Bicycle vs Motorcycles. - Page 2

Originally Posted by frenchyge

He's just giving you the honest answer to your question. There's no universal truth about motorcycles that dictates that the chain be on the left, and this is aptly demonstrated in the fact that some bikes drive from the right, even here in the 21st century.

As far as bicycles go, there's also no universal truth which dictates that the chain should be on the right, but as there's a huge incentive to have compatibility between frames and components I expect that's enough reason for manufacturer's to conform to a standard. With motorcycles, a single manufacturer designs and builds most of the components on a particular bike so there's less reason to create or conform to some standard established across multiple brands or even models.

Originally Posted by jhuskey

Well, I said most. Boat motors are built with right and and left rotation and I think I heard that Honda engines rotate counter to most. Even a car engine with worn cam lobes can definitely run backwards but no indefinitely.

Originally Posted by stevebiker

Bicyclists: Fit, trim, athletic, often driven and sometimes competitive.

Motorcyclists: Fat, lazy, beer drinking, uses Harley to substitute for what's missing in the sack.