accidents - an unpleasant subject

[GoldOxide_imp]

Yes, j3gq, our controls are "regular". As you say, one really has to use the front brake as you need to use the uphill foot for balancing the bike. Using the lower (or left) foot runs the risk of putting the bike on too much of an angle to be able to hold it up. I guess, when one has to do it, the trick is to try to get far enough to the right to be able to execute the turn as if one were on a right-hand drive road.

As an aside, one of the advantages of driving on the left with "standard" motorbike controls is that, when one parks beside the road, the bike leans away from the traffic rather than into it.

Yeah, deploying the side stand on a concrete curb in summer is far more confidence-inspiring than on the adjoining asphalt, and especially new asphalt.