Can you body steer without handlebars?

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[MarcoVenustus]

For those wondering why it works on bicycles: they are light. You weigh 5x as much as the bicycle, whereas a motorcycle weighs 2x as much as you.

[RidersInBlack]

I thought Ryan was going to get the horn at the end of the video from that car coming up on his left 😅

[CGR]

People who advocate for leaning body weight or adding downward pressure to the bar are countersteering without realizing it. (Or in the case of cyclecruza, actively denying it)

[linkg]

People always think it’s only one of the turning methods but truth is you use all of them at the same time without even realising

[wildhogOW]

"Big man on a little bike" - Next you'll say you're "Only 9 feet tall" 😎

[mofuonamotorcycle]

Omg. I demonstrate this to learners on my desert x. A potential video.
I put on the cruise control.
I stand on one leg (slowly)
Sitting down, move around.
Bike just goes straight.
Then as i come in to a corner, with cruise control on, with the tip of my index finger put the bike on its side.
Then no hands, all the way through the corner.
Then index finger, other side of the bar to stand the bike up.

[NoOne-efyu]

Weighting.
Not Waiting.

These feel like auto-captions... But were clearly in-video.

[laprepper]

You can absolutely steer a bike without your hands on it and motorcycle riders do it all the time but of course you’re not gonna have any quick steering changes unless you’re using the handlebars to countersteer. I actually love riding my bike without my hands on the handlebars up to a red light I find it very relaxing.

[trailblazer]

I was always told, and in my experience have it to hold true, lean into the turn, and use the hand on the inside of the turn to slightly push the bar away from you (turning the bars the opposite of the turn only slight) this lets the bike "fall" into the turn. If you ride a while you start doing this automatically without thinking about it. In fact ergonomically when you lean in to a turn you tend to turn the bars opposite of the turn. Again not much but enough to start the "fall".

[AbigailPoirier]

Going through an obstacle course? No. Keeping the bike in your lane (on a relatively straight road) if you're riding no hands? Yes.

[Desmomatschi]

Yeah man! 30 years ago a Racer wanted to make me believe he was turning his bike only with his body. I tried to tell him the impact on his handlebars does the work...he wouldn't believe me

[aussiebloke]

Weighting the inside bar does work - but only because this causes the bar to move, which initiates the countersteer that gets the turn started. Won't work if the bar is rigid to the frame.

[colinwallace]

Counter steering is counteracting the gyroscopic action of the steer tire. If you ride a bicycle, you will notice it at higher speeds (25mph or so), but it’s not as pronounced possibly due to the lesser mass of the bicycle wheel. Without counter steering, you can still “direct” a motorcycle, but it’s more like being along for the ride than if you force it’s direction via counter steering it downward as you enter a turn/curve.

[Nikola__K]

Bro teaching counter steering and saving lives up in there!!! Nice!!!

[greglenoir]

Ryan is a legend, when he speaks the wise man listens.

[andrewdoke]

Want to turn left? Push left bar forward. Right? Push right bar forward. Counter steer is counterintuitive. If your not familiar, just try it.

[misfit]

I do sometimes use this minor turning when I'm having a good time and don't want to hang on for a minute. It confuses cars when I can make a pretty decently sharp turn by applying force in the right way

[keithad]

counter steering is the way to go and so effortless. been using it for over forty years. Counteracts the wheels centrifigal forces which wants to keep the bike on a straight line.

[Javadabadooo]

I ride with my hands just loosely placed on the handlebars, in case I need to make a quick evasive maneuver. For quick evasive maneuvers, I use a push on the handlebars (counter steering), but everything else I manage with my body, specifically the upper half of my body. It’s an extremely sensitive technique. I ride both my Harley Fat Bob and my BMW 1200 GS this way. When accelerating (coming out of a turn), the upper half of my body leans even further out (into the direction of the lean) and also moves forward.

[checkraiser]

I’ll sometimes correct mid corner this way. Works like a charm.