Interesting! I’m the opposite and right handed. Don’t know if it’s a brain thing but probably so. It’s funny in America most race tracks go counterclockwise, all ovals that I’ve seen do. In Europe it seems most tracks go clockwise. I’m an old flat tracker so that maybe why. Also I surfed when I was younger and some guys ( it seemed the majority were left foot forward) I was right foot forward, they called it goofy foot. Guess it doesn’t really matter it’s just what feels natural. Happy trails!

 

I am the opposite too, and right handed. It is certainly a 'thing' in motorcycling. I always enjoyed left hand slow bends more than right. Countersteering movements may be relevant. We ride on the left here in UK....

 

I'll just have to adjust my countersteering for my "natural" right-handed balance.

 

For me it’s also the opposite. It’s seems much more natural turning left than right. Interesting question.

 

When i took the msf class 30 years ago my instructor said a lot of people have this same problem. Just takes practice. After a while in comes naturally. I had a problem of not leaning into corners it took me about 500miles of riding on curving roads and I finally got over my so called fear learn to trust the bike

 

Pretty sure most people have a direction they are more comfortable turning.

I have wondered if the side of the road you are used to driving on influences it as well. IE: in the USA it is much more common to make hard rights than hard lefts in normal driving, but hard rights are common, so for me I had to practice hard lefts to get comfortable with them on my bike as it isn't something I normally run into much. I assume it is the opposite in the UK and other areas were they drive on the left side of the road.

 

I prefer left handers also. I’m right handed. For me it seems like having the throttle hand up and that arm well exposed and flexible is preferable for slower stuff. For faster stuff, it might be that on uphill left handers if you mess it up you just go off a cliff, rather than into a truck and then off a cliff 😅

 

One problem with left handers is that your tires can be in your lane but your head can be over the center line if riding close to the line. An on coming car cutting close or over the line on your left hander might take your head off with his mirror. I saw a video of a rider taking off a truck mirror with his shoulder on a left hander.

 

I just looked at my tires on the 1100 DCT. Rear tire has 10,006 miles front tire has 8853 miles bike has 18513 miles. My front tire has good tread left but rear tire is now at wear bars so getting changed soon.

What I see is that the left side of both tires is showing more wear (less tread depth). The front tire is more worn compared to the ridght side. Real obvious. The rear tire is just noticeable if your look harder. I am right handed. I do a lot of 2 lane mountain twisty roads where some are smooth and some a little rough. Most have a little curve to them for water drainage but many are pretty flat but not like a 4 lane freeway flat. I do ride a little agressive on mountain roads that I know well. My other bike has sport bike 17 inch zr Michelin tires with hardley any chicken stips left and I put new tires on it last year and noticed the old tires had more wear on left side. I ride the same roads with both bikes year after year.

 

I get the same results. Left side wear bars always exposed first for me. I hit the cords on the left half before I hit them in the center usually. My theory is the crowned roads in the Western US (since we ride on the right half) but others say it’s because left turns through intersections are longer. Not sure that would have such a dramatic impact but I suspect not. Maybe I just get on the throttle earlier and harder in left handers.

 

I presume we all ride with a vertical bike on the straights. I wonder if we hang on to the favoured lean a bit longer than we might. Along with the favoured lean side, I am more comfortable with shifting my backside for a left turn than right.