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Learning to turn properly
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. BR" data-source="post: 1330216" data-attributes="member: 28246"><p>Yup.. that “oh sh*t” moment usually results in the rider grabbing brakes and going right off the edge of the road. I did that once when I was young and inexperienced.</p><p></p><p>Did your MC Safety course talk about and practice counter-steering? For the corner in your illustration, simply looking ahead as you stated may help but IMO also applying more pressure on the <u>left bar</u> (pushing) as needed should let you maintain your line and make the corner (WHICH line you take is something that will come along later). This works even at the modest speeds you mention (25-35 mph) and there’s no escaping the Physics of a spinning wheel (try turning left to go left and report back). Of course, this doesn’t apply to going very slow (walking speed etc). Just think “push left to go left, push right to go right” to initiate and hold your turn. I don’t want open up a can of worms as counter-steering has been discussed many times on MC forums and there are many opinions out there (just like this one).</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p></p><p>Mr. BR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. BR, post: 1330216, member: 28246"] Yup.. that “oh sh*t” moment usually results in the rider grabbing brakes and going right off the edge of the road. I did that once when I was young and inexperienced. Did your MC Safety course talk about and practice counter-steering? For the corner in your illustration, simply looking ahead as you stated may help but IMO also applying more pressure on the [U]left bar[/U] (pushing) as needed should let you maintain your line and make the corner (WHICH line you take is something that will come along later). This works even at the modest speeds you mention (25-35 mph) and there’s no escaping the Physics of a spinning wheel (try turning left to go left and report back). Of course, this doesn’t apply to going very slow (walking speed etc). Just think “push left to go left, push right to go right” to initiate and hold your turn. I don’t want open up a can of worms as counter-steering has been discussed many times on MC forums and there are many opinions out there (just like this one). Regards, Mr. BR [/QUOTE]
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