Hi All!
I'm new here, but here with a question.

I'm 62 with some time on my hands. I rode bikes 'till I got out of school, then Harley's, now I'm thinking about building a recumbent something. ??

As I was studying my project and thinking about the steering, something came to my mind. When I was riding motorcycles, I found that steering works the opposite of what most think. In other words, if you wanted to turn to the right on a cycle, you would "push" on the right bar or "pull" on the left bar. Most people will tell me I'm nuts, but most have never tried it. (I never did on a bicycle, but I would expect it to be the same as a cycle. ???) This isn't something that most think about, as it kinda happens naturally. Did you ever get dangerously close to the burm of the road with a two wheeler? Probably, you ran off the edge, as you tried to steer away from the edge. Pulling on the bar closest to the edge is really "unnatural"!

Tomorrow, I'll try it, but was curious if anybody "knows for sure" and also knows why this happens.

Regards, CATZ