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Ride a motorcycle for 5 minutes and you'll believe. EDIT: To answer your question more directly, you are steering in one direction to initiate a lean in the op
by helaoban 4y ago
Ride a motorcycle for 5 minutes and you'll believe.
EDIT: To answer your question more directly, you are steering in one direction to initiate a lean in the opposite direction. E.g. if you are attempting to turn right, you first steer left which generates force in a left-sided contact patch in the front tire, which causes the bike to lean right. The bike then assumes a stable right lean angle (you have to do some work with your body, but the bike naturally wants to do this), and the front wheel comes back into alignment, and you are now turning right.
A good explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgUOOwnZcDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgUOOwnZcDU Some more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering
EDIT 2: I misread your point. You are correct, counter-steering still applies at low speeds but the "feeling" is masked by lack of momentum.
- Gracana 4y agoI have one. I still countersteer to turn in parking lots.
- closeparen 4y agoIn parking lots. It's a different steering regime at lower vs higher speeds.
- helaoban 4y agoYeah, but you quickly counteract with direct steering after you initiate the turn, so the overriding sensation is one of direct steering at low speeds, even through the physics is the same. This is what I think most people are referring to when they talk about high speed / low speed steering.