Great Video From Jay Leno

[Pirate looks at --]

This video is pretty cool. Sorry if it has been posted before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3T...v3ww3xpoDIhYW5v7Pxk6YjqDKm1QvY3E71mDFVYsXKRks

 

[Mikey]

Very cool!!!

 

[jiffy]

Very interesting to watch. Really looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for posting.

 

[Sputter]

Intriguing! Would be fun to try, likely similar to the first time I rode a bike with a frame mounted fairing?

 

[cruisinTX]

Very ingenious indeed. I wrote to these guys about a year ago to see if they had done anything other than Harleys. I was hoping they might have branched out to BMWs with the thought of doing this to the K1600--they said no. Who knows though, as their business grows, it could happen. Would love to have that inline 6 with 160HP and 130lb/ft of torque powering a reverse trike that leans.

On a riding technical note: at about the 3:20 mark, Leno completely screwed up the definition of counter-steering. He said, "you lean right to go left and you lean left to go right." WOW! That is just so wrong and at some point these celebrities who screw stuff up like that need to be corrected. Young or inexperienced riders listen to these guys take their words to heart. Counter-steering is the correct way to control a bike in a curve at speed above around 10mph but you do not lean the bike or your body to counter-steer. The exact opposite is true, however; you counter-steer to make the bike lean and go in the opposite direction you just steered the front wheel. In fact, unless you are intent on riding like the pros and scraping pegs, etc. there is really no need to lean your body at all at posted speed limits. The pros get their behinds off the seat, lean way out and extend a knee to keep their bike more upright while counter-steering in order to keep hard parts & sidewalls off the pavement and good tread on the pavement. It is a good idea to learn how to get off the seat just a bit and lean your body in the event you want to engage in spirited riding OR, more importantly, to save a potential slide out or running to wide on a curve if you have gone in too fast or on the wrong line.