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I was always practicing cornering every time I hit the road. I was always trying to avoid hitting the brakes after entering a curve to deep. I was also trying to avoid hitting the breaks at all as I approached a curve by downshifting and using the engine to slow me down. And if I got into a curve to hot or discovered that it got much sharper around the blind corner, I would try to remember to push harder down on the bar. Push left down harder and you will go sharper left. Focus through the curve to the apex and then to the exit. Right?
Then a knowledgeable and experienced riding companion asks me if I lean steer or counter steer. Well, after some contemplation, I indicate that I push down on the bar into the direction that I want to go. And if I am a track day, I try to sachey my ass over to the edge of the seat and lean my body over excessively while keeping the bike somewhat standupish for more braking points while defying death at a curve. Sounds good. Right?
Now this gentleman explains to me how to counter steer. Push right, go right. Now, thinking about the physical dynamics at play here. I am going to push the front wheel in the wrong or opposite direction that I am intending to turm. Right? Well, I stop trying to think and visualize and try it above 30 mph or so as suggested. Fuking AAAAAAA!!! It works. Now I sit up straight and the bike tilts undeneith me. It is less taxing then leaning and perhaps even a bit more controlling and comfortable. It almost feels safer and more confidence building. Just keep repeating until it is ingrainned. This is a righty coming up. Push right to go rignt. Right???
So I go along practicing this new fangled driving skill and feel confident until I slow down to take a left. You know, just an ordinary left purpendicular to the road I am riding. But then, I start thinking again. Wait a minute, push left to go left. But my mind gets a bit muddled and reminds me that if I do that, the front wheel will go right and I will fall off left. Right??? Wrong...
I wasn't speeding. However, I blew the simple corner. Perhaps, thinking is overrated.
Please people. Give me some soundoffs about these cornering alternatives.
Do you do it??? When??? Always??? Only above 20mph? Never?? What???