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Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic at Pt. Mugu CA, September
2006. Kneeling in front are Tracy Martin (left) and Lee Parks,
instructors. LT Doug Crane (third in from right) flys this F18 Hornet.
He is also the only student riding a cruiser--go figure?  
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Tracy Martin is a well-known motojournalist and
motorcycle enthusiast who regularly contributes to
Motorcycle Consumer News, RoadBike, 2 Wheel Tuner
and Dealer News magazines. With over 40 years of
motorcycling experience on all types of motorcycles and
terrain, Tracy has solid “hands on” familiarity with all
aspects of motorcycles and a breadth of technical and
riding experience rarely found in the powersports
industry today.
MOTORCYLE ENTHUSIAST & MOTOJOURNALIST
TECHNICAL WRITER & SPEAKER
In addition to writing for enthusiasts' magazines, Tracy also writes technical content and
audio scripts for professional powersports trade publications as well as for Dealership
University, an innovative online powersports dealership training company. Tracy has also
presented numerous seminars for powersports dealerships, motorcycle clubs and other
organizations, on riding skills, motorcycle suspension and electrical systems, and  
automotive electrical systems. Tracy will present two seminars at
Americade 2008. "What
are All Those Wires for Anyway? and "Motorcycle Suspension 101."
ADVANCED MOTORCYCLE SKILLS TRAINER
When Tracy's not writing about motorcycles, he teaches an advanced motorcycle riding
skills course, the
Total Control Advanced Riding Clinic, based on the best-selling book
Total Control” by Lee Parks, a champion racer and former editor of Motorcycle Consumer
News. Together, Tracy and Lee developed curriculum, trained instructors and students,
and licensed riding schools to teach the Total Control method of advanced motorcycle
riding throughout the nation. In addition to courses in the United States, Tracy has taught
motorcycle classes in England and the Russian Federation.
AUTOMOTIVE MASTER TECHNICIAN, INSTRUCTOR & CONSULTANT
An A.S.E. certified, master technician, service writer, and automotive consultant, Tracy
worked in the automotive aftermarket for over 25 years, providing consulting services to
Snap-On Tools, Sun Electric, Chevron Oil, Aspire Training and Nissan of North America.
Having developed extensive automotive technical curriculums, he also taught courses on
engine performance, automotive electronics, fuel injection, electrical systems, ABS braking
systems and numerous related subjects. Tracy has also provided technical expert witness
consulting services in automotive-related court litigation.
AUTHOR
Tracy’s first book, How to Diagnose and Repair Automotive Electrical Systems,” published
by Motorbooks International, is currently available in all major bookstores. Autographed
copies of this book are available exclusively through this website.

Tracy’s second book,
Motorcycle Electrical Systems Troubleshooting and Repair is also
published by Motorbooks International.  Again, autographed copies of the second book are
available exclusively through this website.

Tracy's third book, "
How to Use Automotive Diagnostic Scanners" (published by
Motorbooks International, is also available from this website and major bookstores.

In addition to these books, Tracy co-authored the "
Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Guide
to Motorcycling Excellence, Second Edition
” with Aaron Frank, an editor at Motorcyclist
magazine.
Author, Motojournalist, Riding Skills Instructor