Counter-Steering Explained

By request from kyro02, a counter-steering video. Help this assists with removing the mystery from the technique. If you have any questions, fire away.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• honda
• rebel
• 250
• skel3tor1
• countersteering
• counter-steering
• motorcycle
• swerving
• sweve

[ixy1987]

wow....4get about counter-steering...thats some hardcore high speed riding..!!!

THATS IT !!! I AM GETTING A BIKE !!!!

[22drumatic]

just cause told us not too, you should get magnets on your bike :P

[Emt356747]

very well explained. this is my first season ridin and i just bought a cbr600rr. i understood the countersteer but u made the concept understandable. just a teaser b4 i take this cycle course i have planned. maybe a video on good riding position. i hear buddies talkin bout most there weight is beared on there legs. i may need an adjustment. i think i lean and put weight on my bars. any advice to find the ideal stop? ride safe. thanks

[sageosaka]

where do you work?

[HotMom5610]

so if you wanna go right, turn your wheel to the left and lean right? auuughh!!!

[2point0L]

wht's that rattling noise at low speeds?

[opmike343]

It's a point I think that bears mentioning, but technically, you ALWAYS countersteer to get the bike to lean, even at slow speeds. The initial counter steer motion is very brief at low speeds, but it still occurs. There's a couple of videos on YouTube demonstrating this for those who don't want to get too deeply into the physics involved.

[RoadcraftNottingham]

Nice one. I also did a countersteering video. Not easy to explain is it? What speed are you doing by the way?

[Standridge15]

by the way u crack me up dude hey check out my facebook if u want in startin a motorcycle awareness program jus look up (southwest arkansas motorcylce awareness)

[Standridge15]

i like ur rebel i have an 08

[donlon77]

"Put my blinker on..............this guy's gonna mess my entrance up"

LOL!

[christohansen]

Countersteering is how you initiate the lean that turns your bike. Your wheels are crucial gyroscopes that keep you upright. Push one of your gyroscopes left or right and it leans the two gyroscopes together. It's called precession. The bike only needs input to the bars to ride; you are just cargo. Servos could operate an unmanned motorcycle effectively.