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Originally Posted by Dezmo
you need to ride keith code's "no BS" bike....I myself have not, but it would show you just how little effect shifting weight has on a bike's turning ability.
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Hmmm ... then I'm starting to believe Banda then, it is the shape of the tyre and the lean that initiates the turn.
EDIT: Thinking about it sorry, I cannot agree that shifting weight does not have much do with turning ability. We all understand that a bike will turn if it is leant one way of the other. Thus if you do not keep the CoG of the bike and rider combination in the centre the bike has to lean ... and thus turn. Yeah I can ride straight and be hanging off one side ... but I will be countering that with angling the bike the other way to restore the CoG to central (for the bike and rider combination). This statement contradicts Banda's theory on type shape relating to initiating the turn BTW, cause now we would be running on the tyre sides and NOT turning.
Gyroscopic presession may then
help the turn ... but they cannot initiate it as the wheels axle must be moved first!
Pete