“When sitting on sport bikes, remember: Your hands are NOT supposed to support your weight. “
And this is something that I had some trouble with when I was looking at bikes. I’d done a LOT of bicycle road racing in my life, so I’m REALLY comfortable in a forward lean. But when I was looking at the sport bikes, I kept having trouble with the whole weight-forward thing sitting on the bikes in the dealership. Until one thing happened that really opened my eyes — I sat on one with a center stand. At that point I could actually sit on the bike as I would when riding (both feet on the pegs), and was able to use my core to hold me up rather than having to hold much of my weight on my hands. And I found that comfort level that I figured I would have given my background. Quite the epiphany.
So make sure when you’re sitting on those bikes in the showroom that you’re doing it as you would when riding. Make it an apples-to-apples comparison.