Countersteering explained

[andyvh1959]

I did a Street Skills 1 class this past Sunday at Road America. One of the exercises is to simply ride the main straight at 35 mph and press-press the handgrips alternately just to feel the bike respond to the rider inputs, so the riders feels initiating the lean and diredtion change.

One rider, a somewhat new rider, would NOT accept the action of press-left/go-left, press-right/go-right. He kept saying, "the handlebar turns right so I'll go right". No I said, don't even think about it, just do it and feel it. He still would not accept it would go as intended, and it was obvious how he wobbled along, trying to "steer" the bike and then fighting it as it went opposite his intentions. You'd think he would catch on. I need to email him and follow up on a countersteering review.