Left vs righthand corners?

[Captain_Salty]

prefer lefts, partly cause I dont have to worry about keeping my head away from oncoming traffic
and maybe the left side of the road is more obvious to focus on than a painted center line surrounded by tarmac

[SVboy]

Def more consistent to the left-right handers need a lot more thinking to get right..

[BMWST?]

dont think i prefer one to another.Right handed

[Subike]

I think its a survival thing, subconscious.

Me faster on left hand because there is more road to my right if I get it wrong, 2 - 3 meters to the edge


Me slower on the right hand, less road to the left if I get it wrong, 0 - 1 meters to the edge

Can also differ depending upon how much of the road I can see in either direction, uphill, or down hill.

[haydes55]

I prefer left corners. I rode bikes for 6 years before I started to turn right as well.

[duckonin]

It's all got something to do with road camber...so I've been told.

Comes from not riding your bike enough, so I've been told.

[george formby]

Left & right on the road is irrelevant. Same as downhill corners. The bike, the tires & the road don't give a toss. If you can't factor in the difference in camber & gradient on a public road & it is an issue in your riding then you really need to get your shit together & get some education.

[Metal Doctor]

makes no difference to me, left or right.

but if your having troubles, roundabouts are right handed, find a big one and just keep going round and round. good for making your knee sliders the same! just watch out for diesel spills!

[BMWST?]

I think its a survival thing, subconscious.

Me faster on left hand because there is more road to my right if I get it wrong, 2 - 3 meters to the edge


Me slower on the right hand, less road to the left if I get it wrong, 0 - 1 meters to the edge

Can also differ depending upon how much of the road I can see in either direction, uphill, or down hill.

i reckon it is this...

[FJRider]

I mentioned this issue to a Doctor once ... he said it is often an inner ear blocked/damaged which causes a confidence/balance issue.

If it is a definite issue ... get your ears checked out.

[mossy1200]

Could be your brain knows your rt handed and is more carefull not to damage that side so you can still function.

[007XX]

I prefer left hand corners as they don't make me feel like I am voluntarily going towards oncoming traffic.

And I absolutely hate corners I can't see the other side of . But that's another story.

[arcane12]

Left handed and prefer left corners. Not that right handed corners give me troubles, but the lefties 'feel' safer.

Roundabouts don't do the same thing for me though. Could be the lack of gradient in the road, no traffic to worry about, or something else.

On a similar topic, I prefer tighter (dirty comment?) corners to long sweeping ones, I guess they are easier to judge a correct line etc. And I am referring to long speed limited corners, eg. 85's. adding a hill to a long slow 85 makes it the most interesting. Still it's fun to work on my technique.

[G4L4XY]

I go in circles anticlockwise or "turn left" until I'm going in the right direction, what are these right hand corners you speak of