Crashing Debunked: Motorcycle Dynamics vs. Fate... Sorted!
So, you sit on your bike, hands a little tight, maybe a knot in your stomach. You scan the horizon, picturing the two-wheeled equivalent of a falling piano barstool. Crashing. It’s the phantom limb of motorcycling – always there, never fully understood. Our perceptions of balance, traction, and control are often lumped into a mystical "luck" or "手感" (ken-sō), an almost mythical connection between rider and machine that
just works or sometimes… doesn’t. But what if that's a large part of the equation? What if mastering the mechanics isn't about blindly hoping for fate to be on your side? Let's explore this.
