Left vs righthand corners?

[icekiwi]

It's because you have a green bike. Red bikes go faster round rh corners.
Duh.

So i'll leave the lh side green and paint the rh side red,that outta do the trick.

[Kinje]

Man its too late on Thursday afternoon before Easter. I saw the thread title and read 'Easter round LH corners' and was utterly confused


Time for a beer

[icekiwi]

Man its too late on Thursday afternoon before Easter. I saw the thread title and read 'Easter round LH corners' and was utterly confused


Time for a beer

You want to try doing a trip somewhere and only take lh corners/turns...then you'll know its time for a beer...an oh I got one in my grubby mitts already

[slofox]

Did the advanced rider course here, run by Ward Fischer...he identified the same LH RH thing in my riding...(surprise surprise). He got me to change my line of sight through the RH corners, to delay the entry and to use a lot more positive countersteer to peel into them. This had the effect of building my own confidence in RH cornering and has made them flow more betterer. BUT I have to think about what I am doing lest I drift back into the old bad habits....

[Conquiztador]

After 10 years of turning left round and round (Solo Speedway) I think all RH corners should be banished.

[Laxi]

along with the mental thing of oncoming cars wanting to take your head off

i must subconsiously be sick of life! im right handed yet my left heroes a virgin but my right pegs ground half way down

It's true, my left side chicken strip is smaller than my right one....

chicken strip? what is this chicken strip you talk of???

[Conquiztador]

chicken strip? what is this chicken strip you talk of???

- If you are chicken you are a pussy.
- Look at your tyres and the un-used part of them indicates how big pussy (chicken) you are.

[LBD]

Well, isn't any one going to shoot down my...."effect of gyroscopic action of the rotating masses?" theory?

[mujambee]

Well, isn't any one going to shoot down my...."effect of gyroscopic action of the rotating masses?" theory?

Will do. Tomorrow. Now Im going to bed. Good Night.

[H00dz]

I'm LHanded and would prefer not to do any cornering, but the people who make the roads seem adamant to keep putting the dammed things eveywhere...... its a real nusance really

[discotex]

Well, isn't any one going to shoot down my...."effect of gyroscopic action of the rotating masses?" theory?

What's the theory?

Did you mean that the placement of rotating mass to either side of the centre line will make the bike corner better to one side than the other?

Or did you mean when the rotating mass is perpendicular to the centre line such as a Guzzi?

Assuming it's the former then I'd say you're unlikely to be correct given engine design moves the clutch/gearbox/crank/etc around in the engine yet people still say LH corners are easier.

[Skyryder]

Due to the camber of the road, when you turn left you are using the camber to your advantage like the banking on a race circuit - when you're turning right you don't have this advantage to the same degree.

Not true. American bikers corner better to the left than the right where the camber is different than our own.

This subject comes up on biker sites from time to time. Woman too seem to corner better on left handers than right so the side of the brain does not appear to play a part in this. There is a school of thought that suggests due to the left hand grip being more stable than the throttle grip, left handed corners feel 'safer than the right handed ones due to the extra stability of the left hand bar. It's as good a theory as some I have read. Who knows.

I got one of my own but I'll save that for another post some time next week.

Just got some other stuff to sort as of now.


Skyryder

[McJim]

I've always found my right hand cornering to be awkward hence I used to go considerably slower round Right handers than left.

Now I compensate by hanging my arse of the right hand side of the bike, sticking my face in the right hand mirror and giving the throttle death. I go faster round right handers than left handers now :

[crash harry]

I'd always figured it had to do with throttle-hand flexibilty. When you're cornering to the right, you're countersteering and throttleing with the same hand, when you're cornering to the left it's one hand for each. Having said that, I think I prefer right-handers for that reason. One hand does all the work and the other one can just relax and get out of the way.

BTW I'm right handed, and all my one-vehicle crashes have been in right-hand corners, but I still prefer them. Visibility is better through right handers on the road too.

[puddy]

Ya just have to go to a lot more Puke trackdays than Taupo ones!