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Originally Posted by vorlon24
That's part of my problem - I don't have the bottle to lean the bike as I don't want to fall off.
Perhaps a few scrapes would do some good, but that could get expensive, and not just from repairing the bike.
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What sort of bike do you have mate? Modern stuff(last 8 years or so) with decent tyres on will happily get the footrests down. You should also use your body more, moving the body off the seat allows the bike to stay more upright hence you can carry more corner speed for the same amount of lean.
One thing most people get wrong is the line through the corner. Find an experienced rider and follow them. You will soon start to learn braking/entry points as well as general lines.
Fear of falling off is normal, however it shouldn't get so great that you are more worried about it than a general self preservation thing. If you do then you are more likely to come off as you will freeze or target aquire(the bike goes where you look. In that split second before the accident if you look at what you are going to hit you will hit it. Looking at the possible escape route will normally be enough to get you through.) Learn to relax on the bike. The best and fastest riders often look like they are hardly trying. It should come naturally. Its the old 4 stage
Unconcious Incomptetance
Concious Incompetance
Concious Competance
Unconcious Comptetance
i.e. you start off crap but don't know it. Then you realise how crap you are , then you get better but you have to think hard about it. then you are good but don't think about it.
Don't forget that even if you reach stage 4 a bit of time off the bike will dro you back into stage 3. Even a couple of months over winter is enough to kill that rythmn.