Left hand on thigh.... why?

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Amazon said:
I do it 'cause going to Oakville from Peterborough and back multiple times gets boring. Heck, sometimes I go so far as to rest my elbow on my knee and then my chin on my hand while sitting slightly sideways on the seat.
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Sounds like you should give this a shot next...

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On windy days i put my left arm behind my back, helps with resistance
 
Meh, I just like to touch myself :)
 
aint nothing can be better than touching urself while showing off to others~
 
I don't put my hand on my thigh; I just let it hang off to my side. I like to look bad ass like Jax from Sons of Anarchy.
 
REDBALLS said:
I don't put my hand on my thigh; I just let it hang off to my side. I like to look bad *** like Jax from Sons of Anarchy.
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Now just carry a bat with you and you're set

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I don't ever see cruisers or ds riders do it.

Its probably because sport bikes and their riders know they look sort of ridiculous when theyre stopped at a red light in full race gear. They need to be either at a timmies or on a freeway doing 200 kph or dragging knees so that they can maintain the image. Obviously im talking out of my ***.
 
And from my experience it is illegal to ride with on hand in Alberta. I can scan the my friend's ticket he got last week. Idiot thought it was funny to wave to a speed trap. Wasn't even speeding, cops pulls him over and gives him a ticket for riding with on hand, missing front reflectors, missing rear reflectors, obstructed plates, and two more stupid tickets I don't remember.
 
TomC said:
I don't ever see cruisers or ds riders do it.
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If you don't have both hands on the Harley, that thing will shake itself off the road...kinda like trying to fire a .50 cal with one hand..
 
aaronshum said:
I see it all the time, but I could never understand it. Even on my CBR for a couple of hours in traffic or on highway I don't feel any fatigue keeping my hands on the handlebars.

Keeping one hand away from the handlebar just seems dangerous as it really inflates your reaction time... Why do people do it?
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uhh are you serious? maybe you're short and dont get back pains. I can't speak for others but my lower back gets sore from hunching over for long periods of time or wrists get sore too. By taking one hand off the steering, it allows me to sit more upright. Then when you're more of an upright position, your free hand will either rest o your thigh or your tank.
 
It makes the Waving Process more efficient. Cuiser riders don't wave so there is no need for them to ride in this position.
 
masalma said:
And from my experience it is illegal to ride with on hand in Alberta. I can scan the my friend's ticket he got last week. Idiot thought it was funny to wave to a speed trap. Wasn't even speeding, cops pulls him over and gives him a ticket for riding with on hand, missing front reflectors, missing rear reflectors, obstructed plates, and two more stupid tickets I don't remember.
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The cop was just on a powertrip and wanted to give your friend a lesson for being too cocky by the sounds of it. What if your friend needed to signal a right hand turn?
 
invictus43 said:
If you don't have both hands on the Harley, that thing will shake itself off the road...kinda like trying to fire a .50 cal with one hand..
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At highway speeds the only thing my hand needs to do to keep the bike stable is hold the throttle. It goes dead straight. **** faster I go the more stable the bike is. After 4 hours on the hwy, when I pull into a 50 zone, feels like the bike wants to fall over lol
 
aaronshum said:
I see it all the time, but I could never understand it. Even on my CBR for a couple of hours in traffic or on highway I don't feel any fatigue keeping my hands on the handlebars.

Keeping one hand away from the handlebar just seems dangerous as it really inflates your reaction time... Why do people do it?
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Do you drive the car with your hands at 10 and 2 o'clock at all times? Or do you wind your window down/up, change radio stations, adjust your vehicles HVAC, eat or drink, or are one of those drivers who thinks they have to keep looking at their passengers while they drive as they talk to them?

If you do even one of those things even once then get off your soapbox.
 
W8INLINE said:
The cop was just on a powertrip and wanted to give your friend a lesson for being too cocky by the sounds of it. What if your friend needed to signal a right hand turn?
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I'd be very interested in seeing the actual legislation he was charged with. Does that mean one armed people can't drive in Alberta?
 
Griffin said:
I'd be very interested in seeing the actual legislation he was charged with. Does that mean one armed people can't drive in Alberta?
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If he was a one ball man he would be off to the rodeo.
 
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