So, I think that maybe I should focus more on countersteering, huh? I use countersteering successfully on the main road in town, but the curves aren't as sudden or as drastic as the one I went down on. Fortunately, the speed limit was slower where I went down.
But countersteering needs to be second nature, and clearly it is not. I drove the same route yesterday and it's pretty obvious that I should have been going slower, but in the situation I was in, had I been confident and ready to countersteer I would have easily made it through the corner. Instead I panicked, focused my eyes on the side of the road, and you know the rest. Gonna hit the parking lot (not literally) once the bike (and I) is road-ready again. Thanks for all the thoughts and support! Dan On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Kyle Munz <kyle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with Jim, you should certainly practice more countersteering. > > > -Kyle > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:55 PM, Jim Bolen <jim.playofli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Don't try to bend the shifter back in place. The metal has been >> compromised, so you need a new one (pretty cheap). You don't want the >> fatiqued metal to snap during a ride. >> I'm an instructor, and we preach countersteering. Practice in a big empty >> parking lot, then when it feels comfortable, practice some more. >> Then, the next day when you're feeling confident about it, go practice >> countersteering some more. Not kidding. I can't tell you how many times >> it's saved my bacon (mostly from dumbasses in a cage). >> Also, practice (A LOT!) looking where you want to go, not at the >> obstacle. Easy to make a habit from every day riding. >> Oh, and I almost forgot- practice countersteering. ;-) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
