Don’t get me wrong. I’m not against training or practicing. I encourage folks to
at least take a beginning rider course. I would like to take some intermediate
or advanced riding courses myself at some point.
However, leaning that far without going fast enough to budge the speedometer
seems like an invitation to drop a bike. I don’t mind dropping both feet in a
parking lot to back my bike into a spot or to walk it to a better line for exiting
around traffic. Given that it is highly unlikely that I will have to lean into a tight
turn at sub 5mph speeds on a public road and that parking lots are a minimal
part of my time in the saddle, it seems to me that this training is majoring on
the minors.
But hey, this is just my opinion.
