I recently went into a rear wheel slide in a corner. It scared the dickens out of me. The bike leaned over, way over. The foot peg has a swivel, which swiveled up, putting the inside of the ball of my foot on the pavement. I had no idea that the bike could lean so far over (K1200RS with Dunlop 220's). Whew!
I thought my right leg was toast. My first instinct was to chop throttle. I felt the nerve implulses send the message to my wrist. Somehow, and I don't know how, I remembered what Keith had instructed about SRs... "don't chop that throttle."
I somehow managed to hold throttle. It happened all so fast, that i don't know if I could do it again. I certainly hope so, for if you do go down, it makes the difference between a low side and a high side.
But, to continue the story, the rear wheel slid, I kept the power on and the bike regained traction, picked itself up and completed the corner. As the bike picked up, I realized that I was turning the front wheel into the slide. But the pickup was smooth. It was all so very smooth. Scary, but smooth! I'm still amazed by what happened.
While I managed to contain the survival reaction of chopping throttle, I am still working with it. The whole event did shake my confidence in the traction I thought I had. It has effected my riding which I am trying to work through.
I refer to Kieth's books very frequently. There is so much there.