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Gonna get the app - is it the same regardless of bike or car?
No, I don't think so.
I'll see if it's still in my app library.
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Countersteering is exponentially harder the faster you go - takes a great deal of physical effort to turn a bike at high speed. I found it extremely good practice years ago to see just how fast I could make a bike turn without upsetting it. Pushing is much easier than pulling as you've got your weight behind it and should be getting forward over the front anyway. Don't know if it was an urban myth but someone told me that Eddie Lawson used to bend the bars on his bikes from countersteering so hard...can maybe believe it for the pro-am monsters. Didn't work on my 350 YPVS though.
Think about it consciously and practice. You'll be amazed how much you can throw a motorcycle around and it will help big time when you think you've run into a corner too hot...
Fun too.
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@Airhead for sure. I doubt I’d really want anything over 750, and in reality if I did, it would be a beast for touring rather than racing. Intention is something suitable for frequent journeys to/from London, and then in time maybe multi-day tours. Must seriously consider suitability for small amounts of luggage. Sod getting a superbike and scaring myself.
@lynx thanks!
@Dramatic_Hammer no idea, Suzuki something. The one in the pic, couldn’t see model decals when I tested it in the carpark.
@skinny yep for sure. All about the practice.
@n3il shudder... bet that bruised @Soul !
@hugo7 you may be right, but I think that some schools are still a little loose. Yep same advice from a few others with that timing. Gonna get the app - is it the same regardless of bike or car?
Indeed countersteering is something quite subconscious for most of us, but yea it’s some crazy percentage greater effort to pull than push, so definitely worth reminding myself to try push the bars to get the best result.
Exciting. So much to learn.
Went out on the bmx immediately after yesterday, and the cargo bike today. Felt good to be on a bicycle but really interesting how that training on the motorbike has already started to inform my use of the bicycle.