murf2222

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I will make sure that I'm not giving any bar input. I will also play around with backing off of the rebound, as I have quite a bit dialed in right now. Murf2222

I was thinking that my recent cornering problems were the after effects of a track day incident long ago, but not now......... I bought a BMW R1100s to replace my stolen CBR1000rr about a year ago. At first I hated the handling because BMW does not use conventional forks. They have a swing-arm/shock arrangement front-end that is very odd feeling. They do not dive under braking and compared to a bike with forks, you don't feel the suspension movements hardly at all. Over time I guess I got used to it. I recently bought another CBR1000rr and NOW can't ride it worth a damn! I don't trust the front end AT ALL and am overwhelmed by all the movement in the forks! My riding has regressed back to 15 years ago before I discovered counter-steering. I am actually SCARED leaning the bike over now! Moral of the story................If anyone ever tells you that once you ride a BMW you'll never want to go back to anything else..................Punch them in the face! Murf2222

Hey there Murph You'd have to eliminate the possibles to determine. Try allowing someone else to ride your bike who is similar in size, stature and weight and see if they get the same results. Or try riding a different bike. There are cases where geometry is so tweaked up that it will cause handling issues, but I'm leaning more toward unintentional rider input as the likely culprit. Thx for the thoughts Jaybird. The more I think about it the more i'm convinced that it is NOT the bikes setup as the problem. I've ridden a couple other bikes lately and get the same results..............adding throttle in the turn causes the bikes to go wide. Your not supposed to be applying any more counter-steering pressure as your rolling on the throttle are you?

First at little background....... I attended the California superbike school at Laguna Seca about 8 years ago. I had a 100mph track-day low-side a couple years later at Willow Springs. I have been trying to regain my confidence ever since. I have started over and have been attempting to learn how to ride again to hopefully conquer my fear AND eliminate bad habits. Okay, to the topic at hand..............I am noticing that when I try and add throttle in a corner my bike seems to want to run wide. I'm sure that I'm not adding too MUCH throttle either. If anything, I'd say that my throttle is perhaps on the low end of maintaining the 60/40 weight bias. I have been trying NOT to make any steering corrections mid-corner, but if I don't add more counter-steering I run wide. Is my problem rider induced, or is my suspension possibly set-up wrong?