I concur Wendell. Motorycycle riding is a "skill" ....it takes some time for a beginner to become skilled at slow speed tight turns and maneuvering. And even if you rode for many years and then lay off for a few years you will lose the skillset. I am trying to force myself into large empty parking lot and spending 45 minutes at a time practicing slow to medium speed tight turns, concentrating on using my head as a gyro and looking high to the horizon and keeping the head horizontal just like the attitude indicator in an airplane, I still find myself occasionally forcusing on a spot on the ground when turing tight and slow and inevitably when I do that I need to put my foot down cause the bike wants to "go" where I am looking. Takes time to build confidence.
