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I have learned two main lessons:
1) That water is the best lubricant for rubber / steel.
Demonstration of that physics fact: Crossing a rail track that was not perpendicular to the road while it was raining.
No braking is necessary; the front tire just happily follows the direction of the rail track (while your helmet hits the road).
Solution: Change your path direction (within the limits of your lane, if possible), so you cross over in a perfectly perpendicular manner.
2) That the best advice about the less dangerous state of mind for a street motorcycle rider that I've read came from Bruce Lee:
"Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible. It is being "wholly" and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come."
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