Cornering Tips...

[weegee96]

I think you're making Thor's point.

 
I agree, but mine was simpler

[Corwin]

I know this has been mentioned before, but David Hough's book Proficient motorcycling has excellent info on street riding and lines through corners (amongst other things).  Looking through the corner is the most important thing.  On my first ride in a group we were going throught a left hander, at very easy speed, nowhere near the maximum speed for this gentle sweeper, and one of the group suddenly ended up on the shoulder!  Luckily, the shoulder was hard packed dirt and he was going slow enought not to dumpt the bike, but this was a great illustration of the target fixation concept.  For some reason, he started looking at the outside of the turn and ended up exactly where he was looking.  We all learned a lesson from that mistake, I hope.

[Chips]

To reiterate county's and Corwin's points and taking into account that this is the beginner's forum:

Slow down before the turn and
Look where you are going because you WILL go where you are looking.