+1 did I type that???? Being 6'3" helps me a lot too.....if I ever drop my bike at slow speed I think it will be from my foot slipping (oil, sand, etc.) too much to recover from.
. Ah what the hell I am geting there!!!To me riding is an acquired skill at any level be it slow or fast as each have their own respective characteristics. I have been very fortunate in that I started in the dirt and lived in the desert playgrounds of southern California before ever hitting the streets. I can't tell you how many folks I have come across that can't make a turn from a standing start with the steering head locked one way or the other. Why not? This is an easy answer which falls back to not training for it. How can you do something you have never practiced at and if you haven't practiced how can you expect yourself to be any good at it. You and I both live close the the Green Hills mall. I use the back parking lot behind Dillard's twice a month for drills. Once on the FZ6 and once on the Sporty. I use the painted lines to weave back and forth using speed and the clutch only to snake down the 150 yards of open parking spaces which generally requires many lock to lock turns. In these turns the brakes are not my friend and a good knowledge of clutch and throttle inputs will keep that bike up and moving. Another problem folks seem to face is the desire to look down which to me is a big mistake, look where you want to go and feather your inputs always maintaining enough speed to carry you through the turn. After a while it becomes second nature and you will find it requires very little speed for you to ride and maintain an upright position without dragging feet. That film link was an excellent example of practice makes perfect.... Forget the bike, look at the rider's focus points, always looking where he is going an never down.
Yeah, count on it. I have waited for that ride four years...... It's easy to find another Sporty rider. Not so easy to find another FZ6 rider.