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Originally Posted by MattLikesBikes
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Remember that if you go into a turn at a speed you feel is too fast, don't chop the throttle shut or jump on the brakes. You'll end up upsetting your suspension and you'll end up in a ditch. Your bike can lean a lot further than you think. Push with the inside bar and keep your throttle hand steady and look all the way through the turn to the exit, do not focus your eyes on the side of the road, and remember to shift your body weight to the inside of the turn and stay off the brakes once you've started leaning, unless you know lots about trail braking, it's just a better idea not to touch them in a sitution like this.
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Worth $1 million dollars, this quote...this is my biggest problem in my slow turns, i either feel like i am going too slow and it's going to cut off on me, or feel like i entered the turn too fast and the instinct is to roll off the throttle...I've been realizing while putting around in my complex's parking lot that if i feel i am going too fast, best thing is to push/tilt that handlebar MORE and counterlean (and for God's sake don't MOVE the throttle hand at all, i don't know why that little piece of it is so hard to get down pat!)...if i feel i am going too slow, pulling in the clutch a little, and maybe a little more, and force my hand to hold steady on the throttle...an exercise in patience, controlling the bike at 10/15 mph in a corner, or while trying to make a 90 degree turn to park in a parking space...but I am learning it...
As far as your words in underline though...i thought the point was to push the handlebar so the bike leans to the inside of the curve, and counterleaning the rest of your body the opposite way...wouldn't that be leaning to the OUTside of the curve? Or maybe i misunderstood what this guy was trying to say? Somebody help me out...