Get yourself a dirt bike and practice on real mountain roads - fire roads. Then when you ride on paved highways they will be very easy.

 

I find it helpful to ride with a group, you'll be following by example in no time at all. Local HOG group or latch on to some new friends a biker events.

 

Pretty much what everyone else said practice,I completely forgot about people not being use to them,where I live it's all you got. My friends brother came in from Texas for Thunder In The Valley last year by highway & trailered his bike till he hit WV where we met him to show him the way into PA here and we were on the bikes. He got the Wide Glide off,wife driving the truck and we were off,me leading & we got 1/4 the way down and he was screaming to slow down he had never ridin' in those kinda twisties before,where he lives in Texas is all flat lands

 

Eye placement is the right approch, but I think, and have noticed that body position has a lot to do with it. I have ridden several crusiers in my 62 years, and noticed that simply putting your body weight forward towards the handel bars in preparation for the turn makes all the difference. Most Harley riders lay back towards the rear wheel. Fine for open highway, but have you ever seen a sport bike set up that way? If you move forward a little with more weight on the front wheel you will turn easier. Try it just taking a corner around town and you will see what I mean. Be well! Mike.

 

learn to counter steer....

 

BS!!!...I have ridden both dirt and street bikes for 40+ years and taking a 30 mph turn at 60 mph on a cruiser cant be learned on a dirt bike...JMPO..

 

has everyone for gotten the next step , try it at night , I garentee you will slow down on a pitch black night. sometimes youll only get 25 ' . this is a great post!

 

don't hit the super slab much, but travel state rds, usually 55 limit, I ride 50-65, but have never even thought about the turns. never had problems just watch the road and adjust the speed ..

Did read something in here that while in a trun to push right to help turn right.
I have always pulled the oppisite side to turn more in a turn..
like pull the left grip a little to go right a little more..

 

+1 - my second go round of riding after taking a long break to raise my kids. The first few hours of the MSF course were really painful but the exercises were great. I still like to try to conquer the box exercise on my bike . .just about have it down. (Was pretty easy on the 250's we were riding . .not so much on my FXDL. )

The one thing that I still have to fight on turns is wanting to watch for loose gravel in the turns. It's a piece of cake to look where I'm going and go through the curve very comfortably . . . .but my mind wants to look for loose gravel so I don't lay it down.

 

Lose the Dunlop on the front and buy a Metzler..............It's like day and night on the twisties, Waaaay better