Here is some info that may contribute to this thread. From A Twist of the Wrist II, Keith Code explains:
“in most typical of slides, you have the back end “coming around.” What isn’t understood by most riders is the fact that the bike actually compensates for this slide automatically. In a rear end slide the front end turns toward the direction the bike is actually going – into the slide.
The main mass of the bike is moving outward and the front wheel turns just the right amount to stabilize it. This feature comes free of charge with every motorcycle. In a car, if the back end comes around, the front wheels turn to the inside of the turn, creating a pivot point for the car’s mass, and it spins out. Learning how to drive a car in the snow is mostly a matter of understanding that you have to manually turn the wheel into the skid to stabilize it. You don’t on a bike.”
“When the bike slides, if the rider is successful at holding the bars tight enough that they don’t turn into the slide, the bike now acts like the car: The front contact patch becomes a pivot point except that a motorcycle doesn’t spin out, it highsides! More little slides have turned into far worse situations that you would care to know, because of this dramatic result of being too tight on the bars.”
So, chopping the gas can force the bike to high side but so too can gripping the bars too tightly or grabbing, releasing the brakes too quickly.
Discuss.
