When everyone talks of standing it up, I'm not talking about going back to vertical. I'm meaning you might decrease your lean by 5% - I mean ever so slight. This is an avoidance manuever. Thinking it would make you run too wide for the turn, that would mean you entered the turn at 100% committment, no margin for error. I can understand that on the track during a race (but not a trackday), but you should NEVER enter a street turn to the level that you cannot perform a minor correction.

The rear brake can be used to slow the bike slightly and tighten the cornering radius, but you must get used to the sensitivity of the rear brake or you will easily lock it up. You MUST practice with the rear in turns (parking lot is a great place) if you ever want to safely use it. The term "feathering" was used in an earlier post, and yes, that's the idea.

 

I was wondering that myself randy.

I've feathered the rear brake to tighten a turn. I've never experienced my bike standing up when I do. Got yelled at during the ERC cause I rode the rear brake thru the tight cornering exercise

I got chastised at alot during the ERC

 

HaHa, I would have enjoyed being a fly on the wall during your class.

 

Well apparently I can't modulate the rear brake during emergency stops (so I don't lock up the rear). Despite stopping faster and shorter than everyone else during the class.

I can't brake hard enough nor maintain control using 2 fingers on the front brake. But again, no problem ebraking and no problem with throttle control

I don't look back far enough during u-turns (I think he wanted me to snap my own neck). But I did the Figure 8 in the 250cc box with no problem.

I shouldn't swerve out before turning in on tight, slow speed turns....

Meh, the list went on and on

 

I do a combination of letting out the throttle slightly, using the rear brake, and leaning.

 

I feather the front brake n lean, I never touch my rear brake when in the twisties only in town lol

 

When people film me in the twisties, I like to sometimes randomly feather my rear brake through the entire corner. Looks funny on video.

 

I recently was riding with a friend on some unfamiliar roads so I would keep my entry speed a bit slower just because I didnt know the turn, then accelerate hard on the way out. Well we went around a tight hairpin turn, I crack the throttle open. Next thing you know theres another hairpin. I had no time to hit the brakes so I just looked through the turn and leaned her over. It freaked me out a bit at first, but half way through the turn it was like hell yea. lol

 

Good job! Never stop riding the bike - many, many people would have given up, stood it up, chopped the throttle and grabbed the brakes - culminating in a crash.

 

CORRECT ANSWER!! Keep your eyes up and looking toward the turn's exit.