Subject: Re: Countersteering & Eldos

I guess I'd better head on out to the UMd campus on a Sunday and
practice leaning into the curves on one of their empty parking lots.
I'm thinking that when I leaned to the opposite side, it gave me more
leverage to push down on the police bars. I'll just have to find a
different way to push on them.

On more than one occasion I over cooked a tight right hander and ended
up crossing the yellow line. Luckily no one was in the left lane at the time.

Bruce

Martin Cooke wrote:

i'd say countersteering an eldo is essential on tight european roads. they
steer soooo slowly without, i'd end up in a hedge!

cookie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Willcox, John" <John.W-@TIMET.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: Countersteering & Eldos

Bruce sez:

But I did find that if I pivoted a waist things worked better. I.E. I
would pivot my upper body to the left in a right hand turn.

Bruce,

While I am NOT a MSF instructor, nor do I play one on TV, I do have
a few comments. First, as the books say, this is usually for slower
turns. It is also appropriate for very quick swerves, as long as you are
nowhere near your traction limits on the turn. The whole point of
keeping your body in line with the bike (or even leaning your body
into the turn, ala road racers) is to let you actually lean the bike
LESS, which keeps more tread profile in contact with the pavement.
While it DOES sometimes feel more natural not to do this, it would
probably be better for you to get used to the feeling of leaning your
body into the curve as you countersteer. Especially given that the
Eldos are not known for there ability to maintain an extreme lean
angle! All of this is just my opinion, of course, and you should ride
in whatever fashion makes you happy!!

john in Denver

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Subject: Re: Countersteering & Eldos

Author: Bruce Giller

Date: Sep 20, 2002, 11:45 AM

Post ID: 1711052012

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