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Old 08-27-23, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by GamblerGORD53
Go ride NO hands, the bike will SHOW you how to steer. LOL.
"Learning" counter steering is pure quackery IMO. ZERO people ever think about it, that's for sure. Whatever twitching happens, it's entirely the bike's doing.
I'm pretty sure what happens for me in turns at over 20 mph say, is I LEAN on the turn side grip and simultaneously LIFT the other grip, thereby the bike leans into the turn.
I also dumbly bought a Honda 400 =4 road bike in 1976. I doubt I rode more than 100 miles practice with my BIL, before I passed the test first try on HIS similar bike. LOL Mine was out of gas.
I drove it like my bicycle of course. I sure as hell did NOTHING but turn the bars the way I was going and maybe a little body lean. I only puttered 2,500 miles tho, with a few rides on the highway. I never did like it much, because my hands went numb.
Yep, I imagine you can't "learn" counter steering. You just naturally do it.
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