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5.9 Accelerate to straighten up the motorcycle:

5.9.1 Contribution:

- It certainly applies when the throttle of a motorcycle is twisted to accelerate in a tight turn. This increases the centrifugal force that straightens-up the motorcycle.

5.9.2 Limits:

- But this phenomenon does not explain at all the major difference in steering ease and precision, between the cases WITH and WITHOUT hands on the handlebars.

- Also, a bicycle is as stable and can be steered just as well as a motorcycle without any engine and throttle.

 

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