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Old 09-23-2009, 09:03 AM   #11
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I'm more comfortable turning to the left for some reason.
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:12 AM   #12
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I'm way more comfortable turning right. My body position just feels better when I go right. Left I get all fucked up.
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:31 AM   #13
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I like lefts better, because pushing on left bar, you don't have to worry about the throttle.
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:55 AM   #14
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Without a doubt, left. Don't even think about it, and just go. On right handers I find myself (over)thinking it alot of the time. Pisses me off.
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Old 09-23-2009, 10:03 AM   #15
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I PREFER lefts.

However, most of my crashes have been on left-handers, I go through 2-3x as many right pucks and I am generally faster on right-handed tracks.

While I mentally prefer to turn left, apparently I am better at turning right.
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Old 09-23-2009, 02:24 PM   #16
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slightly Right... not sure why this is but it's minute enough that I don't really worry about it.
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Old 09-23-2009, 04:21 PM   #17
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I prefer rights, but it's because of my fucked up technique. I pull on the outside bar instead of pushing on the inside one to turn. I pull on the left bar to go right and my throttle hand is relaxed so I have a better feel for it. When I'm pulling on the throttle side to go left I don't have the same kind of throttle control since I have tension on that bar. Hmm . . . maybe I'll start pulling to go right and pushing to go left, that way my left hand can do all the turning so my right has better control of the throttle, lol
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Old 09-23-2009, 08:46 PM   #18
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used to be lefts, now it seems I'm more comfortable with rights BUT I don't get the right over as far as the left
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:19 PM   #19
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No preference. I can see better through left handers. But I'm equally slow and comfortable through either.
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:24 PM   #20
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Lol.....all this time that I've favored left turns, and I never knew that the location of the throttle hand might be a factor.

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