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<blockquote data-quote="tschutter" data-source="post: 1460591" data-attributes="member: 92119"><p>I defer to my brother - ya I could state all of his qualifications but I doubt you'd be impressed. His answer is to remain upright through the turn for the precise reason you already mentioned, visibility. Being able to see is critical. And a small comment about physics - Which elements of the lean are causing the lean. Counter Steering or my Weight (or lean)? I'm pretty set on the first. So if I lean, it might have some effect but the angle of the bike is determined by my input into the counter steering. Reminds me of a book I read of the Wright brothers - arguing about what makes an airplane tip to the right or left. They were dreaming up mechanisms that would put the pilot on the left or right wing during flight to get the craft to tilt in the desired direction. THAT didn't work. Rather the shape of the air foil (wing) determined how much lift it created. If the right wing gave greater lift, then it would go up causing a turn to the left. All that to say, the predominant force here is steering, not weight distribution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tschutter, post: 1460591, member: 92119"] I defer to my brother - ya I could state all of his qualifications but I doubt you'd be impressed. His answer is to remain upright through the turn for the precise reason you already mentioned, visibility. Being able to see is critical. And a small comment about physics - Which elements of the lean are causing the lean. Counter Steering or my Weight (or lean)? I'm pretty set on the first. So if I lean, it might have some effect but the angle of the bike is determined by my input into the counter steering. Reminds me of a book I read of the Wright brothers - arguing about what makes an airplane tip to the right or left. They were dreaming up mechanisms that would put the pilot on the left or right wing during flight to get the craft to tilt in the desired direction. THAT didn't work. Rather the shape of the air foil (wing) determined how much lift it created. If the right wing gave greater lift, then it would go up causing a turn to the left. All that to say, the predominant force here is steering, not weight distribution. [/QUOTE]
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