To turn at low speeds
- don't turn at low speeds.
- turn the handlebars to the right to go right. ✓
- turn the handlebars to the left to go right.
- turn the handlebars to the right to go left.
Answer: B. turn the handlebars to the right to go right.
At low speeds, turn the handlebars to the right when you want to go right.
Why this is the answer
The handbook splits motorcycle steering into two kinds: low-speed steering and countersteering. For low-speed steering, it says plainly that you turn the handlebars in the direction you want to go — left bar for a left turn, right bar for a right turn. That is the same direct steering a driver uses in a car at crawling speed. The handbook also notes that below about 10 km/h the bike is unsteady and wanders, so it needs constant balancing and steering correction, which is why you keep your body upright and counterbalance in slow turns.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. don't turn at low speeds. — The handbook gives a specific slow-speed steering method, so low-speed turns are something you learn to do, not avoid.
- C. turn the handlebars to the left to go right. — Turning the handlebars left would send the bike left, not right — the handbook says to turn them left when you want to go left.
- D. turn the handlebars to the right to go left. — Turning the handlebars right takes you right; pushing on the opposite bar to lean is countersteering, which the handbook describes for speeds above about 10 km/h.
Remember it
Slow speed, point and go: below the point where the bike feels steady, the bars aim where the front wheel goes.