Throttle

[Dan 4RR]

Does anyone know why the throttle is on the right hand side of the handle bars and not the left?
Can you buy specialised/personalised bikes that have everything on the left? Just curious , thanks.

[Azmodeus]

The only feasable reason I can come up with is balancing.

At the moment, you have front brake/throttle, and rear brake/clutch

If you moved the throttle only, it would be rear brake/throttle/clutch. Not a good combo.

If you switched the clutch too, it would mean you have both brakes on the left hand side, and it would unbalance you.

So the only way to do it would be to literally swap everything (front brake/throttle/back brake/clutch)

[TiN]

It's very possible to get a bike modified for such a setup, but I can't imagine that it'll be easy to find one for sale like that.

The only thing to really stop you from just lobbing the thottle assembly onto the other of the handlebars could be the length of the throttle cables...and possibly the throttle tube itself, as it may turn the "wrong" way...
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[mchaggis]

I would imagine that the throttle is on the right simply because most people are right handed.
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[Lone-Wolf]

Wotcha.

Today's useless trivia.
American made "Indian" police motorcycles had the twistgrip on the left hand side - this left the rider's right hand free to use his gun.
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[Azmodeus]

But what if the officer was left handed? (And therefore could only shoot with the gun in his left)

[Mantzy]

Best person to ask would probably be Born2Bvile, as a member of nabd (National Association for Bikers with a Disability) he could tell you. Though, if you're fully abled, why would you change it?

Or was this just a moment?

Edit: https://www.nabd.org.uk/adaptions/javaindex.htm - Look here.
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[dandit]

my dads mate lost his arm at the elbow I think and he had is bike converted so all controls on 1 side and had a mental arm made up even had a damper on it that clamped round the handle bar how he rides it I do not know I know his arm was more expensive than the bike though because it was lightwieght maybe carbon and had dampers fitted to stop his shoulder hurting
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[aqualung1]

just as mantzy said
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[stinkwheel]

Another piece of useless trivia. Motorbikes didn't always have twist-grip throttles. My mates pre-war BSA has a bowden lever on the top of the bars, like the throttle on a petrol lawnmower...Actually, it has three, the throttle, ignition advance and fuel:air mixture, add in the hand gear shift, valve lifter and brake levers coming from the outside ends of the bars and it is a bit like trying to juggle six balls whilst riding a bike.

I have seen a bike that had ALL the controls except the gearshift on the left bar. Throttle, brake lever angled from the inside, clutch lever angles from the outside and a thumb rear brake, as well as all the light and indicator switches.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Suspect there is probably some international standard now that specifies the throttle is on the right. Most bikes used to have the gearchange on the right but that changed in the mid 1970s when the USA legislated that the gearchange must be on the left.

All the best

Keith
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[mchaggis]

[Lone-Wolf]

[loply]

Surely its obvious?

If the throttle was on the left then you would not be able to roll off at the same time as operating the clutch, a neccessary movement if you want to change up gears...

And vice versa you couldnt blip to go down.
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[Rob W]

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