Get away from traffic first off. Go somewhere you can practice turning without cager's coming at you. You are not leaning the bike or you are going to fast into the turn. You bike is lowered so it won't handle like a bike that is at stock height. Be careful that's a bad way to end up as a hood ornament. Get an experience rider to help you out and give you some person to person help. We can't see what you're doing wrong and you might not know you're doing it.
I would go find a large parking lot and practice slow speed turning. Work on looking where you want to go. Also work on controling your throttle. Figure out how much power you will need to make a turn at a given speed. Also practice braking that way you know what your bike will do if you have to stop with a quickness. Basically just practice. Trust your bike....it can handle the turn. You need to learn to trust yourself.
When my g/f got her first bike (sv650) she rode around in a empty parking lot for a couple of hours just to get used to slow turns and braking. She also practiced taking off uphill (we have lots of hills here). Hope all this helps!
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Get away from traffic first off. Go somewhere you can practice turning without cager's coming at you. You are not leaning the bike or you are going to fast into the turn. You bike is lowered so it won't handle like a bike that is at stock height. Be careful that's a bad way to end up as a hood ornament. Get an experience rider to help you out and give you some person to person help. We can't see what you're doing wrong and you might not know you're doing it.
I live in the city so that is kinda hard to get away but as for the turn I somehow get nervous or something and I always go straight towards the curb or soemthing. I wish i knew what I was doing wrong maybe I am not looking enough?
I she rode around in a empty parking lot for a couple of hours just to get used to slow turns and braking. She also practiced taking off uphill (we have lots of hills here). Hope all this helps!
I need to practice on inclines for sure. Hopefully I will eventually get this
Push harder on the bar that is the same side as the way you want to turn. This is called counter steering. IE: if you are turning right push the right handle bar away from you.
Look where you want to go. Look around/through the turn.
Ride on the balls of your feet on the pegs not the center of your feet.
Remember that your bike can lean far enough over to drag the pegs on the ground and still stay up and keep traction, so it can turn a lot harder than you can make it right now so you shouldnt fear leaning it harder.
I live in the city so that is kinda hard to get away but as for the turn I somehow get nervous or something and I always go straight towards the curb or soemthing. I wish i knew what I was doing wrong maybe I am not looking enough?
Using the brake will straighten the bike up causeing you to head into curbs. To looking through the turn will cause this. Your head should be turned the way you want to go. Try looking at the solid painted line on the inside of the turn but up ahead a ways.
Using the brake will straighten the bike up causeing you to head into curbs. To looking through the turn will cause this. Your head should be turned the way you want to go. Try looking at the solid painted line on the inside of the turn but up ahead a ways.
I'll try looking.... I know that I am suppose to look but the only think is that I feel like the bike might fall.
Turning tips!!
I wish i knew what I was doing wrong maybe I am not looking enough?
Hopefully I will eventually get this 
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