Does being righthanded make you a better rider?

[codgyoleracer]

Try riding crosshanded - its fun & screws with your brain

[avgas]

You would be correct except your right hand controls right leg.
So does this mean lefty's are better going through gears seeing as the clutch and gear lever are on the same side?
So over all no, left's arent better then right's.
But here is another question? Why arent euro bikes indicators on the othersid.......like cars?

[JayRacer37]

Try riding crosshanded - its fun & screws with your brain

Can I borrow one of YOUR bikes to try this?? Or a padded road somewhere....

[codgyoleracer]

Crosshanded - or in your case Jay crosswheeled............You can practice my idea on my "pristine SV" , (hands off the ten & the 999), - I am quite happy to practice backin-it-in on your new six if you throw me the keys...

[vifferman]

One thing this overlooks (and that is borne out by some of the left-handeders' replies) is that right-handed people are MORE right-handed than left-handed people are left-handed. That is, left handed people use BOTH hands more than right-handed people do (i.e., they're more likely to be ambidextrous for most things). It's very common for left-handed people to favour their left hand for things like writing, cleaning their teeth, etc, but otherwise they use either hand.

#2 Son is left-handed, but (as others have said) prefers to play guitar right-handed. Even though I believe he'd be a better guitarist if he didn't, he has more choice for instruments, and says it feels better (probably because fingering is easier).

[Shorts]

It certainly helps me!! Actually before my accident I was ambidextrous, used my right hand for 'skilled' work, my left for 'power'. I wrote with my right hand, but threw, bowled etc with my left. In tennis I had two forearms and no backhand. No I have little choice!

heh, same here. If I were left handed, uhh, my mechanic would be fired!

[tommorth]

us leftys have to be able to use both hands more often somany thigs are hard to use left handed power tools are a big hazard but small things like sissors ,can openers and my cell phone(charger plugs into leftside so can't hold it and push buttons) you just adapt i dont think it makes any differnce on a bike

[kevfromcoro]

havent read all the thread so may be repost...ok..iam right handed am can power the bike into left hand corners,right hand corners ..i take it slow...i ride with a mate of mine...who is left handed .he is the dead oposite..powers it into rght handed corners...but cant do the left handed ones.duno ..mayebe its an inbalance in or brains...interesting subject..

[Kornholio]

Do you think that righthanded people would have better throttle and braking control making them a better rider?

I was thinking about this today (I have alot of spare time at the moment...), and it sorta makes sense in theory I think. Motorcycle controls are operated (generally) by the right side of the body, so in theory righthanded people would have an advantage as they have better control of that side of their body.

Go back to work you bum

[Skyryder]

havent read all the thread so may be repost...ok..iam right handed am can power the bike into left hand corners,right hand corners ..i take it slow...i ride with a mate of mine...who is left handed .he is the dead oposite..powers it into rght handed corners...but cant do the left handed ones.duno ..mayebe its an inbalance in or brains...interesting subject..

There's an old thread on KB on this very subject. Left or right handed corner preferences. Seems most right handers prefer the lefties. This is also the case in the states that have left hand road rules. The general consensuse is that the lefties are prefered because of the stable lefthand grip as against the 'unstalble' throttle roll. I've often wondered about the left/right brain thing. Yes it is interesting.

But I doubt if there is a connection between left and right making better riders. There's a bit more to it than that.


Skyryder

Skyryder

[Drew]

There's an old thread on KB on this very subject. Left or right handed corner preferences. Seems most right handers prefer the lefties. This is also the case in the states that have left hand road rules. The general consensuse is that the lefties are prefered because of the stable lefthand grip as against the 'unstalble' throttle roll. I've often wondered about the left/right brain thing. Yes it is interesting.

But I doubt if there is a connection between left and right making better riders. There's a bit more to it than that.


Skyryder

Skyryder

It's not about left/right handed, the corner preference actually comes from which ever eye is stronger, or so the guy that did my skills test taught us.

Stronger right eye, better left cornering, and vice versa.

[Stickchick]

It's not about left/right handed, the corner preference actually comes from which ever eye is stronger, or so the guy that did my skills test taught us.

Stronger right eye, better left cornering, and vice versa.

That would mean that I'm screwed then cause both my eyes are buggered

[Skyryder]

It's not about left/right handed, the corner preference actually comes from which ever eye is stronger, or so the guy that did my skills test taught us.

Stronger right eye, better left cornering, and vice versa.

Well I'm not one to disagree. Could well be something in that. Would be interesting to know where he/she got that from. I'll store that in the back of somewhere and when next I go to my opticians I'll run it past him. There has got to a reason for a preference for one or the other.

Skyyrder