Why Don't They Teach Active Counter Steering?

Since I passed my bike test the most important skill I have learned is active counter steering.

Why do they not teach you this skill when you are learning to ride and make it a skill that must be mastered and examined on the bike test.

I am sure many more bikers would be alive today if they had the confidence to use it.

I bet many new riders have never even heard of it, l was the same until I read an article on it in MCN and the superbike school.

Tim.

I may be mistaken, but I think the new test (or teaching syllabus) does actually cover it.

edit: or at least mentions it.

Well, the good schools do teach it (at least mine did and I think they were good....)

And everybody counter steers whether they think about it or not - it's the only possible way to go round corners! How could you test it?

They attempted to teach me that whilst I was learning, but it was on a 125 which felt way too unstable for my liking so I never really embraced the technique untill I got the SV and someone on here reminded me about it!

mine taught it...

...but mine did not.

I learned it on here. And when I did the IAM thing.

[sauluk]

I did it, was actually almost one of the first things I was told when we went out on the 500s

yea the new 2phase test requires you to beable to countersteer so as you can do an avsive manouver, just done my ERS and they were telling me about it

I was taught it on my CBT. It's not really sometig you conciously do, i just happens when leaning the bike. My instrctor explained countestering, then when i got back on the bike i realised i was doing it anyway, i just understood it more. The new test covers countersteering aparanty.

Originally Posted by Magnum

It's not really sometig you conciously do, i just happens when leaning the bike.

That's counter steering. Active counter steering is, IMO, different.

Active counter steering is using the bars/clip-ons to produce the effect of the bike leaning over rapidly - as above, usually when taking evasive action (flick one side then the other, not cornering).

You can lean the bike over without consciously moving the bars/clip-ons, just that it doesn't come over anywhere near as quickly.

I know of a few riders, and very good riders at that, who are still unsure about whether counter steering even exists!