Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Riding tip of the day !!!

Quite a lot of people believe turning a motorcycle has to do with leaning, this is a incorrect belief. Turning a motorcycle has to do with physics, not leaning. Turn right while cornering will create a left turn. Turning left will produce a right turn. You can prove this to yourself with a simple test.

Find a parking lot, ride ahead slowly, then holding the handle bars straight, lean to one side, The bike will move slightly in that direction. Now, riding across the parking lot, sitting straight on your bike, push FORWARD on your left handle bar, the bike will instantly bank to the left and go into a left turn. The same will happen if you pull back on your right handlebar. (IE turn the bike to the right). You will go left.

Leaning is essentially a bi product of the bike turning.
Of course it is important to lean with the turn...

leaning the other way...

means you're probably a little goofy.


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