One practice item that I find very helpful for everyone from beginner to expert is to layout a circle on the ground (maybe 15 foot across) and try to ride around inside it without using your clutch or brakes or putting your foot down. If you can do it easily make the circle smaller. After you've tried it a few times and are still running out of your circle or having to grab your clutch, try it again not looking forward but up and off to the side in the direction you are turning. This helps more than you could ever believe until you try it. We've all heard that we need to keep looking farther ahead when we're riding and this is an easy way to prove it to ourselves and practice doing so. - Ken
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