lot clearer about what a motorcycle is realing doing as I ride. Hough covers, in detail, many topics of safe riding, but he also helps you understand the mechanical dynamics of the motorcycle, in depth. By knowing what the machine wants to do under normal conditions, and under what conditions the machine fails us, we can better ride within the the margins of the bike's design and conditions. No matter how proficient you think you are already, Hough's book will help you understand what the machine is designed to do, and not do, and how important the rider is to it's safe operation. With the book in hand, plan on reading a chapter and wanting to go for a ride just to relate Hough's points to real riding.

The author continues to build upon the skills outlined and described in the first Proficient Motorcycling book.
Though this book is not organized the same.
The first book was a nice balance of "MSF" type theory, real life riding experience, drawings, pictures, and diagrams.
This book is more of a story telling best practice manual. The author tells a story of an event either he experienced or a friend experienced and then breaks down what was done and could have been improved on. Chapters range from Long Distance Riding Tactics, Mental Prepardness, and Route Selection, to Bike Maintenance scenerios, Curve Scenarios, and International Road Rules.
There is some overlap between books, as some theory needs to be explained again to be able to correllate the story to the instructions.
If your a beginner biker then you will appreciate reading this book after the first proficient book, just for the real life experiences you might expect to encounter.
If your a seasoned rider then some of the stories will seem familiar, and you may find yourself re-evaluating what happened during your ride.
I recommend reading the first book, Proficient Motorcycling Ultimate Guide, then getting some of your own experience under your belt before diving into this book. You will find the stories easier to visualize in your mind and much more memorable.

This is a must read for any motorcycle rider, novice or experienced. The layout of the book is good and information easy to find. There is some overlap between the first book and this one (delayed apexing for example), though both are invaluable guides.

The basic physics of bike handling are covered nicely and has a no BS approach.
The book gives very good insight into safe cycling and has some practical exercises to try out as well.

Problems: Topics like counter steering are split across multiple chapters. Though this is the only one I found, it would have been nice to have all in once nice block or chapter.

Conclusions: For the street rider, both books by DLH are a must read. These books changed the way I look at street riding.

Written mostly for expert or experienced riders, Hough still comes off in language that riders of all levels can easily relate to and understand. Practically every subject related to riding is covered in great detail. He calls a few spades and is occasionally somewhat stern - but this is a book about riding safely and well, and I say it's welcome that someone takes it that seriously. He manages to avoid being obnoxious or preachy; that turns people off and I suspect he knows this.

If the book has a major difference in theme from the first, it's that as you gain experience you'll find that the best way to improve is in the mental arenas of preparation, practice, and knowledge. Once you have gained enough experience to be able to physically ride, in other words, then you're able to REALLY start learning how to ride well. This book will set you on the road to make big improvements.

There's just a ton of information here - from the mechanical aspects of apexing, trail braking, and panic stops, all the way to attitude, preparation, and dealing with breakdowns. The book is quite dense, packed with the same style of figures and pictures as the first book. As with the first one, this one is also well written. It might take a few reads to absorb it all!

All in all a totally useful in-depth resource for riders who have at least learned the language and ridden for a while. Novice riders should get the first book, certainly - but this one won't put you off if you get both at the same time. It's like the ERC on your bookshelf!

It's as good a read as his first book "Proficient Motorcycling". I would recommend that everyone pick up Proficient Motorcycling and More Proficient Motorcycling togather. If you apply what you learn in these two books you will become a better and safer rider.