Great advice

[Maki]

Here is some advice from Kevin Schwantz. It is meant for the racetrack but some of these gems work very well for road riding too.

1. Increase your speed incrementally.
2. Find and use reference points for braking, turn-in and apex.

3. Focus your vision way out front.

4. Select a gear that uses 60-80 percent of redline at the exit.

5. Be loose on the bike and bars, not rigid.

6. Get body position set for corners early.
7. Hang off slightly--and comfortably--in corners.
8. Use your legs to move you around the bike, not your arms.
9. Go slow when learning a new track. Get the flow first.

10. In the wet, be super-smooth with all control inputs.

11. Ride with the balls of your feet on the pegs at all times.
12. Weight the inside peg entering corners.
13. Weight the outside peg at the apex and exiting corners.

14. Perfect practice makes perfect--helps muscle memory.

15. Ignore the rear brake.
16. Walk the track if possible.

17. Don't apex early; late apex whenever possible.

18. Get to neutral throttle ASAP approaching the apex.
19. Apply smooth but forceful throttle exiting a corner.
20. Keep body movements small or smooth while cornering.

21. Braking distances increase exponentially with speed.

22. Monitor chassis feedback through hands, feet and butt when braking.

23. Ease off the brakes smoothly as you lean the bike into a corner.

24. Brake in segments: first 10 percent (to settle chassis), then 75 percent (hard braking), then 15 percent (releasing smooth toward apex).
25. Get hard braking done early; don't wait till you see God!
26. Passing tip: Let off the brakes sooner and carry a bit more speed into the corner.
27. Release the brake more slowly than you initially grab it.

28. Ride a bicycle for leg strength and cardiovascular training; it'll make you a better rider!!!

29. Control panic by being in control at all times; resist the temptation to go beyond your personal comfort envelope.

30. If you get in too hot, look where you want to go, relax and will yourself to make the corner.

31. Resist the temptation to tuck completely behind the bubble; sitting higher allows you to see more, which helps nail your braking and turn-in points.
32. If you crash, get wide. It resists flipping.

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[LBD]

Thats all really good stuff, thanks for finding and posting

[Okey Dokey]

Some excellent things to think about there. Could spend weeks trying to focus on just a couple of these each ride, and trying to build up to most of the repertoire. It is good to be able to work at your riding ability if trackdays aren't your thing. This list has plenty to keep a rider busy improving.

[discotex]

You missed making heaps of them bold but especially 20, 24 (the first bits) and 25

23 doesn't really apply to the road as you should be off the brakes before you start tipping in.

[Maki]

Yes, there is a lot of overlap. I guess you just need to read them, try and understand them and figure out which ones tell you something useful.