Counter-steering
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Counter-steering has a very specific definition. The wheel must be turned in the direction opposite to the direction you are going. Period.
There is a steering torque required to maintain the lean angle. That is why you have to keep pressure on the inside bar even after you lean, but you are not counter-steering.
There is a steering torque required to maintain the lean angle. That is why you have to keep pressure on the inside bar even after you lean, but you are not counter-steering.
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Yes, you are right, your prediction is probably wrong.
Counter steering is not about pressure or steering torque. Counter-steering is exclusively about one thing....the direction of the front wheel relative to the direction the rider wants to go. PERIOD!. You can not have counter steering without that condition.
Counter steering is not about pressure or steering torque. Counter-steering is exclusively about one thing....the direction of the front wheel relative to the direction the rider wants to go. PERIOD!. You can not have counter steering without that condition.
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Yes, you are right, your prediction is probably wrong.
Counter steering is not about pressure or steering torque. Counter-steering is exclusively about one thing....the direction of the front wheel relative to the direction the rider wants to go. PERIOD!. You can not have counter steering without that condition.
Counter steering is not about pressure or steering torque. Counter-steering is exclusively about one thing....the direction of the front wheel relative to the direction the rider wants to go. PERIOD!. You can not have counter steering without that condition.
I'll still try...MikerR1, how do you do the action to counter-steer?
That explains that. I had a couple of right foot shift bikes in the 60's and 70's that flipped me on my back. Now I know I should have compensated for that. Now I'm learning something.
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If you want to go left you push the left bar forward. The wheel is now pointed to the right, in the direction opposite to the direction you want to go.
If you want to go right you push the right bar forward. The wheel is now pointed to the left, again in the direction opposite to the direction you want to go.
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I will play along...
If you want to go left you push the left bar forward. The wheel is now pointed to the right, in the direction opposite to the direction you want to go.
If you want to go right you push the right bar forward. The wheel is now pointed to the left, again in the direction opposite to the direction you want to go.
If you want to go left you push the left bar forward. The wheel is now pointed to the right, in the direction opposite to the direction you want to go.
If you want to go right you push the right bar forward. The wheel is now pointed to the left, again in the direction opposite to the direction you want to go.
Would you be so inclined to say that can be described as "pushing the inside bar forward"?