This is sobering..but good ending

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Generally on a motorcycle the wheels are big gyroscopes. Hitting the brakes usually makes the bike stand up straight and the gyroscopes make it go straight.

some bikes it is more noticable on than others. I have ridden bikes that were impossible to turn on the brakes. THe CB is pretty good in that regards, but if you are steering a tighter arc on the brakes, it's because you are instinctively putting more pressure on the inside side of the handlebar, and keeping your focus on where you want to go.

Yes, every bike is different. It's both frame geometry and tire width. The wide tires we use today on modern bikes just want to stand up, it can't all be dialed out. So we had to learn to adapt to it, same as with the fueling, never ridden an EFI bike that could be picked up all the way at the bottom of a turn, max lean, the way a good CV-carbureted bike could. Some EFI bikes are pretty good but it's a different technique.

But the narrow wheels on the CB1100 and long wheelbase make it very neutral which is likely why it feels like it's getting some help. The CB1100 is great on the brakes.