Hey bouncingbunny, nice to meet you last night!

Come out on a rideout with me and mikey, I've only been riding my 650 since march but I've managed to clock up about 8000 miles.

I was lacking much confidence (as you would expect) as soon as I got on a "big" bike but keep riding and riding and going that little bit faster everytime until i can get round the same bends at 100 now instead of 50 It just takes time I think.

The three things that have helped me the most are: look where you wanna put the bike i.e. on the exit of the corner, don't use the front brake on the corner for obvious reasons and have confidence that you can do it.

Like you I am no expert and there are a lot of riders at WB ooozing experience, but thats my 2p!