Call me Zoolander!?

Had a conversation the other day with a biker who, like me, much prefers cornering left than right. Don't get me wrong, I'm far from a nervous wreck on rights or anything, but everything just feels more 'hooked up' when going left. Round-a-bouts are great, as is turning right into/out of a junction. Major roads to minors and vice-versa - all good. Anyone else have aversions to right-hand bends? Maybe it's the idea of something coming the other way and 'straying' over the white line, I don't know!! It always freaks me out when you get a bus/coach coming the other way on a right! Or maybe it's fighting the natural instinct to apex the corner and straying to close to the white line!

I have a trackday booked at the beginning of August so I'm looking forward to seeing if no oncoming traffic makes a difference!

So do you prefer rights or lefts

EDIT: please excuse the completely subjective nature of this post - I know that every corner is different! Just generally speaking.........

Love them all it's what biking is all about

[northwind]

Lefts... I've had bad experiences with gravel on the outside of rights, and cars in the wrong lane. The first is only a risk if you hit the apex of a left hard, which usually you don't, while the second is less alarming to me when my head's not the first thing they'll hit Plus, 3 of favourite corners are lefts.

lefts... and I am out in the US at the moment, so everything is backwards... although I did learn to drive bikes in Ireland, where things are the right way around.

Not sure why. I just sort of like hanging off that side more.

My accident was on a right hander, so hate them.

I must do a track day to improve my cornering, though the SV has done wonders since I've had him.

Nutty Lou x

I'm left bend inclined too. Just check my sliders out for proof!

I guess it has something to do with the brain but also every wobble or scary experience has been on right handers (roundabouts) so I guess it makes sense really.

Hooray for the lefties!

That said I still go into right hand bends with as much.....er...enthusiasm as left handers, I just feel a little more un easy.

Every other roundabout should be a left hand that would be fun.

I don't have a preference,
lefts felt more "natural" to me when I first started riding but now I'm equally happy going left or right. (RH Race school helped a lot here)

I don't much like turning right off busy roads though, I'm sure one day some git is going to run over my foot while I'm waiting for a gap in the traffic.
(Sorry for the minor derail)

THis is strange. I prefer right hand corners.

Only thing i dont like about right handers is major to minor on a busy road... stupid oncoming traffic