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  1. Bingo!!! Just got back from a nice autumn ride in Colorado. I found that I was flopping the bike over super good (at my level 2 class a year ago my coach Jason{?} said that I was best in the class at that). However, I was not getting on the gas right away and/or both my bikes did not have enough power to achieve that balance between lean angle (me flopping down the bike way over) and speed when my corner entrance speed is slower. I found that if I don't lean the bike over as far (for my same corner entrance speed) and focus on getting on the gas, that feeling of tipping into the inside of the corner is gone. Just need to start to increase the corner entrance speed and then can initiate a steeper lean angle. Thanks to everyone for helping me, especially JeF4y and Keith! It's much more fun riding now. Everyone take care... M
  2. My sincere apologies to you all for my very late reply to your attempts to help me. I've had some severe life difficulties that have distracted me and made things kinda bad around here. Hopefully you'all are still watching this forum string and can give me some feedback. Some answers to your suggestions: JeF4y suggested that I get on the gas right after I countersteer. Also suggested that I may be apexing early. These all sound very reasonable possibilities to me (mucho thanks!). I know that I have trouble trusting the tires. I'll try this (haven't had the time to ride in weeks) and see what I'm doing. Also, I've made no set-up change to the bikes. Supernought wanted to know if I'm a new rider. I've been street riding for 15 years and consider myself a safe and sometimes fast street rider. Fastfreddie wondered if I was continueing to counter steer while leaned over and cornering. I know that I'm not doing that; with as light of a grip as I can have on the bars, I'm actually having to steer into the corner to keep the bike from falling in. One thing I learned from reading your responses is that I'm pretty clueless about suspension set-up. I could sure use some advice or be refered to a book or something. In fact, some suggestions regarding some starting set-ups for both bikes would be super helpful. I'm 180 lbs plus another 15-20 lbs of riding gear. Here are all of the specs that I have on my 2 bikes. Again, I appreciate your feedback. 1993 Honda F2 track bike Front tire: Dunlap D 207F GP 120/70 ZR 17 Pressure around 30-33 lbs on the track Forks have preload adjustment only. Rear tire: Dunlap D 207 GP 170/60 ZR 17 Pressure around 30-33 lbs on the track Shock has preload, compression and rebound dampening adjustments (don't really know how they should be set! (@**&) The bike suspension compresses 25mm in front and 6mm in back when starting with no weight on the suspenion, and then lowering the bike and having the suspension support only the bike's weight. Have no other measurements. 1992 Ducati 750 ss street bike (beautiful bike with red body and white frame!) Front tire: Dunlap D 208 120/60 ZR 17 Pressure around 38-39 lbs for the road. Forks are Showa upside down and have no adjustments that I can find on the units or in the shop manual. Rear tire: Dunlap D 208 160/60 ZR 17 Pressure around 38-39 lbs for the road. Shock has rebound and compression dampening and preload adjustment. I have no sag measurements on this bike (yes, I now understand that this is BAAAAD) Thanks again everyone for your help!! Super cool to have this tool. Take care...
  3. While cornering I find that to keep the bike on line and not tracking toward the inside of a corner, I need to steer the front tire toward the inside of the corner (the opposite of counterstearing) to prop up the bike. I've tried more speed but it seems to make the bike turn even steeper and tighter Seems like the bike just wants to flop over and I am unable to achieve that neutral, one hand off of the bars cornering I saw in class. This happens with both of my bikes so I know that it isn't a hardware problem, and is more evident in faster corners. Your help is appreciated...
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