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Old 03-10-08, 10:15 PM   #34
Griffo
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Default Re: Learning to corner..

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Originally Posted by Dave20046 View Post
Cheers so far everyone. I've been going out almost everynight on the bike but it's been wet and dark which isn't brilliant for learning or testing roads. Got half an hour of daylight tonight (testing out my new boots which are awesome) felt slight improvements but I still have my caution with right handers as you'll probably see from my chicken strips (I'll upload a pic tomorrow). I've found one of the main things 'holding me back' is my entry speed on the corners, I tend to enter too low (granted I haven't had chance to learn a curvy road properly yet) and end up only enjoying the corner on exit as I dare open up the throttle. I mainly only seem to do this on blind corners. I really need to learn the limits of the bike I think and get more experience to ovecome this. Any tips though?
When I first started my corner speed was awful, I met up with a few of you lot about 2 days after getting it, and hadn't a chance of keeping up! Then I went to Luxembourg on it, and ... well moral of rambling story is the experience (and lovely sweeping Luxembourgian roads) got me feeling the bike better, speeds, judgement, reading road etc.

However now I'm pants again, and need to find a shop that sells tinted sodding visors!
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