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| accessdate = 2009-12-31}}</ref> and is summed up in a simplified way as "Push the right-hand bar to steer right; push the left-hand bar to steer left".
| accessdate = 2009-12-31}}</ref> and is summed up in a simplified way as "Push the right-hand bar to steer right; push the left-hand bar to steer left".


==Other uses==
 
The term counter-steering is also used by some authors to refer to the need on bikes to steer in the opposite direction of the turn (negative steering angle) to maintain control in response to significant rear wheel slippage.<ref name="Cossalter"/>
The term is also used in the discussion of the automobile driving technique called [[Drifting (automobile)|drifting]].


==The Wright Brothers==
==The Wright Brothers==
[[Wilbur Wright]] explains countersteering this way:
Wilbur Wright explains countersteering this way:


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.tonyfoale.com/Articles/Balance/BALANCE.htm Balance and Steering], by [[Tony Foale]]
*[http://www.tonyfoale.com/Articles/Balance/BALANCE.htm Balance and Steering], by Tony Foale
*[http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/no-bs-machine.php "No B.S. Machine"] physical experimentation
*[http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/no-bs-machine.php "No B.S. Machine"] physical experimentation


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