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To: wita
In the racing world this means taking the long way around, and unbalancing your vehicle when it needs all of the balance to make a fast and efficient turn.

Well, ya gotta turn right to go left (at least on dirt). ;-)

224 posted on 08/23/2010 10:38:39 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Sounds like you are talking about countersteering, for motorcycles. Simply stated you are putting a left input to the handlebars for a right turn, but unlike an automobile, the motorcycle does not turn left but allows you to overcome the gyroscopic affect of the front wheel to begin a right turn with the pressure on the left handlebar.

In the case of morons turning left before they turn right, it is a learned move that requires a steering wheel movement to the left, and another to the right, unfortunately it is not a move worth doing, and it is dangerous because while they are turning left they are looking to the right where they want to go.


246 posted on 08/23/2010 11:26:15 AM PDT by wita
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