NOT KNOWING HOW TO COUNTER STEER YOUR MOTORCYCLE CAN KILL YOU!

Hello biker, if you just came here by accident to this channel. I am an instructor for the engine office. For over 20 years, I've been the guy teaching police motor officer techniques to the average driver and you might know it too. of my ride as a professional video that does the exact same thing and today we're going to talk about this topic, this confuses so many people, we're going to talk about bar

steer

ing versus

counter

steer

ing or push steering as a slight example. I show you this is handlebar steering when I turn the handlebars in the direction I want to go and push the direction it occurs above about 15 miles per hour, if you push forward with the left grip the bike will lean to the left and it will move to the left. forward with the right grip, leans to the right and goes to the right at any speed above about 15 miles per hour, the only way to make the

motorcycle

turn is by counting the steering or pushing the steering.

I've heard people say, well, I push the bars down, believe me. I don't care how fast you go, but pushing down does absolutely nothing, you can't turn the

motorcycle

by pushing down on the bars at speed, you're either pushing forward or you're pulling back, but let's not confuse this and I know. There are some physicists out there who are going to tell me that you are always

counter

steering. Forget about that, think about two things: handlebar steering, which is at low speeds, or push steering, which makes the motorcycle lean. Now you may have noticed. we put a little intro to the videos, tell me, let me know if you like it, it's only 20 or 25 seconds long, but check it out and let's hit the road now and let me demonstrate this to you clearly.

I believe in keeping it simple and stupid KISS principle right now I'm going about 10 miles an hour and I'm a steering wheel driving. I'm turning the handlebars in the direction I want to go. I'll do a U-turn, you'll see the handlebars. I'm going to try to keep my eyes on the handlebars while I do this, but that's handlebar steering. I don't want to confuse this. A lot of people like to confuse it and say well, actually at low speeds you are countersteering, no. direction of the handlebars say what you want this is to turn the handlebars you can't handle the truth in the direction I want to go next she will demonstrate the direction of the handlebars she is going to enter she will imagine that she is traveling through the slow weaving of cones that is a series of cones placed approximately twelve to fourteen feet apart and she will show you that this is the direction of the handlebars.

She is turning the handlebars in the direction she wants to go. Notice how the handlebars turn because it is the direction of the handlebars. This is what the handlebar steering looks like. Generally, anything below about 15 miles per hour. The reason I say 15 miles per hour depends on the motorcycle in the U-turn, of course, that's the direction of the handlebars. Now, if

your

bike has a very short wheelbase, like a dirt bike or adventure bike, the need to countersteer may come a little sooner, maybe 10. to 12 miles per hour I'm going to show you that next we go I'm going to hit some curves here, this first one the road is going left so I'm going to push forward slightly on the left grip, the bike is leaning left and going left now it's going to go right I'm going to push forward with the right grip the bike leans to the right and goes to the right the handlebars don't actually turn here there is a push to the left forward the bike forces the bike to lean and that's the only way to making a motorcycle turn at higher speeds without pushing down pushing down doesn't do anything like I said you could think of it as countersteering or steering.

I prefer a push direction because I'm pushing forward with the grip, the bike takes off. to lean and turn in any direction I push forward, if I push forward with the left grip with the camera here the bike will go left, if I push forward with the right grip the bike goes right, don't let May this confuse you. The transition between counter direction and push direction is natural, you don't even have to think about it. The reason you want to understand before you turn or turn wrong is because, on the road, if someone starts violating

your

right of way by entering your lane.

If your natural instinct is to try to push the handlebars away from that car, this will cause you to go into the car, so the best way to overcome that to prevent that from happening is to practice turning or countersteering, do it on an empty road like this under controlled conditions without traffic I push forward with the left grip the pike goes left and leans to the left I push forward with the right grip the bike leans to the right and goes to the right as simple as that, there is nothing confusing in it, it's partially instinctive the reason why I say partially because if you used to drive a car like I said, someone starts entering your lane, if that vehicle enters my lane from this side, your natural instinct when driving a car is to turn the handlebars in the opposite direction to that. car, but that will make you go straight into it, so don't do the same, since a car is coming towards you, he goes over the double yellow line, if you try to get away from that car, you could be in trouble now.

I have some big curves coming up. I say honey because they're wide, so I'll point the camera down. I'll show you a hand I push forward on the right grip, the bike leans to the right and goes to the right. or I push it the more the bike leans and the tighter the turn will be, so if you are about to go off the road, push forward with that grip, the bike leans more and you won't go off the road when you reach a curve. on the left notice everything points the camera down and as you push forward, I push forward on this grip, it leans to the left and goes left until a right turn or curve, it goes right, like this which I push forward with my right grip. the bike leans to the right and goes to the right here is Donna demonstrating countersteering or push steering it is a natural movement of the motorcycle she is not turning the handlebars from side to side that is for low speeds she is above right now She goes about 25 miles an hour so she only has one slip, give her a slight push on the handlebars and the bike will react the faster you go the less push you need on the bars.

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