WTF has howstuffworks.com been smoking???

**skidMark** · 29th January 2006, 22:51

maybe this is why so many bikers get owned on corners

**Lee Rusty** · 29th January 2006, 23:42

Originally Posted by markauckland

i aint got a motorcycle roadcode ahhhh the dangers of riding on a car license then aye ......mind you ive done my basic handling test just gotta do the theory...when i can be arsed lol

the AA dont take BSH certificates after 3 months - so if you cant be arsed you will be paying all over again.

**skidMark** · 29th January 2006, 23:43

ooo shit now wtf do i do lol

**DogBreath** · 29th January 2006, 23:44

Well, c'mon, who's a puller and who's a pusher.
I find I use the right hand to dive into a tight left hander (pull), but often I use the right to make a right (push), but not everytime.
I spent weeks fucking around with this and gave up analysing it, just letting it flow.
But that right pull sure throws you into a tight left, real sweet.

If you are still riding after a few weeks I bet you counter steer. Now way out of it. But are you a puller or a pusher?

**skidMark** · 29th January 2006, 23:45

just checked it i have until the 23rd of feb better get my shit together lol

thanks for that lee rusty

**skidMark** · 29th January 2006, 23:47

im just a natural

lol nah i dunno i just ride

**Shadows** · 29th January 2006, 23:48

I find it almost impossible to corner properly any other way. Always came naturally, I think I learned it riding bicycles since whenever it was but I was pretty small. It kind of turns the front wheel in such a way that it tries to run off in the opposite direction from where you actually want the bike to go. This has the effect of leaning the bike over in the correct direction so when the pressure on the bars is reduced everything straightens up again and the bike goes where it is leaning. Effortless and quick, no need to throw your weight around trying to haul the bike over, that takes too much time which you don't have unless you want to do Superman impressions over somebody's car bonnet. I can kind of picture it all but fuck knows if I really understand how it works, a bit like the missus really.

**skidMark** · 30th January 2006, 00:02

Originally Posted by Shadmeister

a bit like the missus really.

if you can understad women we should have you put down for pretending to be a man,

i think even most women don't understand themselves (lol i'm kidding i'm single qkchk?anybody LOL haha!!!!!!)

**skidMark** · 30th January 2006, 00:02

and welcommen to the site also

**Shadows** · 30th January 2006, 00:23

Cheers dude

**ducatilover** · 30th January 2006, 09:03

so are you actually counter steering or does this just straighten the bars/wheel? because wouldnt that enable more of a lean angle??

**Slingshot** · 30th January 2006, 09:30

Countersteering just happens, weather you know that it's happening or not...it happens.

When you know about it though you can speed up your corning...especially going from a tight left hander, straight into a tight right hander. There's nothing better than the feeling when you pull hard with you right hand and push hard with your left to take the bike from fully leaning to the left right over to fully leaning to the right.