> For cycling, most people will adamantly claim that to turn left, you first turn the handle bars to the left.

This is challenge when trying to teach people how to ride a motorcycle. Counter-steering is counter-intuitive.

One of the better explanatory ways I've heard:

* put your hands on the handle bars

* stuck your index fingers out

* if you want to turn right, push/point your right index finger forward in the direction you want to travel†

* to go left, push/point your left finger forward

† Pushing the right handle bar causes the wheel to go left, travel on its 'edge', and cause the two-wheeled vehicle to tilt to the right.