Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker

Not having read though 2 miles of posts all I can offer in solid advice not being a smart *** or mean is either man up & take an advanced riders coarse were you scrap the pipes , pegs and the heel on your boots learning to handle a bike & ride a curve at speed safely and confidently . Or find another hobby this one is going to get somebody killed or at minimum cause a major wreck . It only gets worse as you get older man you may have riding skills but your head is not in the game , something sudden your in a bad way .

Originally Posted by Elginator

You owe it to the other forum members to read the thread before adding more redundancy yourself. Especially before posting a shallow, knee jerk reaction.

Originally Posted by HoggyMtnBreakdown

I have been riding motorcycles since I was 19, but bought my first H-D 2 years ago. I have always had a terrible fear of taking curves, especially blind, downhill curves, and have to slow down to a crawl, until I can see my way around them before I accelerate through the curve. I always get left behind on mountain roads, but I have one buddy in particular who rides an Ultra and always takes the curves at speeds that seem a little crazy to me. He leaves me in the dust on twisties and loves giving me advice on how to keep up, to point where I feel pressured to ride at speeds where I don't feel comfortable. I don't mind scraping floorboard or anything, I just feel uncomfortable taking curves at speed, which I can't see around, for fear that they might tighten up on me, sending me into a ditch or worse, oncoming traffic. Is there anything I can do help overcome my fear? Any advice from anybody here, or does it just come with practice and experience? It just seems to me that no amount of experience can bring comfort in taking a blind curve at the speeds I see a lot of riders do.