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Zoolander cant turn left, I cant turn right!!!!!

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#1 · (Edited)
WTF!!???!!!

I went on a 200 mile ride with a buddy of mine today. We took various canyons and highways and had a very nice ride. My thing is that im right handed and turning right has never been my comfortable direction, even on a bicycle.

I can still go through turn at a fast pace, but dont keep a great line through them like on my left turns. Have any of you had this problem??

My buddy is a lefty and he has a harder time turning left than I do.

Anyone else had this problem with getting comfortable on the same side of their strong hand??
 
#2 ·
i dont turn right worth a damn either. there have been several threads on this, many different ideas as to the cause of why some ppl can turn 1 way better then the other.

I think the general consensus was most ppl have issues turning right due to being right handed and/or throttle side. some ppl turn better right then left, and some claimed they kicked arse either way :)

for me i believe it is mainly due to the throttle being on that side. if i got on a bike that had a throttle knob on the tank and i could set it a set speed i could prolly turn both ways equally well without having to worry about throttle control / roll :)
 
#3 ·
im left and right handed..not amnidextrious. i can only write left handed...throwin, battin, shootin etc etc im right handed...but im still more comfortable with left hand turns.
 
#7 ·
Wow thats probably the issue... My lack of coordination turning right, even on a bicycle (see first post), is because an R1 is my first motorcycle.:crash

Its not the bike..

I guess I will just have to take it to the track and practice there:flex:. Thank for the responces guys.
 
#6 ·
WTF!!???!!!

I went on a 200 mile ride with a buddy of mine today. We took various canyons and highways and had a very nice ride. My thing is that im right handed and turning right has never been my comfortable direction, even on a bicycle.

I can still go through turn at a fast pace, but dont keep a great line through them like on my left turns. Have any of you had this problem??

My buddy is a lefty and he has a harder time turning left than I do.

Anyone else had this problem with getting comfortable on the same side of their strong hand??

I have the same problem but have been getting better and better at it. The track helped a lot in this area.
 
#10 ·
Sorry to bring up an old thread. I crossed it while doing research on organ asymmetries relating to predispositions within society. Ie, why the gas/brake pedals are setup the way they are, why store checkouts have the person rotating counter-clockwise while bagging, etc.

It's easier to turn left because, over millions of years of evolution, that is most natural for most humans and other species. For example, your liver is on the right and weighs ~4lbs, while your spleen is on the left and weighs ~3/4lb. Your right lung has 3 lobes, while your left has 2, etc.

Since you tend to favor your right leg, you can better rotate to the left.

Although no idea where or why this originates, some believe it has to do with amino acids having a counter-clockwise spin. And, as we know, amino acids are in all cells.

HTH.
 
#13 ·
Heres why -

Because from birth you have thought your self this by the design of the human arm. If you are right handed think about it this way, how do you pick up a glass, swing a baseball bat, take a swing at someone, etc. Everything a right handed person does with his right arm is a right to left motion, and if you go against this IE left to right with your right hand it feels awkward. The forces put you in a left handed spin no matter how slight it may be. Same principles with left handed people. This came to me one day as I was flying Rc planes. Same thing as your bike, right handed fliers always seem to favor left handed patterns around the field and left handed fliers favored right hand patterns around the field. Me as a right handed flier always found making right hand patterns awkward. One day this came to me why. So it is written why this is and was founded by me few years back. With practice this effect can be overcome, some mind find it hard to do.


WTF Do you know ? You can't even keep from pulling the front up on a entrance ramp to the interstate without scaring the crap out of you.

Why don't you leave things like this to people who know what their doing.
 
#15 ·
That wasn't for you shhaker it's was for the quote. He let's out a big explanation no matter how right or wrong it is and he can't even explain or control his own scooter when a simple fact of riding arises.

I have the same problem but i remedied it by forcing myself farther over right till it felt the same.
 
#16 ·
Well it's like right handed runners or high jumpers that power off their left leg, We will never know the true answer to this but i have that same problem, after my track day i look at me rear tire and still have a small chicken strip on the right but not the left
 
#17 ·
Heres why -

Because from birth you have thought your self this by the design of the human arm. If you are right handed think about it this way, how do you pick up a glass, swing a baseball bat, take a swing at someone, etc. Everything a right handed person does with his right arm is a right to left motion, and if you go against this IE left to right with your right hand it feels awkward. The forces put you in a left handed spin no matter how slight it may be. Same principles with left handed people. This came to me one day as I was flying Rc planes. Same thing as your bike, right handed fliers always seem to favor left handed patterns around the field and left handed fliers favored right hand patterns around the field. Me as a right handed flier always found making right hand patterns awkward. One day this came to me why. So it is written why this is and was founded by me few years back. With practice this effect can be overcome, some mind find it hard to do.
I disagree. Well thought, but dexterity is learned. That is why you have people who are left eye dominant, but right handed and (although less frequently) vice verse. Those that may have been genetically predisposed to favor one side over the other that are taught to use the opposite side learn well, and because of natural favoring tend to become considered ambidextrous. But if you check the eyes for dominance you may find some interesting results.

Oh... do try to play nice. :thumbup
 
#18 ·
This is a hilarious thread - I was dealing with this issue in my head just today in the canyons. Playing this mind game the whole time, while practicing my turning techniques.

I am a righthander - but I eat with my left - I whack off with my right ha ha, but most importantly I seem to be the reverse of what you guys are talking about. I dig low on my righthand turns - confident, fast and agressive - but I feel like a retard turning left and hanging off the bike holding my lines left - and get pussyfooted when taking long steep left sweepers.

I originally thought all righthanders had the same issue as me with digging left on the bike -. Assumed it was the brain confident on my dominate right side, and fear-ridden of the lesser developed left side.

So with that said - I guess I am a retard. Its good to know the truth :thumbup
 
#20 ·
Holy sh!t....I'm not alone Anymore!!!

Can I join Right-Turners Anonymous?

Hi...my name Paul and I can't turn right. :lol

Seriously...I've never heard of anyone else having this problem...glad to see that there are others out there.

Over the past 6-7 years, I've tried my best to overcome the right-handed awkwardness, and I've gotten better...but it is still an un-natural action for me. Left sweepers are my bread and butter...but I'll reflexively scrub off 5-6 mph for a right sweeper everytime unless I have time to mentally prepare for it.

I ride on Michelin 2CT's and on the edge of the rear tire is a small arrow formed in the rubber (indicating mounting direction). The left side arrow was gone a week after mounting them. The right side arrow still shows a little...and it taunts me and makes me cry at night.

Make the bad arrow stop!!
 
#21 ·
turning right is ten times smoother and more comfortable for me and im right handed. I am not eye dominant thouhg, i can aim down the barrel of a gun with either eye, no problems.
 
#23 ·
Ha! Interesting read. I'm like inkrediboy, right handed, and STRONGLY favor right hand turns. I've talked to others who are same as me. Seems like there are big differences among riders.
 
#25 ·
I could not turn right well until i went to calabogie... Then i can turn left and right without a problem.

Its even a bit hard to turn left at calabogie... anyhow

I had the same problem at kickboxing... I have a prefered stance, but some kicks are better done with a stepchange. Practice makes perfect
 
#29 ·
I'm right handed and when i initiate a right hand turn it feels smoother although left and right both feel comfortable. I raced bicycles since I was a wee you lad. I think I am more comfy on two wheels than walking.:riding:crash