> Actually, I ride the GTS with no hands all the time, I
> CAN initiate a turn using body lean or peg pressure,
> but until the contact patches move out of line it
> won't change direction--the patches move due to the
> same forces as if induced by handlebar input, just
> much more slowly. If the steering is locked then this
> won't happen, so I'm not sure how the Code bike is set
> up. Try it out on some deserted road somewhere--you
Code's bike has a set of handle bars that are welded to the frame above the
regular bars. Perhaps I should have been a bit more exact in my comments.
It's no way to steer a single track vehicle because, as you noted, it
doesn't do it very quickly, and certainly not quick enough under normal
conditions (whatever they are) to do it safely when you need to get your
turn initiated quickly.
In the demo I watched, the turning simply wasn't there...at least not when
compared to what happens when one is countersteering.
Regards,
Henry S. Winokur
94 GTS1000, AMA, MRF,
Nationally Certified Riding Instructor
West Bethesda, MD
