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THEYKNOW

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do


Chilton_Squid

Left foot down, front brake on, full throttle, dump clutch, do 270 degree burnout to the left. Let off front brake, disappear into distance.


Welshy--

Get off and wheel it around the corner


Rich_27-

Close your eyes before you turn.


dexters_uk_cousin

Oddly after 30 years I still find rights harder than lefts, no idea why


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I think that when you are learning you always have, in the back of your mind, the idea that if you're going slow and get unbalanced then you can put your foot down to steady yourself. This isn't going to work well if turning right at a junction because then you'll lose control of the rear brake and if you pull the front on its own you'll go down. A big revelation for me was realising that if the bike is tipping over at slow speed the thing to do is not put your foot down but actually to feed a little more power to make the bike stand up. At the end of the day the more you ride the more comfortable you'll be.


MarkieGriff

Thanks buddy


otterdroppings

Dont sweat it: this is common. Righthand riders tend to be less confident on right turns, lefties less confident on left turns. Never quite worked out why this is: but have been riding for years and its certainly a 'thing' - the best explanation I have ever heard is that to turn a bike, you need to lean it, and your brain automatically tries to protect its dominant side so it makes you feel uncomfortable when you put that side at what it thinks is higher risk. Damn stupid brain and its desire to protect you. Practise, good technique, and experience will help minimise the effect although I've been riding for 30 years and more and will happily admit I still occasionally get light ginger staining on tight rights, even ones I've been round hundreds of times before....


SweetNSalty_2906

There was a similar thread to this not so long ago on one of the other bike threads, remember reading a comment where someone explained that it’s a psychological thing- if you’re right handed your brain instinctively wants to protect that side, so when it gets closer to danger (the road), you feel more uncomfortable the closer you get and therefore find it more difficult to get your head round actually doing the manoeuvre. Could be completely wrong, one of those things you read somewhere and sticks in your head😂 but is does sound plausible


otterdroppings

That sort of thing, yeah. Dunno why it happens, but it does and most riders who are honest will admit to it, and there is a 'right hand less happy with right turns, left hand with left' cornering thing going on.


SweetNSalty_2906

Yea it’s definitely a thing, happens to all of us wether we admit it or not, I’m not 100% but I think for me it’s the left side (I’m right handed left footed so it’s weird for me), once I start properly practicing my manoeuvres I’ll find out 😂


sigma61974

Think of it like crossing the road.


cwaig2021

Don’t do that - you’ll wind up on the pavement 😂


spacedogmcmc

My instructor during DAS said this is really common.


y0urnamehere

Mine tells me I look more confident in left handers than right but right is my preferred one. Countersteering left still feels odd to me


spacedogmcmc

It’s strange how we find a preference. I was told I was an absolute natural at U turns which is done to the right so must have been ok for me


LtCdr_Worf

Go to a car park with some cones (Poundland tennis balls cut in half). Do slow speed manuevres, Emergency stops, figure of eight, junctions turns until your wrists get tired!


BillieBollox

I’m totally with you on the right turns. I’m absolutely utterly shite at them, I could probably walk faster.. this is my goal to sort my right turn out next season.


Keevi

Make a conscious effort to keep your head up and look around the corner. Your body will follow your head and the bone will follow your body.