(I originally posted this to another thread then realized that perhaps that wasn't the place for it lol)
Having seen in this thread and others, comments about meaning to use the controls on one side of the bike and winding up using controls on the opposite side, I had the following thoughts:
I was asking Toby, how does one confuse the controls on the left handlebar grip with controls that are on the right handlebar grip? I myself don't see it because each set of controls has it's own assigned 'hand'.
He mentioned that perhaps folks are starting their bikes up while not sitting on them while prepping for take off. He feels that if you interact with the controls only when astride the bike for a while, you will program your subconscious computer to only associate each set of controls with the appropriate hand.
There might be merit to this, I have never interacted with my bike's controls unless astride the bike. I HAVE hit my horn when trying to dim my lights, and toby says he has accidentally hit his starter button when trying to scroll thru his display to check mileage or time etc, but neither of us yet has experienced the crossover of signals that it sounds like you guys are getting when you wish to interact with the controls on the left, but the signal for some reason goes to your right hand (or the other way around)
I only bring it up because when I learned to ride horses, one had to be very careful with one's signals with hands and feet on a very well trained but high spirited horse, the wrong signal with the wrong appendage could very well wind you up on the ground... Same goes with motorcycles.
My son wrecked his seca II on our roads up here because when he first started riding it, he was fresh off of riding mountain bikes ALL the time. Well on a mountain bike, you program your right hand to brake first because that is your rear brake, and on a mountain bike if you use your front brake first, particularly if you are going down a steep hill, you will go ass over teacup... well he came around a corner on his motorcycle, a little too fast and at the wrong lean angle for the turn, tried to compensate by applying brakes, but his subconscious computer programming betrayed him at that point resulting in his putting more pressure on the right hand brake lever first, instead of using his foot controlled rear brake and down he went... Because as we know, right hand brake lever on a motorcycle is front brake, not rear.
Toby has taught me a lot about 'subconscious computer programming' because that is what you have to do a lot of in martial arts...
