re countersteering sans hands in article apr cs cornell edu karr cs cornell edu david karr writes in article clarke bdrc bd com clarke bdrc bd com richard clarke writes so how do i steer when my hands aren t on the bars open budweiser in left hand camel cigarette in the right no feet allowed if i lean and the bike turns am i countersteering no the bars would turn only toward the direction of turn in no hands steering just in case the original poster was looking for a serious answer i ll supply one 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 it is a lot more difficult to do on a motorcycle than a bicycle though because of the extra weight ok so my motorcycle is heavy maybe yous isn t david
