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On Wed, 30 May 2007 18:20:52 -0400, "JimH"
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Push left, go left. Push right, go right. Just the opposite of a
tricycle.

Huh?


He's correct. Same on a motorcycle. Push the left handle forward,
the bike will make a left turn. Push the right handle forward, bike
turns to the right.

Try it sometime.

Eisboch


Hmmm. Actually push the left side of the handle bar away from you
while pulling the right side towards you and you go right.


No. On a moving motorcycle, (and I assume a bicycle, although I
haven't tried it) pushing the left handle away from you will cause the
motorcycle to turn towards the left ... same side that you are pushing.
Push on the right ... bike will turn towards the right.

I can see several people are having trouble with this. Don't feel bad.
So did I until I tried it.

Eisboch

I've never ridden a motorcycle. But if I'm on my bicycle and I push on
the left hand handle bar, or pull on the right one (rotating the handle
bars clockwise as viewed by a bird flying by) and the bike turns right.

I still cannot comprehend how adding a motor causes the opposite.


Yep. The only exception is with high speed racing motorcycles, bikes or
cars going into turns on a dirt or otherwise slippery track.

I was never talking about those conditions.

Every bicycle I ever used turned right when I pushed the left side of the
handle bar away me. Every motorcycle I ever owned did the same. Thus my
analogy in my original post.

I never thought my original post to this thread would evolve into dirt bike
racing maneuvers or disagreements on how to ride a bicycle.

'nuf said. ;-)