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Originally Posted by Water Warrior
Cornering can be a hoot once you learn the basics and fine tune your skills. You must always have trust in your bike too. It doesn't want to fall down anymore than you do. Low speed cornering is a little more of a work out with mind and body because the wheels no longer act as gyroscopes to keep you upright. It is all about training and practice. Training gives you the tools and practice gives you the skill to negotiate almost any surface short of a flowing lava bed which is not recommended. :lol:
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You are right about the bike not wanting to fall. I realize that at a stop sign I am supporting little weight with my feet on the ground; the bike is balanced, so its weight is not a factor, being supported by the tires with my feet alternately supporting perhaps just a few pounds to keep the bike upright. And when moving, the bike seems to correct for my minor mistakes. The problem is not with the bike, but with my confidence. But I see my confidence improving with each ride. I know cornering is my biggest problem, and where I will practice most. I took a couple bad falls when cornering on leaves/wet/gravel at high speed on my road bicycle in past years and that is in my subconscious; I will get over it. I also think much of the problem was the Shadow wasn't running right while I was trying to learn, sometimes she would hesitate when I got on the throttle in a turn and she lacked power overall, so I was afraid she would fail me at the wrong time. Now that she is fixed, I see my confidence building with each ride. Someone mentioned an 'element of trust' earlier in this thread, now I am learning to trust her, before I didn't.