Struch wrote on 03/29/16 at 22:49:55:I'm not finished yet, but it does seem to be on target.
I had no idea about flicking the bike ,how, even if it could be done, until shortly after I got brave enough to ride in town and some woman came out of her lane and took mine. Something inside me shoved on the bar, the bike dropped over, cranked it the other way and it literally hopped into the next lane. Could I do that just Any time? No, I couldn't. Someone else might can, it's possible to Do, I know, but sometimes stuff works out for Me best when it is a reflexive response to a hazard Someone else created. If I Decide to do it, it's not as fluid and the Timing is from My brain, not the defensive, reflexive part.
A national champion, all round gymnast buddy summed it up,
Think long, think wrong.
Once you are in the groove, no daydreaming, solid , in the moment, riding, then, like shooting pool, you See the lines and Then quick responses become more reflexive, But, as the video points out, Many natural instincts are just wrong and before you discover the right reflexive move to teach yourself, you could get dead.
My first high speed corner, Yamaha RD400, riding away from my friend, longish right sweep, two lane, 55 mph for cars, easy, so, I'm inside, and a bit over 80, yee haa,, down a ways, slowed, processing and figuring on a hotter return trip. Didn't know that Now I'm on the Outside and the crown of the road puts me off camber... I had zero experience with the term counter steering, but I was running over 90, and I couldn't get the bike leaned, nothing but a wall of pine trees to hit, so, I turned left,, and it started standing up. Crossed That off as an answer and, knowing that I was now Way off line and the next answer works or im in real trouble, I steered right, it layed down and got through the turn. Once it was on the straight, I stopped, right in the middle of the road,got off, and just shook..
You can be shook up later,, right Now, you better be doing Something.
And no, no helmet, but you go into a wall of trees at speed and the helmet is not gonna save you.
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