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When bikes just had centre stand they were still mounted from the left. Which is why, when the first kickstand were developed, they were put on that side.

The kickstand thing is about horses (no, I know horses don't have kickstands.) You get on and off a horse from the left, so when motorbikes first appeared they mounted the bike the same way they mounted a horse. Putting the kickstand down with the left foot puts that foot on the ground first and so is easy to dismount on the left, like dismounting a horse.

Same gear in summer and winter. Just take the linings out when my nuts start swimming. Also my Nitro gear has the opening panels previously mentioned.

For those of us in the Sarf, The Huntsman MCC are holding their annual motorcycle show on 27th July. This is at the Huntsman pub in Eridge, Kent, TN3 9LE. Never been but I've got a mate who lives near there and he says it's always a good day out (but he rides a Triumph Bonneville so his judgement might be suspect ).

Acid Drop, you obviously haven't been there for a while. I always find the food, service and atmosphere excelent. Last night they were so rammed that people were parking their bikes in the laybys up the road so they must be doing something right.

Well, I asked my mate with the VFR and apparently it stabilises the bike when moving at low speeds. That doesn't explain a: why he does it when he's not moving at all, and b: why my bike is perfectly stable at low speeds without the need to do it.

He's a bit emotional

Complete and utter nutter. Black armbands all round for his mates.

I ride home from work with a mate who has a Honda VFR. He does it at every roundabout and every red light so I'll ask him.

Kwaka Gpz600. The only bike I wasn't sorry to see the back of.

It's worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Stick it on Ebay and see what you get.

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