Product Description
Original instructional manuscript read by author Keith Code. For nearly two decades A Twist of the Wrist has been the high performance rider’s bible of cornering. Enthusiasts worldwide have used Keith Code’s unique perspective on the cornering art to improve their own skills and enjoyment. “A Twist of the Wrist is the classic guide to rider improvement . . . down to earth questions, answers and examples of high performance riding . . . Both advanced and beginning … More >>
#1 by Raymond Evangelista on July 2, 2010 - 6:23 pm
The information contained in the video is good. The info will be useful for new riders and people that are trying to focus more on how to corner.
The one thing I wasn’t happy about was the lack of instruction on how to do things better. They do a great job of telling you what to do and what not to do, but don’t spend time on telling you how to do it. In lots of situations they tell you to figure out what works best for you. I thought the focus of the video should have been on teaching us what Keith knew and what he would do.
I do need to worn you about the jokes in the video. They make all types of attempts at humor in the video and every time they did my wife and I made a funny face at each other. I hope Keith’s sense of humor is better in person. If not the two day camp I am doing is going to be torture.
As for the quality of the video it was poor. The video was shoot in the 80s and the production of the video is poor by today’s standards. To say it needs updating is an understatement.
If you are lazy and don’t like to read then watching the video is the way to go. If you don’t mind reading then I would get the book and focus on one section at a time. I would back the book up by doing some track time and applying what you have learned. Just so you know Keith has classes all over the US and everything they teach in the books and video are taught in his classes. Being I am a hands on type of guy I would much rather learn from him at the track.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by Rudy Hassen on July 2, 2010 - 7:57 pm
I’ll go further than most and say this is pretty useless, even for beginners. Showing racing lines in overhead shots is better done watching Speed Channel. The concentration needed to ride is discussed, and worthy of about 2 minutes explanation. You would expect more about techniques, and maybe some stuff taught at the schools. This DVD, rightly or wrongly, made me decide NOT to go to Keith Code school.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Ron Gonzalez on July 2, 2010 - 10:11 pm
This product is usefull for beginners, however, the same concepts IMO can be learned from reading the book, a Twist of the wrist. I sat through and watched the DVD for the full length, I am not sure if i picked up anything by watching a graphic version of the book, which is basically what this is.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by zeitgeist170 on July 2, 2010 - 11:15 pm
I love the series of books but this DVD falls down. The material and footage is dated. The shots do not nearly go far enough to take advantage of really letting us see what is being discussed. When this was shot that was probably due to equipment limitations. It is really, realllly time to update this with much more extended and closer footage. This medium could be the icing on the cake for the series but it’s really more the box you throw away to get to the books…
Rating: 2 / 5
#5 by K. Boyette on July 2, 2010 - 11:52 pm
First of all, it’s old, so the of course it’s going to be cheesy. I was willing to look past that. But most of the DVD shows guys drawing how they’re going to enter a turn and to pick out certain points in the road… they repeat it over.. and over….and over… and over.. I had to stop the DVD before I even made it half way through. I finally decided to start watching it again the next day.. and guess what?.. more drawing! I have learned more watching videos on YouTube than I did from this video – nothing.
Rating: 1 / 5