data.3news-bydate.train.rec.motorcycles.105260 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Subject: Re: Countersteering sans Hands
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
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In article [email protected], [email protected] (David Svoboda) writes:
>
>Well, as many a bored bike tourer can tell you, the way to steer
>sans hans is to push your body off to the side you want to lean.
Also known as, "leaning."
>Say you want to turn left....
[severely confused rambling about the ground pushing...]
>but the front wheel has trail. If the ground pushes the front wheel
>toward the left at the contact patch, the trail will cause the
>wheel to turn to the right. Hey, there we are. No-hands counter-
>steering.
Contersteering refers to pushing the inside handlebar to effect a
lean. No-hands countersteering is an oxymoron.
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