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39 minutes ago, billyt said:

What do lefties do with a right hand throttle?

Do they just adapt?

Do they switch the throttle over to the left hand side?

I there any top world or national rider who is a leftie?

 

 

 

I've never known any lefthanders feel the need to change to a left hand throttle, and would question whether they'd actually gain an advantage. It could be argued that clutch control is a vital element of the fine skills of trials riding, and all the right handers cope with that no problem, just as lefties do with the throttle.

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 When James Toseland quit Motogp I always wondered why he didn't just try a left handed throttle and brake system, it might have taken a huge amount of brain training but at the very least he could've tried instead of moaning.

His right hand would've done very little then.

This is a very random post, sorry.

The very fact that the op has mentioned a left handed throttle has set me off.

Is there such a thing ?

 

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10 minutes ago, rotors7 said:

 When James Toseland quit Motogp I always wondered why he didn't just try a left handed throttle and brake system, it might have taken a huge amount of brain training but at the very least he could've tried instead of moaning.

His right hand would've done very little then.

This is a very random post, sorry.

The very fact that the op has mentioned a left handed throttle has set me off.

Is there such a thing ?

 

Yes, albeit home made.  I tried the guys bike and it was WEIRD....... to say the least.  

 

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 **** Billy, they just mount the bike backwards and sit on the bars! Don`t tell me you never rode a bike backwards? I started on bicycles and moved up to full size bikes. In the seventies there were a couple of guys that did this for a living in the states. Mainly doing simple things, but some could do high speed wheelies. Being right handed I sometimes crashed. At pushing 60 I only ride bicycles backwards anymore.

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8 minutes ago, b40rt said:

I've often wondered how left handed people manage to shake hands, confusing at best !

Took me years to get used to using my right hand to greet people, isn't it an insult in some cultures to greet with your left hand ?

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I remember something about left hand throttles in a Sammy Miller book from way back when and how difficult it was to use... it had been set up for a friend with an injury.

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10 hours ago, cabby said:

I wonder how rightys get on with the clutch ?

Do they adapt ?

Do they switch it over to the right hand side ?

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No. As stated, they don't "adapt" because the clutch has always been on the left. Same reason lefties don't need a left hand throttle.

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serious question

On a RHD auto, is the gas pedal on the right or left?

I'm a Devils Child (lefty), and to me a left hand throttle would be weird.

On the other hand, (no pun intended) the left side kicker on Betas is just what the doctor ordered.

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