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5.8 Camber steer of the tires:

5.8.1 Contribution:

- If a wheel is going straight ahead and it’s at the same time leaning to the right, for instance, it will tend to steer towards the right because of the sidewall construction. This effect is more evident at high speeds so that Camber steer can by itself alone explain the stability of motorcycles at such speeds, WITHOUT hands on the handlebar.

- When riding at slow speed in a parking lot, the lateral body shift towards the exterior of the curve permits leaning the 2-Wheeler more. This lets the front wheel act like a wheelbarrow leaning around an axis going from the handles to the wheel-ground contact point. And this permits the front wheel to be oriented further towards the interior of the curve to turn tighter.

5.8.2 Limits:

- Neither of these two phenomena explains the major difference in steering ease and precision, between the cases WITH and WITHOUT hands on the handlebars.

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