Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Phoenix's thread about twins & cornering got me thinking, do I prefer left or right handers? It doesn't matter on the road but on a track day I much prefer taking a left hander. It just fees so much better to me, I feel more relaxed on the bike & in more control.
Anyone else got a preference, or is it just me?
Anyone else got a preference, or is it just me?
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Lol neither these days. But arguably better at rights
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Lefts I find far easier, this is purely psychological as I had a massive off at Gerard’s at Mallory Park and ever since I’m not to great at right handers, on track anyway.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
I was noticeable quicker on left hairpins than right. Think it was coz my wrist was at a strange angle when hanging off.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Left. I do tight roundabouts gingerly but when in Euroland am whizzing round them.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
I had a bit of a theory about this. Not entirely sure it worked out though.
Right handed but kind of preferred lefthanders.
Or at least thats the way I used to slide pushbikes round when I was a nipper.
Now? Not so sure.
Right handed but kind of preferred lefthanders.
Or at least thats the way I used to slide pushbikes round when I was a nipper.
Now? Not so sure.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
My theory was. If going left tight you will want the left arm to me more rigid keeping the bars pointing to where you want to go but right would meant holding not so tight due to throttle making you prefer left handers. Totally shite but works in my headdemographic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 6:40 pm I had a bit of a theory about this. Not entirely sure it worked out though.
Right handed but kind of preferred lefthanders.
Or at least thats the way I used to slide pushbikes round when I was a nipper.
Now? Not so sure.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
On the road from a safety point of view I prefer right,as if things go wrong & you hit something at least what you hit will be static.If things go wrong on a left hander you're heading into oncoming traffic.Obviously the opposite applies sur le continent.
Taking the safety aspect out of things I've no real preference for left or right,I just prefer being able to see through the bend, not been on the track for years but I've thrown it down the road on both left & right corners,on the road it was mainly roundabouts...
Taking the safety aspect out of things I've no real preference for left or right,I just prefer being able to see through the bend, not been on the track for years but I've thrown it down the road on both left & right corners,on the road it was mainly roundabouts...
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
In reality you don’t want your arms to be rigid at all whilst cornering.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
On the road always prefer / smoother/ lean further on left handers.
On the track, buggered if I know I've never been on one.
On the track, buggered if I know I've never been on one.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Prefer right. Think it's the hedge thing vs oncoming.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Right handed and prefer left hand bends.
(Probably to do with 'peg weighting' ).
(Probably to do with 'peg weighting' ).
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Right handers all day long........ you get more practise at them thanks to roundabouts
I even noticed it on track i was happier on rights and need to work more on lefts
I even noticed it on track i was happier on rights and need to work more on lefts
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Interesting. I've always preferred left handers - wonder if there's any correlation between preference and general handed-ness? I'm mainly right handed (writing etc).
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
That was my general idea, unfortunately with the small sample size my results were inconclusive.
Might just need greater numbers and remember, even negative results are worth keeping track of as they bracket the good ones.
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Re: Cornering. Left or Right Which Do You Prefer?
Wonder if it’s the road camber making some people feel more comfortable with left hand bends?