U-Turn On SS

Slow speed. turn your head to where you want to go..
Can't get it, take a M2 rider's school. No probs after that guaranteed.
 
Look where you want to go, don't use your front brake, maybe even drag the back brake a little.
 
just drag your rear break, really tightens up your low speed turns.
 
+1 to the suggestions above

Also, lean the bike towards the inside of the U-turn while keep your weight directly on top of the motorcycle. In a left-hand U-turn you'll feel like you're leaning your body to the right (outside) of the bike, but to onlookers, it will look like your body is perpendicular to the ground at all times. This uses the smaller radius of the edge of the motorcycle tire to tighten up your U-turn without tipping over to the inside.
 
It's harder on an SS. Just keep practicing it.
 
If I'm making a left u-turn, I lift my left leg and move it closer to the passenger peg.
I have to do a u-turn every time I go to work and it's usually three lanes each way.
In the beginning I used to land on the curb lane (maybe a foot away from the curb) and now I'm in the middle of the middle lane, so this method works well for me.
Try it.
 
as Lightcycle mentioned, look where you want to go and lean the bike into the turn but keep your body up. The first couple times it will feel like you are going to drop the bike but I find it turns much tighter that way, and rear brake will make it tighter still.
 
The steering lock/stop is much tighter on a SS.....narrow front ends with large diameter fork tubes limit side-to-side turning....
 
It's no more difficult on a SS than any other bike. Any SS can do a u-turn within 2 lanes of roadway.

Just remember that gas is your friend. Imagine you are making a really, really long tight right hand turn (or left hand on a one way to one way street) and use the same things - look where you want to go, give a bit of gas - if you start to fall over, give it a bit more and your bike will stand up.
 
Maybe a bit of clutch slipping too, to keep the engine from lugging (which causes the bike to lurch). Practice makes perfect, definitely.
 
find empty parking lot with car parking lines painted....practice doing S'es down the line of parking spots not skipping any...so go from one spot into the next, or skip one until you can get it.....me and the g/f do this beginning of every year to sharpen our slow speed maneuvering.
 
Red_Liner740 said:
find empty parking lot with car parking lines painted....practice doing S'es down the line of parking spots not skipping any...so go from one spot into the next, or skip one until you can get it.....me and the g/f do this beginning of every year to sharpen our slow speed maneuvering.
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This is a good exercise - I do it too.

Keep pressure on the rear brake and keep the clutch in the friction zone and keep the revs high. Other than that, lean the bike into the turn by pushing down on the inside handlebar, and lean your body the other way to stay upright.
 
After spending this past weekend doing the motorcycle M1 exit course with the wife I forgot how much valuable stuff you can learn. Basically the first day was sent doing low speed maneuvers. Even with 15 years of on-road expierence I still learned some stuff and definitely found out some bad habits I had generated.

Everyone above has been correct in stating look where you want to go, clutch slipping/control and ride the rear brake.
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