I think:
- push right = go right
- push left = go left
If one were to pull, it would probably be exiting a sharp curve:
- you're in a right handed curve
- you've pushed right, gone right
- once you've hit the apex or once you started rolling on, you need the bike as upright as possible before maximum acceleration may be safely applied.
- while the bike is leaned right, as you exit the apex, you could perhaps pull on the right bar, which has the same effect of pushing left = making the bike lean left...except you're leaning right already, so leaning left is really standing the bike up more than from it's leaned right position than it is leaning left.
- If you stand the bike up, you can increase the throttle earlier or more 'agressively'
- If you stand the bike up, you risk going wide if you've done it too early...so it's also when to do it if ever....
My 2 pence, make that 2 centimmes!