buggywhips

Ken, thanks for the reply. It was insighful and got me to thinking. As I read it I was vividly able to recall my accident and I distinctly remember the front end feeling light and the bars wanting to turn towards the inside of the turn. I remembered some front wheel chatter then a heavy bump from the seat into my right butt cheek. The next thing I recall is being over my instrument cluster looking down at the bike and the road and thinking that this is going to hurt. My bike is a Honda 954RR so the fork alignment should not be as condusive to this sort of behavior. On Friday night I adjusted my suspension to those found on www.sportrider.com and found that the bike handles so much better then in stock form. With the new settings I was able to go into corners feeling much more solid and much less feedback from the bars (wanting to turn towards the inside of the turn) I also weighted the outside foot peg and countersteered as mentioned in the TOTW II book. This also made a huge difference. This thread has helped a lot!

Hey all....First post here....Great forum. OK, I read this thread a couple times and need a little clarity. I know and understand the concept of countersteering. Once at the desided lean angle I relax and let my handlebars pretty much do what they need to do on their own unless I need to make an andjustment in the turn. I do notice that quite often the handlebars tend to want to turn towards the inside of the turn rather then stay straight. If I am reading everyone's post here this is normal, right? When I am hanging off the bike I notice this sensation of the handlebars turning towards the inside of the turn as being more magnified. Do I fight this and try to keep the bars straight and on the verge of countersteering or do I let the bars do their own thing. I highsided a little over a month ago and unfortunately I have no idea how it happend as I was not going very fast and the next thing I knew I was up in the air. Now I have all these demons in my head and second guessing everything. Thanx, Buggy