In the '90s, I had a few friends who graduated to streetbikes. Either through a salesman's disinformation, or confusion on their part, or both, they started believing that streetbikes turned like a dirt bike at speeds below 100MPH, then reversed at speeds above 100MPH. (I think they got confused by the streamlined land speed vehicle in On Any Sunday, which actually had that effect due to aerodynamics).
Even knowing that, they said, "Under 100 MPH, you turn right to go right" (incorrectly). "Then above 100 you turn left to go right." It's a wonder they weren't killed.
Another friend of mine went for a street ride with me around that time and asked me about it, worried. I said to him, "You know how to turn a motorcycle. Don't worry about it. You have always been turning left to go right. And it never changes at speed." He rode down the street, gently pushing on the bars and came back, nodding his head. It's really simple once you take time to think about it.
Whenever I teach riders about basic handling skills, I make them ride slowly alongside a fence and dare them not to crash into it. It really drives home the lesson.
