Originally Posted by Agent4573
Basically on a motorcycle if your going more than 20 mph you don't turn the handlebars the direction you want to go. I know it seems counter intuitive but it actually works. If you want to make a right hand turn, you lean over the right side of the bike, and push the bars left. This basically drives the bike out from underneath you and banks you into a right hand turn. Instead of trying to swing your mass over the top of the motorcycle, your drive the motorcycle out from underneath you to initiate the correct turn. I don't know how this would help on a bicycle though, because you still lean over on a motorycle while countersteering, countersteering just helps you get into the turn quicker.
All turns on bikes are done this way, too. That's one of the definitions of countersteering...where you actually have to initiate a turn by pushing the hbars the wrong way.* This is why it's often difficult to steer away from a wall or curb, because you initially have to steer into it to turn away. The method of moving weight around also requires a brief turn in the 'wrong' direction (for any experienced biker this happens automatically) but by moving body mass over, the bike can stay more upright through the turn, that's all.
*this is also why I don't think training wheels should be used to teach kids how to ride. They don't learn anything about steering w/ three contact points on the ground.