| Author | Message | ||
     Midknyte |
Ok, so what's the big deal with right-hand drive anyway? I see right hand-drives emphasized now and then as if there is something special or advantageous about the belt/chain being "here" as opposed to "there". Edumacate me please. Is there a mechanical disposition here? Or is it perhaps a metric / non-metric snipe? | ||
| Djkaplan |
Are you talking about for the big twins? With the trend towards larger rear tires on custom big twins, the primary cover needs to be spaced outward to make room for the belt. When the tire gets really wide, the primary is sticking so far out, you can't really bank the bike to the left much. The problem is compounded by the really wide primary belts that are popular for customs. The right hand drive gives you back the clearance that would have been taken up by the belt and better balances the weight laterally. | ||
| Buelltroll |
I was just asked that yesterday while proliferating the awesomeness of my baby. I was like "uh good question i dunno what makes right hand drive better" | ||
| 99buellx1 |
Weight ballance. Primary on the left, final on right. And compact, not stacked beside each other. Pretty much like DJ mentioned. | ||
| Spiderman |
It is neither ballance as Craig said nor lean angle. The RIght side drive is use don Big tire bikes like DJ said but for two reasons. 1 you do not have to offset the motor to compensate for the larger tire which causes a whole heck of a lot of problems, bent frame, bad balance ( not cause of staking but because the motor is so many inches off center. 2 When a lot of wide tire kits are installed they extend the primary out along with a extended final drive shaft. As you know about leverage the long a lever is the more force you can put on a pivot. Pivot point being the main drive bearing a seal, causing leaks, bearing failure etc. Plus it looks cool  | ||
| Ray_maines |
Right hand drive means you can pick up your mail without getting out of the car | ||
| Leftcoastal |
This one got me thinking....I went out to the garage and checked and yup - that Buell of mine is right side drive! Sorry - just had to do that! I know lots of the guys building big twin customs and everything that Spidey said nails it. Ray too, for that matter! AL | ||
| Buellerthanyou |
I had a '59 Triumph TR3-A with right hand drive. Loved the looks on the tellers' faces when I would back up through the drive-in bank!  HellBuelly J "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of a Buell." --Vince Lombuellardi | ||
| Buelltroll |
OK so its helpful for big fat tired customs. What goods it do US? | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I grew up with right hand drive, & now mostly drive lefties, but I can switch from one to the other without bouncing off the kerb too much. The main problem is not opening the door when changing from 2nd to 3rd.  | ||
| Jarhead |
ROFLMAO  | ||
| Newfie_buell |
I forgot you were used to right hand drive? Geesh, its a wonder you weren't driving on the wrong side of the road in my car last summer. | ||
| Spiderman |
Trolly, it doesn't do us good nor bad. It was just the way the Sportster motor was designed. Sporty motors have a tranny an engine all included into one case and with the design elemends of the clutch on the left side along with the primary, the next best place to put the output shaft as to keep the motor "sporty" looking and more compact was the right side. |
