When you turn right on a motorcycle, you actually slightly turn the wheel left. That’s called “counter steering.”
Why do we do that?!
You already “get” why counter steering works
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When you turn right on a motorcycle, you actually slightly turn the wheel left. That’s called “counter steering.”
Why do we do that?!
When you counter-steer, you're pushing the contact patch of the wheels out from directly under the center of gravity, causing a lean in the direction you want to turn.