I am a new rider who recently completed the Basic Rider Course. I was having problems riding on the freeway particularly with cornering at 50 mph and even driving more than 50 mph on the freeway when the wind is 16 mph or higher. It was scary and I only did it in the wee morning hours when no one was around.
I took a 2 hour private lesson with Bill Seltzer to help me with the high speed cornering. He was patient on helping me work on my turns and cornering and gave constructive feedback, which is always helpful when one is in the learning phase. It's always good to have someone who will work with you, instead of against you during training. Bill was definitely working with me. He seems like a real nice person. I was able to improve my technique and cornering.
But really it takes a lot of personal practice keeping in mind all the pointers Bill gave during training. Bill reinforced the points he taught by helping me evaluate and think through the training allowing me to make my own adjustments as needed. Within a few days, I have been riding with normal traffic during daytime cornering at 70-75 mph on the freeway with cars sandwiching me on both sides. The speed was needed to keep up with normal traffic. lol. It was no longer scary but now quite fun. In fact, instead of fearing for my life, I am having fun and and quite meditative now when riding on the freeway.
I have also been able to do really solid tight turns at 25 - 45 mph in non-freeway traffic. Its really fun to turn that tight and that accurate. Bill has really helped me improve my skills dramatically in a short time. I look forward to taking some more lessons from him in the future.