[roger albert]

Man,

Can't improve on Bob's excellent and thorough advice.
It is EXACTLY the way to go. On the street, it helps to find a big long corner (180 degree or later loopback) that is wide and out in the middle of nowhere, where you are leaned over for a looong time and have time to loosen and tighten your line a bit. Go through it at a normal comfortable pace, with relaxed bar pressure. I wouldn't even worry about shiffting weight just yet, since it is the feel you need, not a reduced lean angle. Do this over and over til it's very comfortable.

Then go through it just a couple mph quicker and repeat as needed until it is comfortable., then quicken, and repeat... ... ...

It is so much easier to learn that on a long corner (easier still on track than street) where you have time to play and adjust, than a corner around 90 degrees where you are in, apex, and out, and either get it right or wrong (with wrong having a bad result) which is what is scaring you.

A big corner gives you a chance to experiment and do it better or more poorly, with out getting it perfect, or run-off-the-road wrong.

You'll get there and get over your fear. We all do it at our own pace. I'm personally struggling with being relaxed while hung off on right corners on the track. I'm increasingly comfortable with big lean and hangoff (thus less lean that previously) on the left, but am frankly miserable on the right. I just have much less feel there. No good reason, it's just there, and I have to work on it.

Reread my advice one, and Bob and Ed's better and more thorough advice about 3 times.

I'd echo Ed's admiration for the Code school, and his comment that it doesn't matter for the first one. I'd elaborate and say it's not a good value for your first school. SO much is new on your first school that you can't possibly take it all in, so do that on the cheap, and save Code or similar for a 2nd through 5th or some such. You'll love it and get a lot out of it.

Oh yeah, I'd ditto the 3/8" of unused tire is not a bad thing on the street too. Super good advice, imo. You need a lot of RESERVE. Maybe after you get comfortable on the track and have a big safety envelope, you can use more on the street, but the track is a much better place to learn it.

My personal experience is that there were a couple quick guys in our group who I can't touch on the street. On the track, where I KNOW what is coming up, and am more confident, I now run very close to the same pace (<<2 seconds slower on a large 2.8ish mile lap) even though I'm running half as much HP.
I still can't come close on the street. I leave that to the heros too.

Good luck, and have fun