finally picked up my bike

[RG_Soul]

I have got my bike now and it is the first race type bike I have had so it feels funny, I have no conferdent going round corners and trying to get use to the way you seat on it
i know this sounds silly if you have had a race type bike before but dose it come with time and are there any tips you can give me

Sorry about my spelling

[andrew]

you will get use to it with time. As for conering confidence as long as you have decent tyres on and you let them get warm just remember that until everything is scraping you can always lean over further. A good tip is to practise counter stearing, get up to about 40-50mph in a straight line and gently push the bars left and right you will notice that as you push the bars with your right hand the bike will lean to the right and vice versa. You can always read articles in the bike presas about riding tips which are good but in the end tho best bet is just to try and get as many miles as possible under your belt and come on some rides.

[Jay]

Great news RG mate

Just take the bike to a stretch of road you know and start my getting use to the handling of the bike and braking of the bike.

before you know it you will be use to the bike, but be carefull of the slippery conditions mate

Jay

[Dynasangel]

im still trying to get use to cornering on my CBR400 but im to scared to do it an a speed in a 60 i will slow down to about 30-40 depending on the corner, but my confidence is alot better with me riding to work everyday, but ive still got a long way to go

[furry]

Best to wait till summer when the roads are warm and there's no so much salt and crap floating about...

Build ya confidence on long corners which ain't tight, then build it up till you get used to the bike and try different ones, it's a trust relationship you have to build up with a bike and it takes time, so long as the roads are good, the sun it up, and the tyres you got on are good quality, the only thing that will stop you will either be your confidence or the peg ends, you will find when your all the way down to the peg ends, your fully confident on that bike, but don't go doing it all the time once you can, always best to "keep some tricks up your sleeve" as I was once told by a wise old man

I have to do what your going though on every different sports bike I get on, they are all different... I'm mainly used to GSXR's, but then you go on something else like a Kazi, R1, Duke, Triumph and it's all so different and again as I was once told by a wise old man "the more bikes you try the better the rider you will become" which allthough at the time I thought he was talking aload of s.hit, I know see it makes sense, you appaericate how bikes are designed, what they are each for etc

It's why I'll always have something like my gsxr400 in the garage, even though my TL wastes most bikes on the road (Espically Dukes and Fireblades), for handling and pure riding enjoyment nothing comes close to that gixxer4

[RG_Soul]

thanks for all the tips i had loads of confidence on my old bike but as i said this is my first sport bike.
so i need to get used to the way i sit on the bike and then take it from there i guess.
i'll have to come on some ride outs now i have it

[Blimey]

Can i just jump in here and say, even after 12 years of all year round riding i still on occassions have this silly moment where i consentrate too much on the road just in front of the front wheel. This in turn makes you brake way too much and just cock up the corner completly, where if you look as far round the corner as you can,you just float round it. Just one of those things.