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For sure. I’m a bit nervous about riding this bike (or any bike for that matter) but since nothing happened on the test ride I’ll soon find out on my own!
Be good to waste a tank of fuel on carpark manoeuvres and leaning/steering practice.
The bike’s in my shed, taking up the last of the available space. Hope to get a few miles in tomorrow after taxing it.
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Countersteering is exponentially harder the faster you go - takes a great deal of physical effort to turn a bike at high speed. I found it extremely good practice years ago to see just how fast I could make a bike turn without upsetting it. Pushing is much easier than pulling as you've got your weight behind it and should be getting forward over the front anyway. Don't know if it was an urban myth but someone told me that Eddie Lawson used to bend the bars on his bikes from countersteering so hard...can maybe believe it for the pro-am monsters. Didn't work on my 350 YPVS though.
Think about it consciously and practice. You'll be amazed how much you can throw a motorcycle around and it will help big time when you think you've run into a corner too hot...
Fun too.