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Old 09-17-2007, 01:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by velocity bmg
Even at high speeds, turns, hairpins.

Unless you are under heavy braking, you should be able to tap a tune with your fingers on top of your hand grips.

Just lay your hands on the grips...relax.

Your lower body and body position do more than counter-steering will ever do, unless you are at the edge of Doohan style skill.
i agree, except for the lower body & body positioning statment doing more than counter-steering.

go ride around using NO body & JUST countersteering, then ride around as if your hands are not even touching the bike using just your body to steer and NO countersteering.... doesn't work so well.

Countersteering is much more useful at being used to initiate and maintain a turn... body positioning is used to "trim" it out (reduce the amount of countersteering needed) and keep the meat of the tires on the ground.
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