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Poll: Righty or Lefty ?
| View Poll Results: Prefer Left Corners or Right Corners ? | |||
| Right Handed and Right Turns |    | 14 | 13.08% |
| Right Handed and Left Turns |    | 48 | 44.86% |
| Left Handed and Left Turns |    | 13 | 12.15% |
| Left Handed and Right Turns |    | 8 | 7.48% |
| I Am Legend, I'm Good On Both Sides |    | 24 | 22.43% |
| Voters: 107. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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07-01-2008, 6:59 PM
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| ... Get A Good Lawyer !  Join Date: Dec 20 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Bike(s): Honda '07 CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Age: 44 Posts: 1,904
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Recent talk with Nutter67 has led me to post this ..... Everyone has a preferred side for riding in the bends. Mine is left handers and I'm right handed ! Just wondering if this is the trend ? A few track days and 30 years of riding has confirmed my ideosyncrocy !
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07-01-2008, 9:18 PM
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 Join Date: May 01 2008 Location: S. Puget Sound, WA Bike(s): '92 VFR750F, '03 CBR1100XX Age: 43 Posts: 157
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Right handed, no preference 
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07-01-2008, 9:41 PM
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 Join Date: Jan 24 2008 Location: Massachusetts Bike(s): 2003 CBR1100 2006 VTX1300 Age: 47 Posts: 234
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Right handed, love long fast lefts.
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07-01-2008, 10:09 PM
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| Join Date: Oct 23 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canadian eh! Bike(s): 2003 BB Posts: 235
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Right handed, the longer the left, the faster I get.  It just feels right, ah, er, correct! I see this time and time again at motorcycle training classes...much easier to turn left. It is a brain thing.
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07-01-2008, 11:08 PM
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| Join Date: Nov 28 2007 Location: San Diego Bike(s): 2002 CBR 1100XX Posts: 28
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It don't matter, Left, Right as long as the pegs are scraping and the sparks are flying  |
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07-01-2008, 11:26 PM
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 Join Date: Mar 02 2008 Location: Bronx, NY Bike(s): RED(the fast color), 2001 CBR1100XX, 2004 ZZR600 Age: 39 Posts: 1,593
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07-01-2008, 11:54 PM
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 Join Date: Jan 23 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Bike(s): 2006 'Bird|Two Bros C2 cans|Powerbronze DB screen Age: 40 Posts: 28
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I've often wondered about this and whether if what side of the road you ride on has any bearing on your preferences for either left and right hand corners. I am left-handed (handwriting and eating with my spoon only), everything else is right-handed, so you could say that I'm a bit of a screw-up, but I seriously prefer a fast left-hander over a right-hander any day. Pure happiness is a 65km/h left hand sweeper taken at $1.20 I initially thought that my preference for left hand corners may have come from riding on the left side of the road, and that those who ride on the right side of the road would prefer right handers over left. After talking with a number of mates (in Oz), they also seem to prefer left handers over right, reinforcing my argument. So it is with some surprise that I read that a few of our Northern brothers that ride on the right side of the road prefer left handers. It seems as though my theory may not hold water. So c'mon guys, let me know if my theory has any merit, or whether I just pulled it out of my you-know-where. It would be interesting to find out. Cheers, Eddie.
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07-01-2008, 11:58 PM
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| ... Get A Good Lawyer ! Join Date: Dec 20 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Bike(s): Honda '07 CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Age: 44 Posts: 1,904
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We'll wait for a result as the poll numbers rise ......... Hopefully our 0 post brothers will chime in too 
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07-02-2008, 12:08 AM
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| Join Date: Jan 23 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Bike(s): 2006 'Bird|Two Bros C2 cans|Powerbronze DB screen Age: 40 Posts: 28
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I could always volunteer my services to scientifically test the theory with a comprehensive road trip on US and Canadian roads. I've driven there on many occasions, but never on two wheels. I'm not in it to make money, just to claim my expenses, is all... Who's up to helping me out on this one?  My Paypal account number is...Cheers, Eddie.
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07-02-2008, 12:14 AM
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| ... Get A Good Lawyer ! Join Date: Dec 20 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Bike(s): Honda '07 CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Age: 44 Posts: 1,904
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07-02-2008, 1:23 AM
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 Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinios Bike(s): 1999 CBR1100XX and 1988 CBR1000F Stock & excellent Posts: 1,820
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As far as riding goes I like both left and right hand turns. I'm a righty but never noticed a preference for either left hand or right hand turns.
