COUNTERSTEERING - I agree it is essential to understand and really easy once you DO it, you don't need to understand it, but if you want to try to this video shows it well: http://obairlann.net/reaper/motorcyc...rsteering.html

Fred, if you want we can take this stuff from your thread? Let us know. Might be an idea as Slabo suggests to have a riding skills and 'tips n tricks' thread somewhere, what do y'all think?

I would add that for countersteering successfully, it is about the pushing of the bars, not pulling, and always looking where you want to go, not just in front and not consciously steering. It comes quickly with practise round marked out bends in a car-park or similar, second gear, 20kph or thereabouts is probably safest as you need some speed for the physics to work but is slow enough if you make mistakes that you can usually correct, and as it is not a real bend with walls or drops either side you can miss the curve without harm while you practise! It varies in feel from bike type to type and is easier with a road bikes frame geometry - but you soon become used to it on a dirt set-up as well.