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How do you get over the fear of leaning the bike in corners. I start to "panic" and then I want to take the bike out of the lean but I have no choice but to keep it leaned. I hear about people leaning this bike and scrapping their pegs.

I think practice is the only way to get over it. Just don't push too hard too fast. Take your time and learn your bike's limits a little at a time. I personally love to lean hard and scrape my pegs (or metal parts) a little bit. It's a lot of fun as long as it's done safely. I generally get to know the bike pretty well before doing this and start out with my toes pointed down a bit on the peg...

Practice, practice, practice!!!! Find a large parking lot and practice turning. The more you do it, the more natural it will feel.

You can touch the pegs on the 250. This bike is meant to be "flickable" as I have heard. I had a lot of fun on a curvy road and built up some confidence and then driving to work my back tire broke loose as I was stopping and I almost hit a car, but ended up between two cars at a stoplight. That knocked me down a few notches - :P

Quote: Originally Posted by Voltaic Shock I had a lot of fun on a curvy road and built up some confidence and then driving to work my back tire broke loose as I was stopping and I almost hit a car. We have to mix the fun parts with a healthy dose of safe parts.

Often fear of leaning can be cured...by riding a bicycle again. Yeah, remember leaning that stingray way over? Honestly, just work into it on the bike. Find a place you can feel good with varied speeds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGY-kLYKqSY

don't fight the bike when it wants to lean. trust your tires, there's plenty of lean left. Even when i'm on the track, dragging knee there's still a good amount of lean left in the tires. remember that you motorcycle is faster than you are. that doesn't mean to go out and ride like a fool, though...

Quote: Originally Posted by badmonkey don't fight the bike when it wants to lean. trust your tires, there's plenty of lean left. Even when i'm on the track, dragging knee there's still a good amount of lean left in the tires. remember that you motorcycle is faster than you are. that doesn't mean to go out and ride like a ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Voltaic Shock LOL! I come home a certain way so I can take this one turn and keep practicing my turns. Everyday I try to take it a little bit faster - Please make sure that you are also taking it cleaner! Make sure your lane positions for entry, apex and exit are correct. Don'...

Quote: Originally Posted by iamgumby Please make sure that you are also taking it cleaner! Make sure your lane positions for entry, apex and exit are correct. Don't want to read about you meeting someone head on during an exit! Speed is not impressive if you are not holding the right line! I agree, the whole...