The following notes aren't so much a "how to" on front end traction, as much as an example of "this is what seemed to work for me".
That being said, I think suspension setup and your approach to the corner are both big parts of it. I used to consider entry and micorner speed to be strong points in my riding.
I looked at things in the following way: If you're off the gas, the front end feels as though it pushes out, away from the bike. If you're on the gas, the front end feels as though it pushes forward. Out is bad. Forward, you can control. And for longer than you think.
For example. approaching Turn 9 at Thunderhill. I used to brake at the 2 marker, turning the bike in towards the apex one marker after that. Following those reference points, I knew the front end would start to push at a certain point of the turn. I made sure I had the throttle back open at that point to control the front slide.
Learn how the front end of the bike feels right before the front end starts to push, and negotiate a corner around that. A good turn to practice pushing the front end is Turn 9 at Willow Springs. "Riverside" at Buttonwillow is very similar.
Once you start to get an idea of how the bike feels when the front end is starting to push, try making some suspension adjustments. With the front end set up optimally, you can feel the front slide, in a smooth manner. Less than optimally, it typically wanted to chatter out.
It's hard to describe and it had it's shortcomings, but my old setup when I was very strong on entry and midcorner speed involved a lot of low speed compression damping in the forks, was slightly oversprung, with sag numbers on the high side of acceptable. My rear shock was also low on low speed compression (resulting in tearing), but as a result of the rear end compliance, weighting the bike on corner entries wouldn't load up the front end of the bike quite so much.
