Lean angle?

[NOMIS]

yeh me to feel more comfortable hanging off the left than the right. mind you I havnt been on a bike since I crashed except crusty mudbug suzuki farm bike.

[scorry]

Everyone usually prefers to lean one way rather than the other.
I dont know why, i prefer right handers which sucks cos all the south island tracks are anti clockwise eg mostly lefts.
I am left handed if that means anything?

[Mikkel]

I am left handed if that means anything?

It means your parents failed

Nah, it's not at all unlikely that it would have some impact.

[scorry]

It means your parents failed

Nah, it's not at all unlikely that it would have some impact.

LOL nice, yeah i think it might have something to do with it cos most of my mates prefer lefts and they are right handed?
There must be a reason out there somewhere??

[CookMySock]

I might measure my chicken strips to see if they are actually any different or if this is just in my head. The left side strip should be narrower.

Nope, strips are IDENTICAL both sides. I scored a line with the calipers on both sides of the tire, and I can't detect any difference with my eye. I still FEEL better cornering to the left, but it seems I am cornering both ways in an identical fashion - what gives ?


DB

[AllanB]

Good post - I'm the same - bugger all rear tyre strip on the left, and a good cm plus on the right.

I just thought it was because I dress to the left.........

[Al]

Thanks for the responses!
The camber here is "different" due to the high volume of rain in the wet season, so maybe that could play a bit of a role but the fact that that I am "leaning-into" traffic (not much out here in the rural area) does play a significant role.
My Beemer is also shaft drive...
Maybe enrol for one of the track days in Darwin and have a slow pootle around the track to see if there is any difference in a "controlled" environment.
Problem here is the wallabies have a tendancy to emerge from the bush at the most inopportune times too. Not the same size as SPMan and MSTriumph's roos, but still quite unnerving..... thank you BMW for ABS/Linked brakes!
The bike has a new set of PilotIIs, the dual compound - seems to be ok - had BT020s on before and didn't like wet roads.

[BASS-TREBLE]

I'm left handed and prefer the left handers....

I find this whole concept interesting too as I've realised that my right handers are are the ones that I have to reconfigure my lines on the most refering that I'm more comfortable with the leff, but I still get both sides over the smae amount...

B-T

[mouldy]

One thing I have realised or noticed is that through the twisties I feel more confident leaning to the left than leaning to the ri

All comments welcome.... (uh-oh)

Al[/QUOTE]Hmm I,m happier on right handers then lefts , at least thats what my tyres and footpegs indicate , now whether thats roundabouts , Pukekohe or fear of sliding into oncoming traffic I don't know

[slofox]

I have been riding for most of my life, since the age of 4, which make it nearly 44 yrs now.
One thing I have realised or noticed is that through the twisties I feel more confident leaning to the left than leaning to the right.
Has anyone else experienced this or am I just being a pussy?

All comments welcome.... (uh-oh)

Al

Yeah - same here. I wondered about lateral dominance. I am right dominant and thought that just maybe the instinct to preserve the dominant side is stronger than opposite. In fact if you fall off in a leftie you will slide into the oncoming traffic. If you fall off in a right hander you slide off the road to the left, so should be safer (from traffic at least). So we ought to feel safer in RH'ers....buggered if I know but I have been wondering about it for over forty years myself.......

[Chrislost]

Yeah - same here. I wondered about lateral dominance. I am right dominant and thought that just maybe the instinct to preserve the dominant side is stronger than opposite. In fact if you fall off in a leftie you will slide into the oncoming traffic. If you fall off in a right hander you slide off the road to the left, so should be safer (from traffic at least). So we ought to feel safer in RH'ers....buggered if I know but I have been wondering about it for over forty years myself.......

have you looked at teh way the tyres wear out?

the middle/right gets chewed more then the middle/left...

the shape of the tyre does make it easier/harder to lean the bike???

eg the flat spot on the right may make it harder to lean right, and then you either put more back into it and lean harder that way, or put the same effort and lean less?

[oldrider]

Thanks for the responses!
The camber here is "different" due to the high volume of rain in the wet season, so maybe that could play a bit of a role but the fact that that I am "leaning-into" traffic (not much out here in the rural area) does play a significant role.
My Beemer is also shaft drive...
Maybe enrol for one of the track days in Darwin and have a slow pootle around the track to see if there is any difference in a "controlled" environment.
Problem here is the wallabies have a tendancy to emerge from the bush at the most inopportune times too. Not the same size as SPMan and MSTriumph's roos, but still quite unnerving..... thank you BMW for ABS/Linked brakes!
The bike has a new set of PilotIIs, the dual compound - seems to be ok - had BT020s on before and didn't like wet roads.

You don't have to be in Aussie to hit wallabies on the road, there are plenty of them down here!

Some of them are as big as a weaner calf. Can be quite messy! John.

[1 Free Man]

I have been riding for most of my life, since the age of 4, which make it nearly 44 yrs now.
One thing I have realised or noticed is that through the twisties I feel more confident leaning to the left than leaning to the right.
Has anyone else experienced this or am I just being a pussy?

All comments welcome.... (uh-oh)

Al

Hey AL
When I stared riding 3-4 months ago I to had the right hand lean fobia. Sweet as with the left handers but got all wobbly with the right handers especially round roundabouts. LOL Just seemed to grow out of it as I clocked up the K's. I talked with 3 other newbies about this at the time and seems we all suffered to one degee or another from the same thing. Weird shit aint it!?

[Al]

You don't have to be in Aussie to hit wallabies on the road, there are plenty of them down here!

Some of them are as big as a weaner calf. Can be quite messy! John.

Hehehehe
I agree John!
There are some feral buffalo on the roads too, same greyish colour as the tarmac, not heard of a bike hitting one as yet but seen the damage they inflict to cages. Also a feral pig issue in thse parts, so dawn and dusk riding is done very carefully indeed.

[martybabe]

much much happier on right handers, it maybe as someone said, the abundance of fast sweeping roundabouts in the uk, it maybe that I am predominantly left handed, who knows.

It can be a problem with on coming traffic if you can't/don't get well left before the turn though.