Go Fast, Turn Left

[Scab]

And why would you not believe someone named "Scab"? It has nothing to do with my mechanical knowlede. It is just a fun reference to my personal STD history...

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

So do I get my house or do I have to get mean? :haha:

 

[twowheelnut]

Where the pistons are located has nothing to do with the the rotating mass of the engine. Pistons go up and down. As I said, TORQUE. IF there is a mechanical preference for direction, IT IS TORQUE. Who said boxers turned left easier, anyway? To prove torque and direction-watch any engine mounted in rubber while being revved. Notice the lean to ONE side? DIRECTIONAL TORQUE.

Were closing on your house monday...

So how does that explain left turning preference? If the rotational mass goes right, then why is it still easier to turn left? What about the crank? The effect of influencing a turning direction on the FJR doesn't exist. The rotation is fore and aft v. port and starboard. Torque steer, my pale white hairy arse!

And screw you. I want the house, a Ferrari 250GB (SWB, thank you), half of your portfolio and 5 g's a month in support payments. Keep it up and you won't even have a shirt on your back...

STD's? TMI! uke:

 

[Scab]

Now you're really sounding like my ex! Go, TWN!

But it's still torque.

Besides, I never said there was a preference. Just said that IF THERE WAS, IT WOULD BE CAUSED BY TORQUE. If it is not really the bike, then I refer back to your crooked arse. Or, I still have my toilet theory. When you flush in the northern hemisphere, THE WATER TURNS LEFT.

Therefore, verily, now and forever, carved in stone: Left-turners and the contents of my toilet are one and the same.

Blame it on the poles, man. (the north and south ones)

 

[Scab]

Who's got the KY? TWN is reamin' me.

 

[GAPS]

I read somewhere, once upon a time, that the left turn preference is demonstrated in nature too. As in birds making nests while working to left, cats and dogs bedding down to left, that kind of wierd ****. Both of my cats exhibit this when padding down before sleep. Some hokus pokus fer sure. I could explain my own left turn preference, as a kid I wanted to be Sammy Tanner, the flat track ace on a BSA Goldstar. I would race my bike in circles till I fell over dizzy. Just for kicks observe Fido as he makes his bed, I bet he goes left. Fido digs Sammy Tanner too.

Or maybe not :dribble:

 

[Scab]

It's the poles, man, the poles.

 

[6mmbr]

I think this is related to the "Throckmorton Sign" phenomenon in medicine.

It has been described many times, and even published in the "Journal of Nonreproducible Results" that a man's member will point to the side of disease.

3 out of 5 urologist protrayed on TV will note that most men have a port side tendency.

I think we turn left more easily 'cause that is the way most of us want to go anyway.

 

[Fallen Jim Rides again]

I think this is related to the "Throckmorton Sign" phenomenon in medicine.It has been described many times, and even published in the "Journal of Nonreproducible Results" that a man's member will point to the side of disease.

3 out of 5 urologist protrayed on TV will note that most men have a port side tendency.

I think we turn left more easily 'cause that is the way most of us want to go anyway.

Personal experince shows that three rights will get the job done just as well.

Or just turn right till yer goin the direction ya wanna go. see?

 

[freshmeat]

FWIW - It seems to me that this part of the Phun with physics link is the relevant bit -

On multi-lane roads, left turns are not as sharp as right turns ....

If you're riding on a normal road in the U.S. of A. (that is, one with lanes of traffic headed in both directions) then left hand turns will always have a larger turn radius than right hand turns.

Assume you're on a two lane country road with 12 ft wide lanes and a 1 ft wide double stripe down the middle [this is a turn, after all] - the turn radius at the centerline of the lane will always be 13 ft greater for the turn to left [outside of turn] than when you come through the same turn coming in the other direction on the way home - this time turning to the right, on the inside of the corner.

Any friends from british empire want to comment? - do you find _right_ turns easier? [same logic applies, you just drive on the wrong side of the road] :bleh:

So - is someone going to buy me a house now?

 

[user 1521]

Driving on left or right makes no difference.

The question is why we turn left easier than right, I think we can perceive a tighter turn

It's really because.... you're hearts on the left side of the body, so for the same reason people in the desert walk in huge endless circles to the left, until they fall down of course, then they stop, so not really endless.

 

[Scab]

Maybe it has something to do with right brain / left brain dominance over different functions - body, feelings, etc.

 

[Scab]

Could be, you know. Persons in a vegitated state don't find it easier to turn left.

Well, right either.

Oh, well.

But! Do you know:

What is the worst thing about eating your vegitables?

Puttin' her back in the wheelchair.

 

[twowheelnut]

Okay, then! I'm right! Ta! :bye:

 

[Groo]

Hmmmm... I like right turns better than left, and feel faster/more comforable in them. Go figure.

 

[madmike2]

To test the "radius theory" one would have to spend some track time, and then to keep the test results fair, you'd have to run the course in each direction to keep the effect balanced. It would make for an interesting test, though it would take a track that was more flat to eliminate things like corkscrew at Laguna Seca.

I wonder if it might have something to do with our right hand being more involved with the control of the bike. Since in most corners our left hand might be balancing steering input but our right is more involved because of throttle control so that, subconsciously, our brain is more aware of the right hand so is trying to protect the right side.

Any racers out there who can tell us what the track school teachers opine?

@ Scab, when you get a second thought, you could just use the edit function and add to the original post, unless you really are trying to catch TWN (A losing cause!). :blink: