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Old 10-09-2017, 07:08 PM
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Anybody else feel more comfortable with left curves than right? Or is it just me?
 
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its all in how you are using the handle bars right turns are easier for me it gets easier
 
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Because they're not usually as tight of a turn, unless you're in the UK.
 
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On the Trike, It doesn't matter to me left or right one isn't harder than the other....On a bike left turns give me Pause .....And thats because back in the 70's i dropped a bike hard on a left hand curve...And that kinda sticks in my Psyche.....Ouch!
 
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Originally Posted by Gitarded
Anybody else feel more comfortable with left curves than right? Or is it just me?
Could be some sort of upper body issue...shoulder, even a wrist.

Other than that is is probably something subconscious, like what rhino mentioned.

In a right curve you are being pushed toward oncoming traffic...in a left you are being pushed toward the side of the road.

On the TG I think I am equally comfortable with left or right...although, there is always a chance of hitting a curve too fast and going wide into oncoming traffic in a right, whereas in a left I would not.

On two wheels I feel more comfortable leaned over in a left than a right...BUT, because there are more tight rights I end up dragging my boards or pegs more on the right than the left.

I know, in my mind, there is the psychological factor that if I low side (sand, oil, squirrel) in a right, the chance of me sliding into oncoming traffic is a factor.
 
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All the same to me. I just look to where I want to be and the bike goes there.
 
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Originally Posted by RANGER73
Because they're not usually as tight of a turn, unless you're in the UK.


That. Also what Kevin said about being pushed toward oncoming traffic during a right hand turn could be a subconscious factor too. If you're talking very slow, in traffic right turns, it may be because your clutch hand is further away from you during the turn.
 
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Its all in the eyeballs bro. Stop looking at center-lines you don't want to cross, your front wheel, a car's fender,, whatever. Just look at exactly where you want to be by the end of your turn. Its magic !
 
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Originally Posted by RANGER73
Because they're not usually as tight of a turn, unless you're in the UK.

Also depends on your lane position when you start the turn.
 
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Originally Posted by Daytona Fat Boy


That. Also what Kevin said about being pushed toward oncoming traffic during a right hand turn could be a subconscious factor too. If you're talking very slow, in traffic right turns, it may be because your clutch hand is further away from you during the turn.
My two cents. Especially pulling out into a hard turn I have trouble with the Hyd. clutch. Just can't feel it and the harder the turn, the harder to control the clutch.
 


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