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Just take it steady and your confidence will return, it doesn't matter how long it takes as long as you ride at a pace you are happy with. You could always get some advanced tuition as well, IAM or Rospa will help loads.

Daryl.

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thanks for all the comments guys,

and stig i will probable take you up on your offer, are your registered on wiltshire bikers forum?

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Only moved here about a month or so ago. But this forum takes up enough of my time. :)

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Better to arrive 30 seconds late in this world than 30 years early into the next.

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I had a similar incident last year, leading to a claim for a write-off (bike flipped and therefore cosmetic damage to panels etc on both sides - insurance co preferred to buy me a new one instead of replacing parts).

More training (BikeSafe, Rapid Training) and riding out one-on-one with some bike copper friends helped me regain my confidence slowly but surely. I found that the most steady way of improving was to focus on getting my positioning in corners right, no matter how slowly I was going. Gradually, speed will come without you even noticing.

Hope your mojo returns soon

Jo

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I totally think you should go do a track day. As i have put in many many threads before, i am a great supporter of trackdays for buildiong up confidence. It did me the world of good. Give you a chance to get to know your bike with out cars pulling out on you!!

If you are worried about your own bike, you can get trackday insurance (not worth it IMO) or you can hire a bike.

Where are you based?

Edit: seen where you are. There are a group of us that hire a track near us, no pressure, no stupid sunday warriors, just people learning to ride better. You are more than welcom to join us. There is a wealth of knowledge in the group and we will be able to sort out you getting there etc. PM me if you are interested

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It took me a long time to get confidence back after I came off, but it does come eventually. Just ride and concentrate on being relaxed on the bike - if you stiffen up because you're afraid, then your inputs will be jerky and you'll fight the bike round corners. Go as slow as you want, but as Tim says, being relaxed, smooth and anticipating everything is the key. Speed will come.

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rai - pm'd

and thanks again for all the comments,

i understand how being relaxed will help :)

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As others have said - do a trackday - on your own bike. My cornering confidence increased an enormous amount when I did this.

It also stopped me from going splat in France some time later... I'd gone into a corner way too fast and thought "agh - my bike can't lean this much" - and then (very quickly) drew on my experience from Brands Hatch and thought "just keep on the throttle, and leaning, I leaned further over than this at Brands on this bike" - and I just managed to save myself from bottling it and closing the throttle / grabbing the brake.

Of course, my main lesson from this was about corner entry speed - but I also knew that my bike was more capable than me.

You don't have to push yourself, or "find yours or your bike's limits" on a trackday; it's absolutely not a race. It's about increasing your confidence in your ability and improving your technique in a safe environment. If you ride with your head and not your balls, then there's no reason why you're more likely to bin your bike, and yourself, on a trackday than you are during normal road riding.

And I think this would be a very good idea. Si's nice.

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I think my main concern was that my instructer used to race to the bike that I had I.e same model,

and he said that I will bottle before the bike does and that he had to get shorter footpegs and a new engine case cover thing because of the scrapes he used to get from getting so low in the corners,

so I had conplete trust in the bike, maybe I throttles too much coming out of the bend,

I guess I'll never know lol