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07-02-2008, 2:16 AM
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 Join Date: Nov 06 2006 Location: Red Deer Bike(s): JUST A GIXXER AND AN XX....OK? Posts: 1,405
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The internet has made all males left handed.
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07-02-2008, 2:34 AM
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| ... Get A Good Lawyer ! Join Date: Dec 20 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Bike(s): Honda '07 CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Age: 44 Posts: 1,904
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07-02-2008, 6:18 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Aug 31 2007 Location: Seaford, Victoria, Australia Bike(s): 2007 CBR1100XX Age: 41 Posts: 2,287
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Right Handed, and definitely left handers. The thought of entering turn 1 at Phillip Island doing 200kmh = 
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07-02-2008, 8:16 AM
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| Join Date: Oct 18 2006 Location: St Louis Mo. Bike(s): CBR11xx03 Age: 53 Posts: 124
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I'm right handed but I prefer left handed turns because if I enter too fast and drift wide, I won't be drifting into the path of on-coming traffic as I would if it were a right hander. It's a safety thing, y'know. And remember.... Safety is no accident! |
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07-02-2008, 8:49 AM
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 Join Date: Apr 03 2008 Location: Kinglake West. Australia Bike(s): XX06,screen,t lock,6mm shim,hids Age: 29 Posts: 89
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I am right handed and left hand turns just feel sublime.Right hand turns have never felt good,even though i have scraped the peg,the left side has a lot more missing.Strange hey but it's good to see that i'm not the only one who thinks so.
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07-02-2008, 10:22 AM
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| Join Date: Oct 23 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canadian eh! Bike(s): 2003 BB Posts: 235
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Hey! I love your avatar!
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07-06-2008, 2:14 PM
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| Join Date: Jul 03 2008 Location: Seattle Bike(s): 1997 1100xx, 1998 VFR 800 Posts: 14
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Right handed, and like left sweepers the best
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07-06-2008, 8:00 PM
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 Join Date: May 05 2008 Location: Eastern Canada Bike(s): 2004 KDX 220, 2001 CBR1100 Posts: 28
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I am right handed and definately like going to the left better than the right. Same thing when I skate, much better at turning to the left than to the right. And when it comes to something else, there again the left hand wins... |
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07-06-2008, 8:14 PM
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 Join Date: Jun 08 2008 Location: Brisbane Australia Bike(s): 1998 CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Posts: 409
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Anything to keep warm eh, Canuck.  |
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07-06-2008, 9:54 PM
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| Join Date: May 05 2008 Location: Eastern Canada Bike(s): 2004 KDX 220, 2001 CBR1100 Posts: 28
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And it gets really cold up here!
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07-06-2008, 9:56 PM
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| Join Date: Jun 13 2008 Location: Mississippi Bike(s): 1997 CBR1100 Age: 46 Posts: 32
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I'm right-handed and prefer lefts also, which I was always led to believe is what surfers associate with being "Goofy-Footed" or right-handed with the left foot forward on the board. My theory is that I feel more comfortable with my strongest arm in control.
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07-16-2008, 7:32 AM
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 Join Date: Feb 11 2007 Location: King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK Bike(s): 99inj, HID, Micron 4/1, PC, Maxton Forks, rearsets Posts: 227
 | I'm right handed.We ride on the left (although I prefer to be close to the centre line - can overtake easier that way).I love left hand bends.I'm wary of being near the gutter at the start of a right hand bend (better view round the corner) which I think stems from an accident early in my biking days when I hit the curb and wrecked my bike - "target fixation" they say.......pain and suffering i say! |
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07-17-2008, 2:54 AM
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| Join Date: Jun 24 2008 Location: Australia NSW Sydney Bike(s): 2004 Honda Blackbird Posts: 57
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Im left handed ride on the left side of the road and prefer left handed corners I feel more balanced I dont know if its because of the way your brain works or because the left side of your body is physically stronger?
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07-17-2008, 10:00 AM
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| Join Date: Mar 26 2008 Location: Western Australia Bike(s): Black 06 cbr100xx Posts: 63
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right handed and definately prefer left handed corners and its got nothing to do with the two right hand corner crashes    well maybe the sub conscious who can know it
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