Too low, and too slow?

I was going into a turn, its a pretty sharp turn to the right. I shifted my weight to the right, left cheek on the seat got the knee out and about half way through the turn i went down. I was doing about 35 to 40, i was getting a pretty aggressive lean angle as i didnt fall very far. I am riding a 2007 R6S, about 1k miles on the tires. Just wondering if the problem was with me, the bike, the tires, or just the bad texas roads? If you need anymore information just let me know.

Sean  

how was your throttle, how were the road conditions?  might have had too much lean for the speed/throttle.  road could have been cold and the edge of your tires slick, could be about anything without seeing it  

Sounds like you just fell over. You could have hit some gravel or oil/greasey surface on the road. Your tires could have been cold. Hopefully the bike is OK and you didn't get hurt. Ever been to a track? I don't know why everyone wants to ride like a racer on the street. If the corner doesn't call for you to hang off sometimes just putting your knee out and leaning will do the job.  

hey man i have a R6S and it seems like you caught the edge of your tires because with only 1000 on the tires they are still pretty fresh and need a little more wearing down on them and u shouldn't lean so hard unless you trying to speed through turns  

Other than Oil or gravel causing the fall, I see three areas that you may need to work on your technique;

The first and I think this may be the issue, is to turn your head and eyes were you want the bike to go. What this means exactly, is that wherever you look, that's where the bike will go. The reason the phrase "head and eyes" is used is that if you turn your head to the right, but your eyes look straight ahead, the technique WILL NOT work. Both your head and eyes must turn in the direction you want the bike to go. WHATEVER you do, do not look down unless you want to go down. This will take practice to become second nature.

The second technique is how to use the "friction zone". this is the area on the clutch between fully open and fully closed. So, as you let the clutch out and the bike starts to move, you are entering the friction zone. An easy way to become accustomed to riding the bike in the friction zone is to practice the slow race. That is simply going as slow as you possibly can without releasing the clutch completely.

The third technique is the proper use of the rear or controlling brake. With the motorcycle in the friction zone, keep your foot on the rear brake and feather it as the bike starts to move. By doing this you are making the motorcycle think it's going faster than it is. When you apply power and keep your foot on the rear brake, it keeps the motorcycle from falling over at low speeds which is where most riders have a problem.

If you don't use these techniques at 5 or 10 mph the motorcycle feels as if it wants to fall over on it's side. Try and AVOID using the front brake at when turning at parking lot speeds, as applying the front brake at 5 or 10 mph with the bars turned even slightly, tends to pull your bike to the ground like a magnet.  

Once you master these three simple techniques, It will surprise you at the tight maneuvers your bike can perform. You'll know you've gotten it right when you can make full lock turns in both directions at 5 mph with the pegs scraping a circle in the pavement.  

These techniques also help when you have to do that stupid figure 8 for the DMV license test.

Hope this helps, and as I like to say the 1st rule of motorcycle ridding is "Skull up, Rubber Down".