Do You Favor Left or Right Turns?

fasternyou929 · 09-23-2009, 03:24 AM

Are you more comfortable with left turns or right turns? I am at least 10x more comfortable turning left than right. Of course, all my local tracks run clockwise, dammit.

I know part of the problem is I don't like having my body cross over my throttle hand, so I tense up some and end up more upright than I want to be.

The other part is I've low-sided in 2 right turns and can't look back and pinpoint what went wrong. The last one, a good 100mph+ wash-out at VIR took me completely off-guard. I just remember thinking "are my forearms extending? Why is the front end going away from me? Oh, I must be crashing. (enter sounds of metal and plastic vs. concrete). Yup, I'm crashing. Son of a bitch."

I also prefer left on the street because they're nowhere near as blind (some of the downhill rights in the mountains you can't see 0.2 seconds ahead of yourself) and if I go wide I'll head toward the shoulder, not the oncoming traffic lane.

View Poll Results: Do you prefer left or right turns?
Left	17	54.84%
Right	14	45.16%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

09-23-2009, 03:24 AM	#1
fasternyou929 SFL Expatriate #2 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Moto: CBR1000 Posts: 2,043	Do You Favor Left or Right Turns? Are you more comfortable with left turns or right turns? I am at least 10x more comfortable turning left than right. Of course, all my local tracks run clockwise, dammit. I know part of the problem is I don't like having my body cross over my throttle hand, so I tense up some and end up more upright than I want to be. The other part is I've low-sided in 2 right turns and can't look back and pinpoint what went wrong. The last one, a good 100mph+ wash-out at VIR took me completely off-guard. I just remember thinking "are my forearms extending? Why is the front end going away from me? Oh, I must be crashing. (enter sounds of metal and plastic vs. concrete). Yup, I'm crashing. Son of a bitch." I also prefer left on the street because they're nowhere near as blind (some of the downhill rights in the mountains you can't see 0.2 seconds ahead of yourself) and if I go wide I'll head toward the shoulder, not the oncoming traffic lane.