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Was always curious about this being throttle on the right would be more advantageous to rt side dominant person.
I had friend who lost his rt arm and dealer put the throttle on the left bar with clutch and f brake and he rode it twisting the throttle forward
This was before prosthetics and rt sleeve would flap in the breeze
He was one tough SOB..
Thoughts if it makes a difference to a Pro ?
I had friend who lost his rt arm and dealer put the throttle on the left bar with clutch and f brake and he rode it twisting the throttle forward
This was before prosthetics and rt sleeve would flap in the breeze
He was one tough SOB..
Thoughts if it makes a difference to a Pro ?
I believe I heard that "back in the day" Steve Stackable played around with swapping sides
He also smoked a lot of weed, so who knows
He'd fab'd up a stick that he'd hold the bike steady with, because with one arm, stability was a bigger issue than throttle
There could be something to this. As I had shot guns, and bows right handed until my 20’s when an archery shop owner had me shoot a left handed bow because I told him I write left handed. I put 2 arrows in the same hole at 20 yards and bought a left handed bow that day. Sold all my right handed guns/bows and bought lefties and have been a better shot ever since.
The only reason I would think it doesn’t matter when it comes to a dirt bike is because you are using all appendages equally. And probably need to be more ambidextrous than anything. Left hand (clutch) right hand (throttle/brake) left foot (shift) right foot (brake) each play an important role in one way or another. I’d consider it closer to drumming. Where you use each appendage for a different purpose all at the same time. Maybe drummers would make better dirt bike riders!?! Or maybe all dirt bike riders would be good at the drums!?! I play decent 🤣
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Fun fact of the day.
Indian motorcycles during WW2 had throttle on the left.
Reason being most guys were right handed, and could still shoot a pistol pretty good on the move.
Yeah, that was funny. And it showed some TV writer really rode. I was kinda shocked when I saw that episode.
Another thing, pre 1972 or 73, shifting patterns on bikes were different.
A lot of the euro stuff, shift lever on right. Japanese on left. My first Hodaka was 1st up the rest down.
Some guys, it kinda freaked em out.
As far as the throttle goes. That’s exactly why I didn’t go pro! Left handed! Makes sense now. I’m serious about the one armed guy at dania though.
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Basically, the steering reversal has a ratio that for every inch you move the bars it's effect is 5-10 times standard. It's just not stable and the guys a charlatan.
The only thing like that i've noticed in moto or MTB is if you're goofy or natural footed – it often correlates to whatever way you feel more comfortable whipping it to, and may feel better turning the opposite way.
I'm natural footed, so left foot forward on bike or board. I feel better whipping turning right, so kicking the back out to the left... dominant leg at the back. Or turning the bike left on the ground, the dominant leg in control pushing the bike down.
Anyone else the same?
Rup, did the snakes and razor blades keep yer bike safe?
I skateboard goofy, but snowboard regular. I guess being that I’m right foot dominate too, so flip tricks with my right foot forward, snowboarding I steer with my right foot in the back.
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