Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have

Fun counter-steering experiment. At my local ducati dealer, the sales rep and I asked about a half dozen riders to show us their hand motion when counter-steering. No two riders did it the same. Everybody says to do it, but when asked to demonstrate, no two riders in our (very small) test group did it the same. Demonstrations included: rotating both hands in the vertical plane, rotating both hands in the horizontal plane, pushing both hands sideways, pushing both hands sideways and down and lastly and my favorite, "... I refuse to play this game." Let's meet at CES and ask people how to set SRA, whether tubes are better than vinyl, whether vinyl is better than cd, and how to counter-steer... just for fun. Happy Holidays. Jeff

Jim. S, I was AMA but that was a few moons ago and many many crashes. I still try and do a track day at Laguna Seca now and then. I am not be very fast anymore but I look good in my Doohan replica ARAI helmet...

The YSR is awesome. I used to scream around my block on one. It is so fun just getting the knee down and pretending I am actually fast...

Tboooe,

That's so cool. Laguna is classic. I'm in the Midwest, and while I've been to Laguna, I didn't get to ride. We were before your time. I quit in 94.

I'm with you on rides, I liked the FZR400 the best. No, I loved that bike.

Jim S.

Thanks to a suggestion by my wife, who used to show horses professionally, I "steered away" from counter-steering. Steering by rotating the hips and tensing the inner thigh allows for much better control--especially at higher speeds--than does counter-steering. We used to run a motorcycle dealership, FWIW.

My wife's favorite T-Shirt says "Does this motorcycle make my butt look fast?"

No honey, your butt looks perfect! Repeat after me, No you look good in/on everything/anything.