[karlosdajackal]

My One piece of advise is built up to it step by step. I've tried it all, had to build up to it, for me it worked out like this...

* Just trying to be very smooth on the throttle, no good, no matter how smooth you try and be the bike will occasionally stutter. I don't know if its just how the fueling on the fuel injected bikes are set-up, but for low speed maneuvers your going to need something else to help control the power. But its worth figuring out just how smooth you can be with the throttle. You need to master your low speed control before you start to think about turning at the same time anyway. I love that idea of a race where the slowest from A to B wins. Might race my buddy in a straight line then add some turns as we both prepare for our full tests.

* Balance partial clutch with the throttle, I usually have 1 finger on the clutch for normal gear changes, but at low speeds its usually 2 or 3 fingers, the clutch on the 250 is excellent and you can crawl along at tiny speeds by balancing your left and right hand inputs. Below 5mph/8kmh using only the rear brake to slow down to free up the right hand for good throttle control. You get used to doing this is relatively straight lines in start and stop traffic jams. When you keep going from 0 mph to 1 mph to 0 mph you get quite good at combining all 3 controls, once you've nailed this you can think about turning at slow speeds.

* Counter leaning, works very well with low speed turns, basically your always upright and above the bike so even though the bike is leaned and turning, you don't feel like your going to fall off which is half the battle at low speeds, so in turn you feel confident to lean the bike further, works great for u-turns and the like. Also makes it easier to turn your head around and look where you want to go as you don't also have to lift your head up so much.

* Rear brake while turning, probably the ultimate control for low speed turning. With some rear brake but not enough to slow it down significantly, just enough to keep it at the same speed. Its an odd feeling but you can feel the whole bike below you, instead of feeling like it wants to fall over, it feels like it wants to stand up. But the thing to remember is it can be quite hard to feel the rear brake through proper riding boots, so your trying to sense the balance between gravity and rear brake stability with every other sense you have. Easy enough when counterleaning and turning left, harder when counterleaning and turning right, so practice both.

edit:
I found myself lane splitting on Friday and counterleaning with no rear brake was good enough from me to go from the middle of 2 lanes, across between the nose and tail of a car, and back out on the very left of the left lane facing straight down the road again. Steering lock is not bad on these ninjas at all.