Which action causes you to lean right and go right?

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Multiple Choice

Which action causes you to lean right and go right?

Explanation:
Turning a motorcycle smoothly relies on countersteering. To go right, you briefly push the right handlebar away from you. That tiny steering input makes the front wheel steer left at first and the bike then leans to the right, so it naturally follows into a right-hand turn. So pressing forward on the right handgrip is the action that causes you to lean right and go right. Pushing forward on the left grip would initiate a left turn, braking quickly while turning disrupts balance rather than starting the turn, and leaning opposite to the turn fights the direction you’re trying to go.

Turning a motorcycle smoothly relies on countersteering. To go right, you briefly push the right handlebar away from you. That tiny steering input makes the front wheel steer left at first and the bike then leans to the right, so it naturally follows into a right-hand turn. So pressing forward on the right handgrip is the action that causes you to lean right and go right.

Pushing forward on the left grip would initiate a left turn, braking quickly while turning disrupts balance rather than starting the turn, and leaning opposite to the turn fights the direction you’re trying to go.

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