data.3news-bydate.train.rec.motorcycles.105069 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (David Gibbs)
Subject: Re: Countersteering sans Hands
Organization: QNX Software Systems, Ltd.
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (David Karr) writes:
>In article [email protected] (Richard Clarke) writes:
>>So how do I steer when my hands aren't on the bars? (Open Budweiser in left
>>hand, Camel cigarette in the right, no feet allowed.)
>
>>If I lean, and the
>>bike turns, am I countersteering?
>
>No, the bars would turn only *toward* the direction of turn in
>no-hands steering.
Just in case the original poster was looking for a serious answer,
I'll supply one.
Yes, even when steering no hands you do something quite similar
to countersteering. Basically to turn left, you to a quick wiggle
of the bike to the right first, causing a counteracting lean to
occur to the left. It is a lot more difficult to do on a motorcycle
than a bicycle though, because of the extra weight. (Ok, so my
motorcycle is heavy. Maybe yous isn't.)
-David