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M souris: Hmm From a purely physics perspective I disagree. Counter steering is just a way of making the bike begin to lean. The change of direction occurs because once a Tyre is on an angle there is a differential in turning radius across the width of the contact patch. Hence why if you roll a Tyre down a hill it will travel straight until it begins to lean over and it then turns in that direction without being counter steered as such.
TOTW II Chapter 19 p85: Using the outside peg as your pivot point -while pressure is being applied to the bars, either by just pushing or using a combination push and pull- reduces your weight on the seat and puts the majority of your weight on that lower, outside peg Even if you have your knees firmly clamped on the tank, your legs pressed tightly to the side-panets, your gut and forearms on the tank, your butt up against the seat-back and seat base, both feet solidly on the pegs and a death grip on the bars, you can't get nearly the stability or the power of using only the outside peg and pivot steering ...pivot steering is actually, for lack of a better term, double backwards. Not only is it counter-steering, but pivoted from the opposite side of the bike as well 🤔
All sounds rather tiring to me. I only put input into the bike when i want to change something (direction for example). Once in the turn I let the bikes geometry and the tyres do their job without unnecessary input from me. You'll have more chance of saving a slide from either end if your mind is free and you stay relaxed and focused on how much grip you have left and where you want to go. You'll also avoid "death grip" arm pump. I wish you luck.
The whole purpose of training CS intentionally is to get it under one's skin, in other words to be able to do it consciously without spending too much attention on it. In fact, it is true for every other aspect of riding so one can have free mind to read the actual state of bike and to make necessary adjustments. It is good to focus on one thing at the time while learning. Just do not stop at that one thing and leave everything else aside. I.e. in Czech republic, there is too much focus on steering by moving your body and body position in general. That eats up so much focus people can't ride their bikes safely or fast.
Great info and a no BS approach that u hear all to often. I’m so sick of hearing ppl go on and on about counter steering. To hear someone finally say ppl concentrate to much on counter steering was music to my ears.
Hold on..On a motorcycle counter steering.. is just steering. It's like someone saying I'm sick of car drivers talking about steering with the steering wheel. It's the only way to make a bike steer accurately and it's bloody hard to get right!
we still have idiots which think they DON,T USE C\S. They say- i turn bike by body) First time i used it in early 00 on Jawa350. I shifted the moto faster and faster and felt like the frame bent and creaked(soft frame) I was stunned by the effect.
I think people can begin a bad debate over how to steer a bike if the ‘counter’ in counter steering isn’t used. Jason Pridmore has won championships, but when someone says steer the motorcycle, he’ll likely still bring up ‘body’ steering. I’m middle of the pack advanced group. Who are most people going to listen to?
Counter steering is fkin overrated I have no idea how people have made an entire degree on the subject which happens to be so rudimentary and naturally intuitive It shouldn’t even be a thing talked about.
Most motorcycle riders are a simple crowd and can't really grasp complex subjects. So they latch onto either unnecessary complication or under-simplification of the things that don't make sense to them. Their reasoning is usually based on empirical evidence that might be accurate, but also isn't representative of the whole picture. It's nice to see there are some people capable of thought among us lol
