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Re:Bicycle by zh3 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:32AM (#35358710)
Indeed, if you want to make fast turns at speed on a motorbike the trick is to first push/pull the bars in the oppositive direction - that gets the bike leaning over and then the bars come back and take the natural position for the turn. It's amazing how quickly even a big, heavy bike (e.g. BMW tourer) willl lean over with the right technique. At very highspeeds it takes quite a bit of muscle too.
Re:Bicycle by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday March 30, 2023 @05:31PM (#35379075)
I took the Motorcycle Safety Foundation basic course a very long time ago. One of the instructors brought his Honda Goldwing to the course just to help us get over the fear of falling over by showing that even a massive heavy motorcycle could go through all the tight turns without any problem.

I have to say, that course was some of the most fun I've ever had!

Re:Bicycle by deepGem on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:27PM (#35381695)
One of the best decisions in my life was to take this course. I started riding a Buell after this and boy what a thrill it was to lean this bike in the Pacific Northwest hilly roads.