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Sidestands
Why have they always been on the left?
When I get on my MTB I stand on my dominant / stronger leg (right) and swing the left leg over - been doing this for years so find it intuitive and easy.
Don't most people have a dominant / stronger right leg ? If so surely it would have been better with side stands on the right of the bike
When I get on my MTB I stand on my dominant / stronger leg (right) and swing the left leg over - been doing this for years so find it intuitive and easy.
Don't most people have a dominant / stronger right leg ? If so surely it would have been better with side stands on the right of the bike
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Re: Sidestands
I guess I should have googled it - horses and swords
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Re: Sidestands
Shirley, you need flexibility and control in the leg going over the bike. The other is just a prop to stand on. You stand on the weaker leg to kick something. I'm right legged and it feels v odd/awkward swinging the weaker leg over.
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Re: Sidestands
I think because when I get on the pushy first instinct is to grab front brake with right hand - maybe that's why I've always done it
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Re: Sidestands
That's how it works for me.Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:15 pm Shirley, you need flexibility and control in the leg going over the bike. The other is just a prop to stand on. You stand on the weaker leg to kick something. I'm right legged and it feels v odd/awkward swinging the weaker leg over.
There are other oddities such as right handed people usually have their left hand doing the fretboard work when playing guitar,whereas to Mark Knopfler,as a left hander it feels more natural to have his left hand on the neck,so he doesn't use a lefty guitar.
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Re: Sidestands
Thinking about it, I'd get on a hoss from the left too and you do need some strength in the leg to do that. For me it's definitely about the control in the right knee and hip as you fold the leg and raise it. That'd be doubly so on a bike if eg some luggage was strapped on the pillion seat. We need some lefties to say if they'd be better/worse with the stand on the right.
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Re: Sidestands
Drive on the left, park on the left, dismount away from traffic. UK & Japan.
The forriners can figure it out for themselves:)
The forriners can figure it out for themselves:)
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Re: Sidestands
Not if you need that right hand leg to kick start the bike.Ditchfinder wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:03 pm Why have they always been on the left?
When I get on my MTB I stand on my dominant / stronger leg (right) and swing the left leg over - been doing this for years so find it intuitive and easy.
Don't most people have a dominant / stronger right leg ? If so surely it would have been better with side stands on the right of the bike
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Re: Sidestands
You take a bike off its stand to kickstart.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:59 pmNot if you need that right hand leg to kick start the bike.Ditchfinder wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:03 pm Why have they always been on the left?
When I get on my MTB I stand on my dominant / stronger leg (right) and swing the left leg over - been doing this for years so find it intuitive and easy.
Don't most people have a dominant / stronger right leg ? If so surely it would have been better with side stands on the right of the bike
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Re: Sidestands
I'm right handed, but handle remotes phones ect better in my left hand, I'm also left footed but can't play the guitarSkub wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:26 pmThat's how it works for me.Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:15 pm Shirley, you need flexibility and control in the leg going over the bike. The other is just a prop to stand on. You stand on the weaker leg to kick something. I'm right legged and it feels v odd/awkward swinging the weaker leg over.
There are other oddities such as right handed people usually have their left hand doing the fretboard work when playing guitar,whereas to Mark Knopfler,as a left hander it feels more natural to have his left hand on the neck,so he doesn't use a lefty guitar.
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Re: Sidestands
In ye olden days:
Approach from left
Lift bike and stow stand
Swing leg over
Kickstart lever out
Kick
Into first and away
All with right foot
Approach from left
Lift bike and stow stand
Swing leg over
Kickstart lever out
Kick
Into first and away
All with right foot
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Re: Sidestands
JackyJoll wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 1:06 pmNot if it's an MZ ETZ125 like my first bike was !Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:59 pm
Not if you need that right hand leg to kick start the bike.
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Re: Sidestands
I always thought it was to match the camber of the road. Sometimes here I've parked the bike and it was almost vertical, so then manoeuvred it so it had a slight lean.
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Re: Sidestands
Road in Spain with drainage in the centre!
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Re: Sidestands
That’s because they still shit out of the window in Spain.
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Re: Sidestands
That's mainly on the plains.
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Re: Sidestands
Only bike I remember having a right hand sidestand is the Harris Laverda Jota.
Probably its most attractive physical feature.
Most roads I ride in Spain have few, if any, drains. Hence I prefer not to ride when its tipping down, seeing as many cars have no tread apparent on their tyres.
Probably its most attractive physical feature.
Most roads I ride in Spain have few, if any, drains. Hence I prefer not to ride when its tipping down, seeing as many cars have no tread apparent on their tyres.