Learned somewhere to grab the tank with the inside of my knees at the first hint of trouble. It "Grounds" me to the M/C leaving my hands free to release a death-grip and do smart things with them.
Well, there's always this...Need to know some of the smart things one could do with his hands in perilous situations.
A light grip on the bars. I think I use two fingers and a thumb. If the solution to the problem is continuing straight, or nearly so, two laws of physics come to the rescue. You and the bike are a large mass traveling in a straight line. One of Newton's laws states that this will continue unless acted on by another force. The second is the gyroscopic force of the spinning wheels. They want their axis (axles) staying just like they are. On loose gravel or steel decking your tires are constantly hunting sideways, falling off high spots. Feels terrible but forces are really low compared to the two that want to keep you straight. Easy for some of us to manhandle the bars into oscillation whereas doing nothing would achieve the desired results.Need to know some of the smart things one could do with his hands in perilous situations.
I saw the link, and I said to myself, "it's gotta be..." .Well, there's always this...
...--Mark