Author Topic: At what speed do you need to start countersteering?  (Read 4880 times)

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Re: At what speed do you need to start countersteering?
« Reply #25 on: November 12, 2009, 07:19:45 AM »
This should clear it up for everyone.


Keith Code, a veteran motorcycle road racer, instructor, and author, believes firmly that countersteering is the primary input to cause two-wheelers to turn. Keith and a cadre of instructors teach his Cornering School at various tracks around the USA, England, and Australia. After reading my March 2001 article on Countersteering in Motorcycle Consumer News, Keith contacted us to bring our attention to his “No BS” bike (No Body Steering). As a proponent of countersteering, Keith finally got tired of hearing about “body steering” from his students who had attended other track schools, and built an experimental motorcycle to allow riders to prove to themselves whether body steering or countersteering was the dominant cornering input. Keith asked if we would like to try the No BS bike ourselves. We accepted.

See the results here:
http://www.soundrider.com/archive/safety-skills/nobsbike.htm
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