Help with Cornering

[Swesty]

Find a straight, quiet stretch of road and practice your braking, when you are familiar with the distance it takes you to stop from various speeds you can attack corners. The correct speed for any riding, especially corners, is at a speed where by you can "stop safely in the distance you can see on your side of the road".

Enjoy

 

[steviegasgas]

Cars up your jacksy, ride round a corner where you can stop safely, and a lot of the other gems on here, you guys sure your not on honda c90s.. What ever happened to progressive riding.....?
IAM is good, depends on which mob though and how they run it, I am no longer in it as they will now let anyone be an instructor, no experience and no faster than national speed limits so as soon as they are over 70 they are out of their depth.

Look out for r1 thingys tryin to get there knee down, what a pants thing to say too whoever it was, I have seen and ridden all sorts of bikes, knee down or not and I dont get this snobbery thing. You wonder why bikes dont wave or nod to you on yer bm.

Back to the point, IAM is good, maybe. ROSPA is good but prob better when you have a little more experience and so can understand roadcraft a little bit better.

Find a mate or a biker you can trust and who has the experience, ask him to go out with you, watch him and let him watch you, then discuss your riding.

You have done the right thing by realising your limits and asking for help straight away so big up to you, take the advice on here, ignore all the personal bias, me included!!!

If you are ever up in Norfolk I am willing to take you out for a spin at your comfort level, all the best.

 

[RayS]

In this particular case, if you're tempted by the Ipswich-based IAM group, you'd probably be better off with RoSPA.

That's an interesting comment mate. What went wrong?

Cheers
Ray

(Member of the Suffolk Advanced Riders which I assume you were referring to!)

 

[RayS]

Forgot to say that there is no official RoSPA bike training in the area any more.
Ray

 

[spock]

Hi All
I am new to motorcycling, having recently passed my test. I am, like all newbies, still a little cautious round town etc., however my biggest fear is cornering. I live in quite a rural area and my route to and from work takes me round some pretty hairy hair pins where I can't see the exit of the bend, I am dropping to 20 mph round some of them and then I inevitable get a car up my A......!! This is realy knocking my confidence, so my question to you all is..... is there a course I could go on, or a track day, or something, or am I expecting too much too soon?
Willow

hi'up Willow,I have read most of the replies,not sure if you are riding a GS?and is this your first bike after passing your test? if the answer is yes to both,it might be an idea to leave the GS. in the shed for a few months,and buy a cheap run'a'round bike that is a bit smaller to learn on,some thing like a 500/600cc bike,and I bet , in no time at all,within 3 weeks be able to get round a corner a lot quicker/better...before you know it you will be heading for the Stelvio....
Anyway, where are those hairy hair pins out your way...

 

[Willow]

Hi All
Just a couple of quick comments to update you on my progress:-
I've realised that I am actually conentrating less on riding ( ie., am I in the right gear?, braking, getting everything to come together) so I think my riding has become smoother and feels a lot more natural.
I started riding a G650X Country after my test, a very forgiving bike and I learnt a lot on it. It's also pretty tall, and gave me the confidence to ride tippy toes!!
I've now got a F650GS not the new twin, the old single, which I prefer as the new twin delivered a bit too much power for me at low speed. The single is great round corners and incredible easy to ride.
Onahi - when did you see my rear!!?
Spock - the twisty hairy pins are on the road from Finchingfield to Braintree.

Thanks again all for all your help & support. I'm off to France in 3 weeks for a 5 day chanpagne tour on my bike.
Willow