Ride Hard, Ride Smart is a practical, hands-on survival guide for the
average motorcyclist. This book provides advanced survival and safety
strategies for the developing rider. The vast wealth of knowledge and
information developed by the motorcycle safety industry is bound into
one chapter and one simple concept-the "three degrees of
separation"-that sets the stage for the rest of the book. The three
degrees of separation are riding strategies, training and skills, and
protective gear-the things that separate the rider from death and
injury. Hahn rates motorcycle risk and riding on a scale of one to ten,
ten being mere moments away from certain death, and one being home safe
in bed. Every motorcycle ride falls somewhere in between. Using the
three degrees of separation, a rider can get the risk level down to a
controllable level, creating the safest possible situation on a moving
motorcycle.
