Q's about bikes in Blighty
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From: The Older Gentleman on 22 Nov 2009 06:06 Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: > 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.) They're mostly there, yes. Some French cars still have them sticking out of the dash, I think. > > What about steering-column-mounted gear shifts (standard or automatic)? > Do they protrude from the right side like here, or on the left? No idea. > (And where is the turn signal lever?) Left-hand side of the steering column, at least on all cars I've driven. Not sure if that's a legal necessity. -- 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: The Older Gentleman on 22 Nov 2009 06:07 Pip Luscher <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> wrote: > Err, does l/h mean 'for riding on the left' or 'chair mounted on the > left'? If the latter, then something's wrong! > I'm an idiot. It's right-hand chairs that are banned! > Are they actually banned outright or can you no longer buy/fit a wrong > side chair but existing ones are OK? I think ones that were in existence before the ban are OK, but post-ban date ones aren't. -- 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: The Older Gentleman on 22 Nov 2009 06:09 Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk> wrote: > Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> writes: > > > 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. > > Indeed. Morinis, for examples. And ShiteOldLaverdas. And ShiteoldMVs, come to that. -- 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: Pete Fisher on 22 Nov 2009 06:11 In communiqu� <1j9kwc3.1s54zdnkzapzzN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: > >> 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.) > >They're mostly there, yes. Some French cars still have them sticking out >of the dash, I think. >> >> What about steering-column-mounted gear shifts (standard or automatic)? >> Do they protrude from the right side like here, or on the left? > >No idea. > >> (And where is the turn signal lever?) > >Left-hand side of the steering column, at least on all cars I've driven. >Not sure if that's a legal necessity. > Might be now. My 97 Mazda MX5 has it on the other side (right) to my 08 Mazda 6. Tends to lead to trying to indicate with the windscreen wipers the first time if I haven't driven the MX5 for a while. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: The Older Gentleman on 22 Nov 2009 06:15
Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: > Thanks so much for the clarification. I'll assume that in Britain > this phrase is used in a friendly way Mostly, between friends. >(over here it would probably > result in some dental work). Ah. I knew teeth would come into the thread soone ror later ;-) > > Pls allow for the fact that the English language and culture has > diverged somewhat between Britain and Canada Like I haven't noticed. -- 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 |