THE most important tip anyone could EVER give a new motorcyclist is……. learn COUNTER-STEERING.
Motorcycles steer opposite of the way one might think. To turn left you actually push the bars RIGHT!………That’s right, you just read that correctly.
I rode streetbikes for 10 years before learning how my bikes were actually turning. The uneducated rider thinks that bikes turn by leaning. When they lean, what they are subconsciously doing is counter-steering the bike without realizing it. The leaning is just contorting their body in a way that helps to facilitate the REAL steering action that’s taking place, which is the counter-steering.
Don’t take MY word for it. Do a simple google search on counter-steering and you will quickly learn that what I’m saying is not only correct, but could possibly save your life some day.
