Ever crashed? I have two questions...

[darkie]

Most riders are aware that they "prefer" or "favor" right-hand turns over left hand turns, or vice-versa.

That being said, the questions are:

1) Which do you prefer, or favor--rights or lefts?

2) Thinking back to on-track crashes you've had in the past, were they mostly rights, lefts, or roughly 50/50?

 

[Lazerus]

Lefts, haven't crashed *quickly knocks wood*

 

[budman]

I like left turns better because of throttle hand position.

Crashed in left's 2 to 1...but I don't think there is a relationship in my case.

 

[CykoKlr]

Love lefts!!!! Crashing in both a few times...LOL But fast ones in left and slow crashes in rights

 

[flips21]

Prefer right had turns. Crashed right hand turn.

 

[NOS-Nelson]

Prefer right turns and have never crashed.

 

[IBYS]

Feel more comfortable left. Crashes 3 to 0, all right hand turns. Feel better under breaking to left

 

[sicks]

Prefer lefts, crashed goin right three times... though one was on the street and it was due to gravel and riding outside my limit.

 

[Cycle61]

3 crashes to the left, 0 to the right.

Still prefer left handers. Go fuckin figure. I just feel more confident.

 

[crazygsx-rider]

i love to hook both ways i have crashed 1 left riding with guys faster then me when i was 16 in the mountains 2 to the right one on a off camber right hander with a bump that sneaks up on you and the other was on cold tires in to 1st turn over some paint a block from my old place AND!!!!! one going STRAIT down in LA on highway 5 i was going 130 and a old man changed from lane 3 to lane 4 with a jerky motion with no blinker in to my front tire! owch!! gravel melted in to my leg!!! :nerd

 

[Burning1]

I can't say I favor one side over the other, but I can say that most of northern CA's best track turns are left handers, so I tend to see my best leans on those corners.

I have one crash in a left hander (wrote a check I couldn't cash) and two in right handers (too fast for conditions [lots of noobs on track] and engine sieze.)

 

[EastBayDave]

during my 8-yr. career in the AFM in the 70's/80's, I bailed 3 times. All at the "old" Sears Point, all right handers: Turns 3A, 7, 11. The 7/11 "hairpin" bails were lightweight low-sides from overloading/over pushing the front tire; the 3A career-ending bail was a high-speed "tumbler" that broke at least 4 bones & totaled bike.

I always liked right-handers more (I think) because of the road "crown," thus the road was always banked the "right-way" for right handers, where it made lefties "off-camber." Thus, I always pushed harder in rights than lefts.

Also have at least 3 twisty bails in right handers so maybe I should start liking lefties more? ::laughing

 

[415Triumph]

One of each and i did favor the left only because my exhaust was on the otherside :x

 

[Jun1oR]

Prefer lefts...crashed on right

 

[SF49er]

Love the lefty's. crashed twice on street, both on the right side. I'm not gonna tell you how much I crashed on the dirt:x

 

[CockyRooster]

I don't discriminate and crash equally on either side :thumbup. My favorite turn was right handed T10 at Infineon before they pussified it with the chicane.

 

[horsepower]

Rights are better for me.
2 1st few turns cold-tire low sides to the right (i thill, 1 sears)
1 major crash to the left (thill turn 10)

 

[EastBayDave]

I'm not gonna tell you how much I crashed on the dirt

dirt bails don't count= if your not crashing 8+ times a day in the dirt you ain't going fast enough! :laughing

 

[SF49er]

dirt bails don't count= if your not crashing 8+ times a day in the dirt you ain't going fast enough! :laughing

:laughing I seriously always wondered about that and now I feel like I'm pretty fast. Thanks Dave:thumbup

 

[gabe0807]

I prefer left handers.

1 crash: Track turned left. I didn't. I don't know if that counts.