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From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering sans Hands
Date: 26 Apr 1993 14:40:04 GMT
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In article 29910@rtsg.mot.com, svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda) writes:
>
>Well, as many a bored bike tourer can tell you, the way to steer
>sans hans is to push your body off to the side you want to lean.

Also known as, "leaning."

>Say you want to turn left....
[severely confused rambling about the ground pushing...] 
>but the front wheel has trail.  If the ground pushes the front wheel 
>toward the left at the contact patch, the trail will cause the 
>wheel to turn to the right.  Hey, there we are.  No-hands counter-
>steering.

Contersteering refers to pushing the inside handlebar to effect a
lean.  No-hands countersteering is an oxymoron.

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