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Joe Frickin' Friday
. I can't fathom how people don't believe in counter steering, at ANY speed.

 

Not any speed. Try this: Stop. Turn bars all the way to the right. Start. What direction does the bike turn?

 

If the bike is truly balanced on its two wheels, CG above the contact-patch line, front wheel pointed to right, and you start rolling, the bike will fall to the left. It's a trick because you know the rider who tries this is automatically going to lean the bike to the right, using his feet on the ground, a split-second before he starts rolling forward.

 

How about this. Start off with the bike on the centerstand, front wheel pointed to right. Now ride forward off the stand, and see which way the bike leans. crazy.gif

 

Unless the scenario begins with the bike already leaning to one side, a turn must be initiated with a countersteer to create that lean, even when starting from a dead-stop.

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russell_bynum
. I can't fathom how people don't believe in counter steering, at ANY speed.

 

Not any speed. Try this: Stop. Turn bars all the way to the right. Start. What direction does the bike turn?

 

If the bike is truly balanced on its two wheels, CG above the contact-patch line, front wheel pointed to right, and you start rolling, the bike will fall to the left. It's a trick because you know the rider who tries this is automatically going to lean the bike to the right, using his feet on the ground, a split-second before he starts rolling forward.

 

How about this. Start off with the bike on the centerstand, front wheel pointed to right. Now ride forward off the stand, and see which way the bike leans. crazy.gif

 

Unless the scenario begins with the bike already leaning to one side, a turn must be initiated with a countersteer to create that lean, even when starting from a dead-stop.

 

Correct.

 

The important bit of info being that the bike turns by leaning. Initiate a lean (via weight shift, countersteering, pre-leaning the bike before you start moving,etc) and the bike turns.

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