Bars Left or Right?

Because I haven’t had any controversy on here for a few days
I thought I would pose a serious question and see if I can rattle some cages
When parked using the side stand do you turn the bars left or right?
Left would appear to be the correct way because that’s the way I do it and because the steering lock is set up that way.
Why do we not all turn the bars left What’s your reason for the recalcitrant amongst you

Right look better

As reluctant as I am to get involved in a controversy by agreeing with you I must admit I thought left was the obvious choice especially as you point out thats the way the steering lock works & I want my bike to still be there when I want to ride it again .


PS aren`t you allowed to vote too ?

Left because that the way the bars tend to "fall " .

Right looks wierd , your some type of "FREAK " Reardo .

Where ever they want, which is left

gus wrote:Left because that the way the bars tend to "fall " .

Right looks wierd , your some type of "FREAK " Reardo .

All my bike photo's have it on the right
Mast be a Broken Hill thing. 6 out of 7 in this photo


Has anyone got photo's a heap of bikes in them?

Left for general parking
Right for photos (if I remember)
Straight ahead when on centre stand

left due to lock, but i must admit that beer was the first thing that popped into my mind when i read the topic title.

Most of these hang to the left

2010banditsa wrote:left due to lock, but i must admit that beer was the first thing that popped into my mind when i read the topic title.

+1

rolls wrote:

2010banditsa wrote:left due to lock, but i must admit that beer was the first thing that popped into my mind when i read the topic title.

+1

It`s 6.35 pm & still 41 degrees here in Adelaide / beer is most certainly happening

A town of freaks .

Oh sorry ,i thought it was what side you dress (hang ).Still the left though .

to be honest never really thought about that,the only thing i take note of is to put the handbrake on-put it in gear so it never rolls off the side stand

Dress to the left..

Gus. Are you talking about the steering or your man hood

Reardo rides with to many Harleys

I turn it to what ever way makes the bike sit firmer on the stand8)

4wheelsagain wrote:Reardo rides with to many Harleys

There is a shit load of them out here.

2 of the 7 are not running at the moment. 1 looks to have damaged piston and barrel after the hardest 40,000k's I've seen. the other just wont start.

Steering lock doesn't work if I turn the bars right

I've always thought that it was less likely to trip the side stand if it did move forward a fraction.

4 Wheels again must have run out of fires to fight, toilets to clean or cucumber sandwiches to make for him to become bored enough to ask such a silly question, or is it?

What does this question really say about us?

Some here twisted it to which side do you "dress" to be honest I am so poorly endowed that I dress in the middle, it is not long enough to reach the legs of my trousers so thanks to God's architecture it has never been a vexing problem for me.

In 48 years of riding I have never given any thought to this question and now it worries me, it seems that during my riding life I concentrated on the relatively innocuous minor things like braking, cornering, corner lines, tire pressures, tire wear, lighting, engine lubrication, fuel quality, suspension setup, seating position as well as the unimportant issues of safety apparel but NEVER once that critical issue of "Handlebar angle" and now I feel chastened and cheated.

There are many parts to this motorcycling equation such as the (a) LSHGDTG = left side hand grip distance to ground, let's say 1 Meter then we have to counter that with the (b) RSHGDTG, you guessed it, right side hand grip distance to ground (obviously more) lets say 1.3 Meters, then we have the (c) LSHGDTTWBTL = left side hand grip distance to tank when bars turned left say .2 meter and (x) RSHGDTTWBTL right side hand grip distance to tank when bars turned left, obviously much greater say 1.2 meter.

Using Pythagoras's theorem which teaches us that a squared times b squared is equal to c squared Better explained by this clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HYHG3fuzvk

This naturally brings us to Avogadros Hypothesis best explained by those smarter than me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVPpGNcNn24

And now a final tutorial to put this subject to bed and "4 wheels again" to death, take particular note of the video clip narrated by the stunning and effervescent Nicole Wilson.

http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-the-Volume-of-a-Sphere

Reardo... You need to have roads with camber and corners, only then will you understand bars to the left mate

reddog wrote:Reardo... You need to have roads with camber and corners, only then will you understand bars to the left mate

Camber, Shit. Most blokes out here ride on the wrong side of the road to get some tyre wear on the left side of there tyres

Reardo wrote:

reddog wrote:Reardo... You need to have roads with camber and corners, only then will you understand bars to the left mate

Camber, Shit. Most blokes out here ride on the wrong side of the road to get some tyre wear on the left side of the re tyres

That's a bit harsh. Put the tires on backwards