Mate I taught myself the css stuff over a year on the road and track, every ride on my 848 I hung off like a goon. Knob I can do, well. So you're in good company
I hang off a bit but I actually enjoy seeing how much lean I can get on the bike and with the MTS, it seems sure footed enough. Certainly, when making progress I am conscious of upper body position and I move about a fair bit, it's a key part of the fun. I never look like a knob as my bike has black bars so it's impossible.
I don't ride the MTS solo as much as I'd like really, I've done a few runs recently without a pillion and it's easy to forget how much fun the bike is not worrying about another person. Solo, I usually take the KTM but as winter is coming (to paraphrase Game of Thrones), the MTS is a more likely choice for the conditions so it should get more time out. I take a view with a pillion that I'm 100% responsible for their life the whole time of course but more than that, I hold back way more and have a mental check on anything like an overtake I may be confident to do solo. It's actually not a bad way to ride solo if you want defensive riding. Having the pillion move about in sync is hard to get right, I usually just say to relax and not worry too much about leaning, just go with the flow of the bike. It's probably more disconcerting for the pillion if I'm suddenly moving a lot in a corner and they don't know if they should also move or not. Certainly, she notices the difference if we are just enjoying a leisurely pace versus if I've got some johnny-come-lately on his new PP in front and I'm making progress and enjoying the bends (strictly within any posted speed limits of course). Having a pillion is the same as swapping the black bars for the mundane and slower grey ones. When I've got precious cargo (especially the daughter) on the back, I may as well paint them white to match the milk in the wagons overtaking.
