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Message: [QUOTE="wake_rider, post: 1383861, member: 75633"] In almost every turn you want to be forward on the seat just as you begin braking, or even a moment before. It allows you to begin getting better bite on your front end where the majority of the braking and tracking for the turn is taking place. Depending on if it's a wide open sweeping turn or a hair-pin like turn will decide to what extent you are shifted forward. I put about 80% of my weight on the pegs (with a large majority, or about 75% of that on the outside peg) and about 20% on the tank/seat area. After the initial hit in the turn you will begin to shift your weight back in order to gain traction on the back wheel out of the turn. Keeping a slight amount of weight on the seat helps to stabilize your bike through the bumps and keeping it more level and not as excited through the chop, otherwise an even larger majority of my weight would be on the outside peg. Don't fret too much about getting this perfect for now, but do start becoming aware of how it feels whenever you prepare yourself correctly for the turn and when you get lazy and stay throned as normal on the seat. You will feel definite differences, and might even snap the turn around a little faster than you expect if you give just a bit too much throttle, which will happen a few times until you become a little more experienced with throttle/clutch control. Have fun and let us know how things are coming along! [/QUOTE]