The approaching truck scenario is good for illustrating the phenomenon but that guy was riding into a collision long before the collision
Counter steering might have helped him, but backing off the speed a bit and having some lane discipline would have avoided the issue entirely.
Indeed had he backed off the throttle and leaned a bit more / kept the same lean on with reduced speed, he's have missed the truck.The approaching truck scenario is good for illustrating the phenomenon but that guy was riding into a collision long before the collision, and "not counter steering" wasn't even close to being his biggest mistake. He's far too fast for that road, the vanishing points are closing on him too quickly for him to be in control or able to stop when something appears around one of those vanishing points (like a fire truck). And he was making assumptions that he'd have the entire road to himself past the vanishing point. That's why he collided with the truck, he was planning on letting the bike run out left, which is a p1ss poor bit of planning and he ran out of road. Counter steering might have helped him, but backing off the speed a bit and having some lane discipline would have avoided the issue entirely.
I couldn't of gone to this detail but before the truck even came in to sight I knew it was poor and dangerous riding.The approaching truck scenario is good for illustrating the phenomenon but that guy was riding into a collision long before the collision, and "not counter steering" wasn't even close to being his biggest mistake. He's far too fast for that road, the vanishing points are closing on him too quickly for him to be in control or able to stop when something appears around one of those vanishing points (like a fire truck). And he was making assumptions that he'd have the entire road to himself past the vanishing point. That's why he collided with the truck, he was planning on letting the bike run out left, which is a p1ss poor bit of planning and he ran out of road. Counter steering might have helped him, but backing off the speed a bit and having some lane discipline would have avoided the issue entirely.