Just curious, what is your opinion on reading books like this and watching instructional videos before taking the class? Not actually riding, just gathering information and ideas?
Do you find that it makes things like countersteering easier to teach on the range?
Do you have people arguing with you about correct techniques because they read it somewhere?
For myself, I read alot and watched the Ride Like a Pro video before I took the course. Honestly, the book that helped most with the course was the MSF book on Motorcycling Excellence. It filled in the holes in the little workbook that we went through in the classroom portion. Having watched the video, I had the narrator’s voice going through my head the whole time with “head and eyes up”, “friction zone” and “rear brake” even when I wasn’t close enough to an instructor for pointers.