Once you understand counter steering the weight issue goes away. Very little effort is required to bend the bike into a turn and asimilar amount to "pick it up" coming out of the turn.

 

I dont know what its like in the States,but over here in Blighty the roads are full of "twist and go" mopeds,maybe he should have bought one of these as a first bike [sm=lol.gif]
The cane is a lump,but a bl##dy good lump