Q's about bikes in Blighty
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From: Ace on 22 Nov 2009 05:22 On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:33:56 +0000, spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote: >And verily, didst Sean_Q_ <nospam(a)no.spam> hastily babble thusly: >> ...and other drive-on-the-left countries such as New Zealand. >> >> 1. Do they have the throttle on the left and clutch on the right hand >> side of the bike? (ie, mirror images of the North American arrangement?) > >Same as US. Brake/Throttle on the right, clutch on the left. For feet, gears >on the left, brake on the right. > >There are some older models with the controls reversed though. >Nortons and stuff. Only the gears and brakes. And not only old brit stuff.
From: Sean_Q_ on 22 Nov 2009 05:37 doetnietcomputeren wrote: >> 1. Do they have the throttle on the left and clutch on the right hand >> side of the bike? (ie, mirror images of the North American arrangement?) > > Good lord no. Just the same as in the pedal position doesn't change in > their cars. Thanks for the info. Re cars, I suppose that a floor-mounted gear shift would still be in the middle, operated by the left hand. (*That* would seem very strange at first. On a standard I'd likely grind off all the gear cogs getting the hang of it.) What about steering-column-mounted gear shifts (standard or automatic)? Do they protrude from the right side like here, or on the left? (And where is the turn signal lever?) >> 6. From pix I've seen on the Net, sidecars in Britain are generally... > > ... reserved for the insane. I don't know what's so insane about a sidecar. My g/f categorically refuses to ride pillion, no matter what bike. Why not? Don't ask me. (Women weren't designed to be understood.) So I got a hack rig. She thinks it's fun. SQ
From: The Older Gentleman on 22 Nov 2009 05:40 Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk> wrote: > > 6. From pix I've seen on the Net, sidecars in Britain are generally > > to the left of the bike. Is this true? My Dnepr's hack is on the right, > > and apparently neither KMZ nor IMZ makes a left-hand version. So are > > there Dnepr and Ural rigs on UK roads with the sidecar to the right? > > IIRC they're not legal here. One of the sidecar pervs might be able to > comment. They banned l/h chairs some time in the 1980s, on some spurious 'safety' excuse. Despite the fact that they could produce no accident stats for them. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Nige on 22 Nov 2009 05:40 Sean_Q_ wrote: > > > I don't know what's so insane about a sidecar. My g/f categorically > refuses > to ride pillion, no matter what bike. Why not? Don't ask me. (Women > weren't designed to be understood.) So I got a hack rig. She thinks > it's fun. A what? -- Nige, BMW K1200S Range Rover Vogue
From: Pip Luscher on 22 Nov 2009 05:42
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:37:47 -0800, Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: >doetnietcomputeren wrote: > >>> 1. Do they have the throttle on the left and clutch on the right hand >>> side of the bike? (ie, mirror images of the North American arrangement?) >> >> Good lord no. Just the same as in the pedal position doesn't change in >> their cars. > >Thanks for the info. Re cars, I suppose that a floor-mounted gear shift >would still be in the middle, operated by the left hand. (*That* would >seem very strange at first. On a standard I'd likely grind off all >the gear cogs getting the hang of it.) > >What about steering-column-mounted gear shifts (standard or automatic)? >Do they protrude from the right side like here, or on the left? >(And where is the turn signal lever?) Column shifts are rare here. I haven't seen one in years. Turn signal levers vary from car to car. Most are on the err, left, I think. I struggled just then to remember which side it is on my current car. -- -Pip |