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Message: [QUOTE="linusb, post: 567496, member: 30348"] Disclaimer: I'm a slow spode so I most likely don't know what I'm talking about. With that out of the way, RV6 is right. Whether on the street or dirt, you are countersteering and you should consciously think about what physical inputs you do to achieve this effect. Pretty much anyone can ride a motorcycle without realizing how they are steering. It is pretty intuitive really. However, if you want to corner aggressively, consciously knowing how to corner is the only way to improve. It's not at all confusing...press left go left and press right go right. The harder you press, the more the bike will lean, the more you lean the sharper you can turn. The problem is that more lean = less traction and your brain probably knows this as it tends to raise your anxiety level the farther you are leaning! In theory, when taking a berm, you should be able to lean the bike at a very sharp angle and maintain traction due to the angle of the surface. Regarding the comment on the bicycle...you don't feel the effects of countersteer so much because the mass of a bicycle and its wheel is so much less than that of a motorcycle and its wheels. This can be seen by riding a bicycle without any hands. You can still corner the bicycle just by leaning your body. Try this on a street motorcycle (haven't tried it on a dirt bike) and you will head straight into whatever corner you are trying to negotiate. It won't turn. Something about the inertia of the spinning mass of the tires....the more mass, an exponential amount of extra force is required to change the direction. [/QUOTE]

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