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Firstly

Relax, if it feels comfortable there's a good chance it'll be safe(ish!). Most important is to look where you want to go, i.e. right through the corner to the next straight. This holds especially true when you think you've cocked it up, it doesn't matter how wrong you think you've got it, Look Through the Corner, Try your Very Damndest to make it. More often than not you'll make it (might have to change your underwear after though!). Remember; the biggest Limiting factor on a bike is... The Rider (unless your names Rossi, Stoner, Pedrosa etc!!)      

The amount of info you've asked for here would take weeks to type (even for a quick typist!) and reading about it doesn't always help improve your riding as putting it in to practice can be confusing. Get a little more familiar with your bike then get a couple of lessons with an advanced instructor (do a track day too, they usually have instructors on site & they're lots of Fun too! ). A session with an instructor can also put a lot of the info you may have already read into context too.

Happy Riding out there

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main problem here is making sure you're relaxed all the time as you're on a bike that will bite if you, for example hit a pothole whilst tense. Did that yesterday and the impact was so violent I luckily only let go of the throttle. If you're tense you could open it and oh dear.

Cornering Advice

If you have recently jumped onto a bigger bike and want to learn the art of cornering, DO have some advanced training with your local group. It doesn't cost anywhere near as much as the direct access if you go with Rospa or the IAM.

I used to be an observer for the IAM and the problem with advice on here it is open to mis-interpretation. No offence to those giving advice they are right what they are saying but it must be clearly understood what you are doing and why you are doing it.

For example staying to the outside of the bend does open up your view, but the golden rule is you must always sacrifice your position for safety.

So many riders get too close to oncoming vehicles when they negotiate bends because they stay on what they think is the correct line.

There are as said above a long list of things to think about when cornering, too many to right down. Its better to have someone show you how to tackle a particular bend, lots of times and then move onto another.

Road surface, camber, what speed, higher gear, lower gear, limit points, turning points, target fixation, slow in fast out, survival reactions, blah blah blah.

No offence to anyone, the advice is good but for a rider new to big bikes if you want to learn quickly and enjoy cornering, training is the way to go. Even track days are worth doing.

Hope this helps. 

Thanks

Thanks everyone, some great advice there, the overwhelming response is to get some advanced instruction which I will look into.

Cornering

Only one way you will improve wait for the better weather, get out there and practice. Don't try and imulate our track stars by thinking like one, find some where safe and quite, think about just a couple of things that have been said here and try it,no pressure remember slow in, stay on a little bit of throttle and pull yourself out of the bend looking well ahead of youself at all times., obviously the  faster you go the more lean angle you need, just relax and enjoy the best part of motorcycling ,  don't forget cold tarmac and tyres are the quickest way to hospital.