Just picked up an 04 CBR 600 F4i. Having a difficult time with low speed cornering(especially from a stop). Very uncomfortable at this point. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Find an open space, set up traffic cones for circles, travel both directions, make the circle as small you can comfortably make the turns, travel "SLOW" like without puttin yer feet down, and a slalom and do the same thing, "PRATICE, PRATICE, PRATICE" and you will find yourself more comfy w/the slower speeds[sm=signs003.gif]

 

brake, throttle, clutch. rear brake. and lean the bike.

 

I just went into a parking lot and started doing circles. I got going good enough with the balance that I could have the handlebars completely turned and counter lean to keep the bike going.

At high speed turns you just have to lean in the direction of the way you want to turn. In low speed turns you have to counter balance the bike by leaning the other direction and turning the handlebars the way you want the bike to go

Just practice.

Daniel Thompson

 

Another important one is to practice making right and left turns from a dead stop - as if you were turning onto a street left or right. This one's important for pulling into traffic. Set up cones in an arc formation going left and right. Pretty soon you'll be able to balance with the bars all the way to one side doing a tight circle, although it takes some practice.
This is also very key to slow speed turns while already rolling: let the clutch slip instead of relying on either the front and rear brake. When I get get my bike rolling without any throttle at all and on level ground, the idle is enough to get me going at 7-8 mph at normal idle speed. This is a little too fast for tight turns ie a circle so I pull the clutch in a little to let it slip. It's much better than using the brakes for this.