Left Handed Bike? - Page 2 - SV650.org

northwind · 17-04-06, 09:39 PM

I think bike controls are 9/10 muscle memory rather than coordination, so left.right makes less of a difference.

17-04-06, 09:48 PM

it would be difficult to clutch and throttle blip were the controls on the same side.

and why the hell would it make any difference being left handed as to which side the brake was on ???

P.S. I am also a cow hander

18-04-06, 08:48 AM

Im left handed and its no diffrent LMFAO

18-04-06, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stewboy

Im left handed and its no diffrent LMFAO

Wierdos

Viney · 18-04-06, 08:55 AM

Didnt someone do a wind up, Sexysi i think, about a left handed kit for an SV...my how i laughed!!

18-04-06, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloggsy

Quote:

Originally Posted by stewboy

Im left handed and its no diffrent LMFAO

Wierdos

thats a typical right handed thing to say .........

fizzwheel · 18-04-06, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yarodia

However the throttle being on your bad hand (for a leftie) surely makes it more difficult to control.

I'm a leftie and I cant say I've ever had a problem. It feels natural to use the throttle with the right hand and clutch with the left. Anything else would feel weird I think.

18-04-06, 09:36 AM

Mounting the bike from the left may feel unnatural for lefties. But
it is surely not a major problem.

I once got a birthday card bearing an artist's impression of a
motorcycle. The artist was obviously not a biker because he drew the
sidestand on the right. Don't think I've have ever seen a bike with
a sidestand on the right.

18-04-06, 09:46 AM

i too am gifted, and i don't have a problem! surely its no different driving a car and having to change gear left handed, right handed drivers don't have a problem there do they....?

nothing feels "unnatural" to me...

18-04-06, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keithd

nothing feels "unnatural" to me...

So from which side do you, lefties, mount a horse?

17-04-06, 09:39 PM	#11
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17-04-06, 09:48 PM	#12
amarko5 Guest Posts: n/a	it would be difficult to clutch and throttle blip were the controls on the same side. and why the hell would it make any difference being left handed as to which side the brake was on ??? P.S. I am also a cow hander

18-04-06, 08:48 AM	#13
stewboy Guest Posts: n/a	Im left handed and its no diffrent LMFAO

18-04-06, 08:55 AM	#15
Viney Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the shadows to the left Posts: 7,700	Didnt someone do a wind up, Sexysi i think, about a left handed kit for an SV...my how i laughed!!

18-04-06, 09:36 AM	#18
Professor Guest Posts: n/a	Mounting the bike from the left may feel unnatural for lefties. But it is surely not a major problem. I once got a birthday card bearing an artist's impression of a motorcycle. The artist was obviously not a biker because he drew the sidestand on the right. Don't think I've have ever seen a bike with a sidestand on the right.

18-04-06, 09:46 AM	#19
keithd Guest Posts: n/a	i too am gifted, and i don't have a problem! surely its no different driving a car and having to change gear left handed, right handed drivers don't have a problem there do they....? nothing feels "unnatural" to me...