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Hey Dick and John..
Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:13:53 -0500, KC wrote: Answer me one question. Is this bike countersteering? http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/152249.jpg If you say it is, then I stipulated to an erroneous definition of counter steering while John was apparently wasting my time today... He said in a nutshell, when the front tire is turned away from the direction of the turn, in relation to the radius... Bull****. I said no such thing. The driver is countersteering in that he is keeping pressure on the left handle to keep the bike in the curve. The moment he releases the pressure, the bike will straighten. If he immediately releases pressure on the left and applies it to the right - he will rapidly straighten and begin a right turn. He will remain in the right turn until he then releases the push on the right bar. Once the push on both bars is equal, or none, he will straighten up and remain so. Quit worrying about the front tire. It should be in alignment with the rear, or damn close to it. The reason it stays slanted to the left is because the driver is pushing (countersteering) on the left bar. Now, like Luddite, I'm finished. Please don't put words in my mouth. He is not steering, he is falling over. Simple. |
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Hey Dick and John..
On 2/13/2014 11:06 PM, Califbill wrote:
Poco Loco wrote: On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:13:53 -0500, KC wrote: Answer me one question. Is this bike countersteering? http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/152249.jpg If you say it is, then I stipulated to an erroneous definition of counter steering while John was apparently wasting my time today... He said in a nutshell, when the front tire is turned away from the direction of the turn, in relation to the radius... Bull****. I said no such thing. The driver is countersteering in that he is keeping pressure on the left handle to keep the bike in the curve. The moment he releases the pressure, the bike will straighten. If he immediately releases pressure on the left and applies it to the right - he will rapidly straighten and begin a right turn. He will remain in the right turn until he then releases the push on the right bar. Once the push on both bars is equal, or none, he will straighten up and remain so. Quit worrying about the front tire. It should be in alignment with the rear, or damn close to it. The reason it stays slanted to the left is because the driver is pushing (countersteering) on the left bar. Now, like Luddite, I'm finished. Please don't put words in my mouth. He is not steering, he is falling over. Simple. LOL! |
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