[bobolinx]

Thanks for the advice gitchy, I’ve decided to back away from the right turns for a while and just focus on leaning and u-turns due to a bit of skittishness. My neighbor, with a huge Harley, said that he has trouble doing anything slow and that I should just ride more and it will come. However, I’m listening to you all about the parking lot. It makes much more sense! My turns still stink, but am getting the feel of the correct throttle and clutch more. Oh… I checked my rear brake and I had bent it so that it caught on the metal guard. No wonder!

[bobolinx]

Well, I have to thank you all for the advice to stick with the parking lot. It’s a bit small and boring, but…still great practice! I am comfortable enough to ride the 1/2 mile over to the school, wait for the baseball games to finish and start my circling. I found this site http://www.msgroup.org/default.aspx with great advice and a million tips that need to be checked out on a rainy day. I’m still having trouble starting and turning to the right with a reasonable radius. This is how the bike was dropped again! Poor thing, I think I’m the third newbie owner.
Here’s a question for you all. When starting on a hill, is your rear brake enough to hold the bike in place or are you needing to rely on 1st or the front bike as well. When I try to hold the bike from rolling with only the rear brake, it doesn’t seem to be holding. Is this normal?

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