or you could try to sell the house and come back to earth with all of the other harley riders!

 

I'm a little surprised you haven't dumped the Sporty going slow while hanging on the front brake and leaning it over. At slow speeds you want to avoid the front brake and use the rear instead. You shouldn't need to put your foot down either.
I think you should get hold of a copy of theRide Like a Pro videos and watch it sometime. Given a little practiceit willamaze you how easy it is to get a really big bike to do some really tight manuvering without EVER even thinking ofputting a foot down.

 

It isn't the curve itself. It's a bit of an adventure but I ride up around it with no problem. There's a big differance between going up and going down though. Going down stopping is a big issue. Even walking the bike I can have the tires skid 2-3 inchs and, sometimes, that's the front tire moving laterially. Walking it that is no biggie, riding it that's a bit nerve rattling. I'll most likely end up riding it down and as a result end up, occasionally, skidding it three feet to a stop. That's the moments I'm worried about. That's where I'm wondering if those forks will make any noticable differance. When I suddenly realize there's a tree branch laying in the middle of the curve. Those moments that make you say whee. Not wrestling it down the drive every day, but wrestling to keep it upright when something goes wrong when your thankful to get it stopped at all irregardless of where exactly you get it stopped.

 

+1 The answer is get more comfortable with low speed handling so you can keep your foot on the peg and use the rear brake. I wouldn't attempt to go down any steep hill like that with just the front brake. Motorcycle safety courses teach the front brake is 80 - 90% of your stopping power. On other bikes I've owned, I'd agree with that -- but on my softail I feel like the rear brake is at least 40% of stopping power.