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    How come

    the vast majority of bike pic's are of the right side.

    Look: http://images.google.co.nz/images?gb...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

    Deeply sinister, that.
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    stands on the left .
    maybe gives a cleaner image
    i prefer to take pics of the left hand side
    (it hides the dent in my tank lol)

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    Looks better. Front on from the right looks like it it moving forward to your right - natural for right handers? also more like the view you see on the road as they come towards you - if they are going left on the road they are going to cut in front of you. Using this theory do American images go from the left?

    Cruisers will usually be shot from the right due to the exhaust system being on that side.

    Plus if it is a static image taken on the side stand they just look better on the right.

    Of note, When motorcycling I find it helps if I dress to the left - that way when mounting the bike there is less weight to swing over the seat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post
    Using this theory do American images go from the left?
    *Looks*

    No.

    NEXT!!
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    'cause everyone knows lefty flip is wrong

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    Because we always hop on our bikes from the left....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    the vast majority of bike pic's are of the right side.

    Look: http://images.google.co.nz/images?gb...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

    Deeply sinister, that.
    Sinister, you say?
    A conspiracy against lefties, perhaps?

    I think the "leaning over towards the left" is a major reason, but for my bike, the left-hand side is majorly ugly due to the SSSA and hub., whereas the right-hand side has the shiny shiny Satantune zorst, and a rear wheel that's designed to be pretty from the right.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Two reasons, one is the pics of the right side, show the exhaust whereas the left side doe not. And most of us are right handed? That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hayd3n View Post
    stands on the left .
    maybe gives a cleaner image
    i prefer to take pics of the left hand side
    (it hides the dent in my tank lol)
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    Not to mention that we "read" images left to right (same as text, obviously). Having the bike point the same way makes the image read better and look faster, I assume?

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