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Nice job on the save. Best thing you can do in just about any situation where the bike gets unsettled is stay as loose as possible on the grips while maintaining neutral throttle and keeping away from the brakes. People have such a tendency to grab and try to control it and/or jam on the front or rear brakes, all of which will typically cause you to end up on the ground. Sounds like you handled it properly. It's a great feeling when those reactions become second nature and you find them saving you from bad situations (shouldn't happen TOO often on the road but it does).
And yes, a tank slapper is where the front wheel is moving violently from left to right causing the handlebars to "slap" the tank left to right. Also not to be confused with "head shake", which sometimes leads to tank slap (some use the terms interchangeably but not every head shake leads to tank slap).
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