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June 14th, 2012, 08:29 AM | #122 |
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I'll throw in my two cents, as if anyone cares. First, I've seen several people in this thread say something to the effect of, "I don't think about countersteering. It just happens." That's the wrong attitude to have. Here's why. You will be able to get through the vast majority of your motorcycling life doing just what you're doing. You can kinda look where you want to go, kinda flop your bike over, and it will kinda turn.
That's all fine and good, but someday you'll goon it up. Someday you will enter a turn way too fast, or a turn will tighten up unexpectedly. If you have spent your motorcycling life "not really thinking about countersteeriing," you're screwed. You're not going to be able to invent that skill in the second or so you have to fix your problem. You'll freeze on the handgrips and ride off into the woods. It happens all the time. You'd be better off thinking about your technique for every turn and being very deliberate. Look into the turn. Press on the handgrip. Roll on the throttle. If you do that all the time, you'll develop the ability to ask that little extra out of your bike when you need it. Someone else said they don't think about countersteering at the track. Here's some advice. Start thinking about it. Use a firm countersteering input to get the bike flipped on its side as quickly as possible. All the time you spend going from straight up-and-down from leaned over is essentially wasted. You're not braking, you're not (really) turning, and you're not accelerating. Use countersteering to get the bike turning quickly. You will be able to move your brake markers in, and also make the turn more easily.
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June 14th, 2012, 11:35 AM | #123 |
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Agreed.
I was just having a conversation with someone that was very similar, although the subject in that case was aviation. The principle is the same though... theory IS important because one day you WILL need to apply it practically. However, in this case we are also talking about everyday application.
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June 14th, 2012, 11:36 AM | #124 |
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My challenge to all = say something that has not been said about the topic that still contributes to the original discussion.
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June 14th, 2012, 12:08 PM | #125 |
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"still contributes" is quite a low bar.
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June 14th, 2012, 12:20 PM | #126 |
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LOL, yes.... and quite relative too.
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June 18th, 2012, 12:25 PM | #127 |
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They were pretty clear during my MSF BRC: You must know counter-steering for emergency swerves, which require two rapid counter inputs.
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