Joel,

None of the 70+ bikes I have ever ridden with the exception of the Rocket III and the Boss Hoss have I ever felt I had to do more than set the bike on its course in a turn and go through it. By setting the bike on its course I mean there is a noticable effort to get the bike to lean and start turning and such a miniscule effort after that I do not even notice whether I am countersteering or using body English or what. However with bikes with wide tires I do notice that I have to put a lot of effort into not only starting the turn and getting the bike leaning, but if I do not put that same level of effort into keeping the bike leaned over and turning all the way through the turn otherwise it will straighten up on me and run off the road.

How about other cruiser riders, do you feel you have to exert a substantial effort to get your bikes to lean and then to keep them leaning throughout the whole curve, or do you just exert some moderate effort to get the bike leaning/turning and almost no effort to keep it turning?

Fred