"Jon N. Benignus" <blkwidow1@primary.net> wrote:
:> A motorcycle turns by leaning the vehicle to one side or the other.
: Not true. A m/c turns by a process called "countersteering". IOW, to turn
: left, you push on the left grip, which moves the contact patch to the right,
: therefore destablizing the bike, causing it to lean to the left. Once this
: is done, the front wheel will point in direction of travel. And, that
: happens only at speed. At walking speeds, you must turn the bars left to
: turn left, and you may even want to lean the bike in the opposite direction
: of the turn, allowing you to turn the front wheel even more.
'Tis true, actually. :-) Its the lean that steers the bike;
"countersteering" is merely the method used to break the "gyroscopic"
effect (for lack of a better term) and cause the bike to start leaning.
---Jon-
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