kmdirtdiva.... as a woman rider myself, I was in your shoes last year. Turning into parking lots, intimated by the weight, etc.

GG and FS have given you some really good advice but believe me, your best teacher is practice, practice, practice. I have come such along way becaues of that.

I have an industrial park down the street from my house with a one main road and parking lots gallore. That is where I did all my praciting.

This years goal is to get the countersteering down pat in curves and it's going well.

Good Luck!!