re countersteering faq please post in article mjs zen sys uea ac uk mjs sys uea ac uk mike sixsmith writes formal training is in my view absolutely essential if you re going to be able to ride a bike properly and safely but by including countersteering theory in newbie courses we are confusing people unnecessarily right at the time when there are far more important matters for them to learn and that was my original point mike while i agree with you on that formal training is essential for safe riding i disagree strongly with your original point the point of formal training must be to prepare riders for the road preparedness is in my opinion to know as much as possible so to exclude some aspects of riding a bike in a course is wrong imho now to countersteering in particular countersteering is something that must be trained a common reaction among new bikers or bicycle riders in an emergency situation is to steer the motorcycle like a bicycle as we know this makes the motorcycle go in the direction opposite to what was intended needless to say this is dangerous i have a specific example a rider in a left turn the rider thinks he she is to close to the right shoulder of the road and tries to steer the motorcycle to the left by pulling the left handle and pushing the right handle the motorcycle straightens up and goes off the road a worse scenario the same rider same turn in the middle of the turn the rider sees a truck coming towards him her the panicking rider tries to steer the motorcycle away from the truck and crashes right into it the main function of a riding course is to teach how to avoid emergency situations and what to do if in one thus the knowledge and training of countersteering is imho a must in any riding course staal idt unit no
