Have you considered a track day? They teach you many good things. Where do you plan to do these high speed motorcycle maneuvers?

 

Oh geez. This is my opinion, you or others might disagree. It's basically the technique I use as an experienced street rider who gets leaned over pretty good.

First, high speed turning is something you need to grow into. Watching a video will not prepare you for doing this yourself. If you're new to motorcycling you need to have mastered low speed turning before moving on. You need to have mastered the basics of counter-steering.

Second, know your terrain. Familiarize yourself with the areas you want to perform high speed turning. Familiarizing is not synonymous to safe-zoning. Just because you learn an area, it does not mean the next time you ride through there won't be a broke down car, a diesel slick, traffic, or other obstacles that will kill you or give you a huge ticket, etc. Never mistake familiarity with safety.

Three, set rules and abide by them. One of my rules is to never push my bike so hard that I can't maintain my lane (this is a great rule and might save your life someday...when tshtf). This is the street, not a race track. Cornering on a bike and maintaining your line is just as challenging as trying to hit every apex using all the available lanes.

Four, use slow and gradual increase in cornering speeds. Pre-ride areas to check them out before blasting through. Gradually increase your speeds in 5-10 mph increments. Do not increase speeds until you are securely confident that you understand what is going on with yourself and the bike. Larger increases in speed will easily get you in way over your head an you'll end up in the hurt locker. You'll be surprised how much of a difference 5-10 mph can make especially if you make a mistake.

 

It'll come natural with experience. Once you have enough experience then start looking into track days or some kinda Experienced rider course. You could always follow a faster rider at a safe distance.

A video on youtube won't make you a superstar.

 

What do you consider "high speed"? Being a new rider it's more important that you take it slow and learn at your pace, it will come. Going too fast and not knowing what you're doing will get you in trouble. Push left, go left. Push right, go right. There is no catch all throttle input, sometimes you settle the bike with the throttle, sometimes you have to get on the gas later, sometimes earlier. Sometimes you have to increase throttle, other times you need to maintain level throttle.

You could always follow a faster rider at a safe distance.

But for the love of god, don't try to keep up. If you have to tax yourself in any way you are in for a potentially bad time. If the leader isn't slowing down, you need to slow yourself down, use some self control, turn around and go home alone at your own pace, no shame in taking home a shiny bike. I've seen enough people crash because they wanted to keep up with someone they had no business tailing, I've ridden over my head too but was always able to dial it back.

 

Go to a track day. Safest and most fun way to learn to go fast.

 

This! :werd:

 

I am new to riding....

how to do some high speed motorcycle turning...

Do I give it gas the full time???

Ohhhhh boyyyyyyyy.....

:headshake:

How about you get used to the basics/actually riding the damn thing before even THINKING about this, otherwise you're gonna get hurt.

Come back to this topic after a good couple of months, and then do some research on looking into track days, not trying this crap on public roads.

 

The two Twist of the Wrist books by Keith Code are a good place to start to learn cornering.
A link is below:
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I would also take the two Motorcycle Safety Foundation classes (beginner and experienced) for some real learning, but at maybe 25 mph for a top speed.

In my 20s I increased my speed 2 mph at a time, until all 4 tires slid for my car and the frame or exhaust scraped the pavement for my 650cc motorcycle. Then I got older and wiser and stopped doing this risky behavior.

 

I like how most of the people who answered his question has an avatar of themselves at the track!

 

What speed is considered high speed turning?

I can hit direct "L" turns at speeds of around 50mph. But on another day, that same specific turn will be daunting to me and I'll slow down until I feel comfortable. Same goes with with those entrances/exits on the highway that basically almost goes into a full circle. Sometimes I feel it, sometimes I don't.

 

To the OP: If you haven't yet, take the MSF Basic Rider Course. This course won't turn you into Valentino Rossi, but it will give you the basics of controlling a motorcycle. Then ride for a while and take the Advanced Rider Course. This one won't turn you into Valentino Rossi either, but will help you out with some more advanced skills and risk management. Then ride some more and then think about doing a track day.

 

Taking turns to big...

I am new on my 650 and sometimes I am turning with some speed but I found that I end up in the wrong line.. How can I make my turning short at speeds.

 

Practice.

 

Look, like REALLY look where you want to end up. If you're swinging wide it's likely because you're looking somewhat wide. That's the start... there's a billion other things you need to work on. But look where you want to go.

 

Agreed, great tip and A MUST DO for new riders. If you took MSF, you should've learned this and many other things. USE THEM ALL.

I'm experienced enough I can go where I am not looking, but I would say this is an advanced skill. Breaking that link between where you are looking and where you are going is very difficult, but new riders should adhere to this strictly. I have practiced a lot to become good and viable (i.e. not a hazard to myself or others) at it. Don't get me wrong, most of the time I use the look-where-I-want-to-go method, but sometimes there's advantages to not having to rely solely on this. This skill is for advanced riders only.

 

Iv'e ridden with n00bs that go wide on the corners & I have, over the years, come up with some simple advice for them when this happens. Instead of going off on some long explanation that they will never understand, I just tell them "when you're in trouble & you know the bike is going to run wide, push that inside handlebar to get your ass back on the side of the road you should be on".