Left Handed Bike?
 

This is a bit of a stupid question, but is there such a thing as a left handed bike?
For example, with the front brake on the left hand bar and the clutch on the right hand bar.

Was just riding home after a 12 hour night shift and wondered what it must be like for left handed bikers :)

It is a stupid question :D

Why would you want to change things around for a left hander? I drive trucks in Europe, the clutch lever and throttle are just the same as a right hand drive.

Old Brit bikes had the gearchange on the wrong side as a way to be different.

The scariest thing I ever experienced was a ride in an old Ural with a sidecar. The bike was on the left and I was forced out into oncoming traffic so the rider could see what was coming :P

I am left handed and never think about the controls on my bike being wrong.

I did have a left handed shotgun though :wink:

Yarodia...the nearest your going to get is a push bike here in Spain. For some reason they have switched around the brake levers here. :? However the control layout on bikes as far as I am aware is pretty standard throughout the world. 8)

it is now cos of the big four jap manufacturers

i rode a new enfield bullet and i was worried that the controls would be different, but i was glad to find out they were exactly the same

What was that like? I would love to have a go on one, to see if they have improved. I used to borrow one from a bloke when I was 15 :P

I'm a southpaw, and never had any trouble apart from remembering which foot to put down in the test (I'd naturally go left).

I've ridden an old Enfield as well - you get used to it all being upsiude down and back to front straight away.

Re: Left Handed Bike?
 

I'm a gammy left hander and find 99% of things OK the way things are, but get funny looks when ordering Left handed Scissors and getting Kitchen knives sharpened on the other side :roll:

One thing I would like to try one day though is a Suicide shift with foot clutch, to see what it's like

Re: Left Handed Bike?
 

Never heard of it, does that just remove the lever like them new Honda whotsits?

Oh, and thanks for the replies. Just to fuel the fire a little, I remember driving a Fiat once and the indicators and wipers were reversed, I got used to it but there's no real skill in operating them. However the throttle being on your bad hand (for a leftie) surely makes it more difficult to control. Just like I find it hard to write with my left hand?

didn't spen long on it. the seat is sprung and i felt like i was on a pogo stick, not as nice as my sv :wink:

Re: Left Handed Bike?
 

Yeah maybe so, but we have better clutch control than you conformist righties! :P