From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Subject: Re: Countersteering sans Hands
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
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In article <gbnvgw@quantum.qnx.com> dagibbs@quantum.qnx.com (David Gibbs) writes:
>
>Yes, even when steering no hands you do something quite similar
>to countersteering.  Basically to turn left, you to a quick wiggle
>of the bike to the right first, causing a counteracting lean to
>occur to the left.

This sounds suspiciously like black magic to me.  If by "quick wiggle
to the right" you mean that the handlebars turn toward the right
before turning to the left, what is the input to the steering
mechanism that makes this happen in the absence of the old
"shove-shove"?

-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
-- '80 BMW R65   DoD #0969   also BMWMOA, NRA, ACLU, et al.


