Old 02-10-04, 12:45 PM
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All that about gyroscopic moment is correct, but it is only one of the things that initiates a turn. When you turn the handle bars to the left, it moves the bottom of the wheel, where it touches the road, to the left. Since this point is way below the centre of gravity of the bike + rider it makes the whole mass rotate to the right.
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