left or right

[White trash]

I have no problem with either, I'm just not particularly good at either!

I prefer doing half mile long wheelies. I can wheelie around slight corneres to the left or the right, does that count?

[Posh Tourer :P]

Used to dislike righties with a passion, due to holding on to the throttle too tight, off-camber road, and lack of runout room. Now I got over further on the right cos the left scrapes my sidestand earlier than the right which scrapes my toe.
Only fixed it after having it pointed out though... then did 40 round a tight roundabout and found out how far the right would go...

[Vagabond]

The heading reminds me of my army days !
I picked left as I always feel more comfortable, but the 'chicken strips' suggest otherwise.

[dangerous]

Either / Or I'd have to say. Taking lefties you start on the RH side of road anyway (when blatting round the back roads) You just back off if there's an oncoming cage when you're half way round.
Same goes for righties, you come in hot, and depending on cages coming into view - you cut the LH accordingly, then wind on the power while in full lean and use every bit of road as you bring the bike back up. boff

Mate, you wont last long with that riding tecnec "you start on the RH side of road" You do relise that one on one aco's ONLY happen when someone is on the WRONG side of the road.
"depending on cages coming into view - you cut the LH accordingly" What about the one you dont see?

"wind on the power while in full lean and use every bit of road as you bring the bike back up" Mate if you were to do that on a bike bigger than a 400 you WILL end up on your arse
Do you think that you would pass a driving test if you rode like that?

Hay all only IMHO :spudwhat:

[Big Dog]

Better at rights, fair at lefts but more confident right.

[Skyryder]

As Dangerous said this topic was asked on a Guzzi site a few months ago. The Americans by far preferred the left hand turns and it will be remembered that they drive on the different side of the road than we do. Our response is mixed. More mixed than the Americans who definately preferred the the left hand turns. Some here have commented on the camber. While this suites us as we ride into the camber on a left hand turn it is the opposite when driving on the other side of the road and remember the American on the Guzzi forum preferred the left to the right. Dangerouse mentioned the throttle. One poster on the Guzzi site suggested that in the left hand turn the left hand grip on the handle bar is more stable and as a result the rider is more in control than in the right hand turn where throttle twist or instbaility of the right hand grip is looser. (my words) In the absence of further evedence this seems to me to be a reasonable explanation. However I do belive that other factors should be taken into consideration. I recall reading a post on this forum, something about do you put your knee down when corning or some such subject. Someone mentioned that the technique is to twist the body. Someone said that they could do this one way but had trouble when cornering the other way. This to me suggests a co-ordernation preference Ultimately we have preferences in most things and it may be that cornering one way over another just depends on what side of the side of the brain we prefer to use. AS an aside to this I wonder what preferences woman have in cornering.
Skyryder

[Indiana_Jones]

I like going left better, maybe cause I'm left handed ?

<-------Wtf is that?

-Indy

[Slingshot]

I seem to scrap my toes more often on lefties, but I don't really think I favour right or left.

The thing I like the most is a stretch of road that lets you go from from one side to the other without pausing in the middle. So I guess that means that I don't like go straight

[Motu]

Interesting it was on a Guzzi site - from what I remember of riding V twin Guzzi's they would torque up out of a right hander and pull down into a left,I prefered the rights because you could just relax and let it right itself - maybe I've got this all wrong,it's been awhile.I never noticed my BMW doing this,more power with the Guzzi I expect.Chicken strips tell the story - depending on tyres,I never have any on the left side and am always frustrated when I look at the right.

[DEATH_INC.]

I prefer lefts,more comfortable,though there's no chicken strips on either side.....
I think it has to do with the rear brake,you can't position yer body properly(to the right) with yer toes on the brake pedal.....

[Lou Girardin]

My chicken strips tell me that I like both equally. They also tell me I'm crap in corners.
Lou

[Motu]

I guess I better retract my previous statements - the Honda has a tyre with a much rounder profile than I normaly use,looking at it this morning the evidence is clear....after my saturday ride it has gone a good 5mm more on the right,I musta been trying hard.

[dangerous]

Interesting it was on a Guzzi site - from what I remember of riding V twin Guzzi's they would torque up out of a right hander and pull down into a left

Yeh, thats true but with the 1100 sport's and most Guzzi's from 97 on the fly wheel's are much lighter there for the up/down thing isent as noticable.
However with the Guzzi and CX's that I've had I dont realy notice it anyway, just like the sharft drive thing, it pulls you around a bit aswell but that I dont notice either.

[Motu]

I thought that might be the case,I haven't ridden a modern Guzzi,but have seen the flywheels in the flesh.I'm talking S3,loved those things,but ignored now,like Le Mans is the word man.

The BMW had more torque reaction at low speed,I noticed the Guzzi's in the corners and rear end rise under acceleration.The XLV750 has shaft drive - the only time I notice it is on a hill start - lifts the bike and my feet come off the ground!

[Posh Tourer :P]

I thought that might be the case,I haven't ridden a modern Guzzi,but have seen the flywheels in the flesh.I'm talking S3,loved those things,but ignored now,like Le Mans is the word man.

The BMW had more torque reaction at low speed,I noticed the Guzzi's in the corners and rear end rise under acceleration.The XLV750 has shaft drive - the only time I notice it is on a hill start - lifts the bike and my feet come off the ground!

Always go thru corners on the gas on a flat twin beemer... lifts the bike up. Incidentally thats part of the reason shafties arent as good at wheelies. acceleration lifts the bike, not rotating it around the rear sprocket/axle like a chain/belt drive. Its a bit unnerving trying to go harder when you are in trouble, but it works... lay it down further and accelerate gently, and you come through. Doesnt apply on chain drives tho....