Subject: Re: Countersteering & Eldos

Author: Bill Berry

Date: Sep 20, 2002, 9:29 PM

Post ID: 1711054518

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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