On Fri, 3 Feb 2023 10:14:00 -0800 (PST), Stephen Packer
<stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:

>This:
>https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S8QAAOSwvv9iXEWU/s-l1600.jpg
>
>has certainly had a lot spent on it.

I think that's really nicely done[1]

[1] number plate aside
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On 5 Feb 2023 at 20:46:59 GMT, "Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Feb 2023 10:14:00 -0800 (PST), Stephen Packer
> <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This:
>> https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S8QAAOSwvv9iXEWU/s-l1600.jpg
>>
>> has certainly had a lot spent on it.
>
> I think that's really nicely done[1]
>
>
I agree, it does look good to my eyes. But never seen a side stand on the
off-side before. I wonder what the reason for that was.

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jeremy

On 20/03/2023 10:46, jeremy wrote:
> On 5 Feb 2023 at 20:46:59 GMT, "Champ" <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 3 Feb 2023 10:14:00 -0800 (PST), Stephen Packer
>> <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This:
>>> https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S8QAAOSwvv9iXEWU/s-l1600.jpg
>>>
>>> has certainly had a lot spent on it.
>>
>> I think that's really nicely done[1]
>>
>>
> I agree, it does look good to my eyes. But never seen a side stand on the
> off-side before. I wonder what the reason for that was.

Difficult to say with no view of the nearside, but possibly there's
simply nowhere to attach it.

On Monday, 20 March 2023 at 19:26:52 UTC, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 20/03/2023 10:46, jeremy wrote:

> > I agree, it does look good to my eyes. But never seen a side stand on the
> > off-side before. I wonder what the reason for that was.
> Difficult to say with no view of the nearside, but possibly there's
> simply nowhere to attach it.

Hmm. The K series has the centre and side-stand assembly bolted to the
gearbox, there are four hefty threads into the box for this. So I suspect it's possibly
put on the RHS for aesthetic reasons, it's a single-sided swing arm so on the other side
the stand would be just hanging in the wind on its own- normally it would sort of
hide underneath the exhaust (in fact I think there was a stop on the exhaust for it
to nestle up to, possibly) but on this bike the exhaust exits under the seat.
I guess with the stand up it's going to sit alongside the swing arm as it's been built.

jeremy wrote:

> But never seen a side stand on the
> off-side before.

My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to many
comedy moments.
http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg

In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of the
British Army of the Rhine.

--
Simon

On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
> jeremy wrote:
>
>> But never seen a side stand on the
>> off-side before.
>
> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to many
> comedy moments.
> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>
> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of the
> British Army of the Rhine.
>
Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
to which some are 'left-handed'?

Chris
--
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:51:28 +0000, "chrisnd @ukrm"
<chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

>On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
>> jeremy wrote:
>>
>>> But never seen a side stand on the
>>> off-side before.
>>
>> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to many
>> comedy moments.
>> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>>
>> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
>> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of the
>> British Army of the Rhine.
>>
>Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
>to which some are 'left-handed'?

I am.

--
Colin Irvine
FJR1300A

chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
> to which some are 'left-handed'?

Yeah. Catholics.

On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
> to which some are 'left-handed'?

Yes, but: I'm right-footed for kicking purposes, but regarded as
left-footed for snowboarding.

--
Eddie eddie@deguello.org

On Friday, 24 March 2023 at 09:33:00 UTC, sweller wrote:
> jeremy wrote:
>
> > But never seen a side stand on the
> > off-side before.
> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to many
> comedy moments.
> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg

To be honest there were many comedy moments with that bike and I'm
not convinced most of them had anything to do with the sidestand.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HnRQJTVd8iGCorZz7

Eddie <eddie@deguello.org> wrote:
> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
>> to which some are 'left-handed'?
>
> Yes, but: I'm right-footed for kicking purposes, but regarded as
> left-footed for snowboarding.

I only found out after the fact that I hold a hockey stick left-handed
and get up on a slalom water ski left-footed. Both methods seemed
perfectly natural to me, despite the fact that I am right-handed
and right-eyed.

--
FJR1300A, GL1000, KLR650A6F, EX250J9A, DR200SE, Vespa Ciao

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 04:20:12 -0700 (PDT), ogden <eldaifo@gmail.com>
wrote:

>chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
>> to which some are 'left-handed'?

>Yeah. Catholics.

<applause>
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Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:51:28 +0000, "chrisnd @ukrm"
<chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

>Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
>to which some are 'left-handed'?

Yes

Regular or goofy
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

On 3/24/2023 9:51 AM, Champ wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:51:28 +0000, "chrisnd @ukrm"
> <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
>> to which some are 'left-handed'?
>
> Yes
>
> Regular or goofy

hmm. As a bodysurfer, it doesn't matter. I've never stood on a board, so
not sure. In baseball, I batted left, but threw right. I write
left-handed. Can't think of any other ways to determine. Maybe power tools.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS & ST1100 (in memoriam)

On 24/03/2023 12:39, Mark Olson wrote:
> Eddie <eddie@deguello.org> wrote:
>> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
>>> to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>
>> Yes, but: I'm right-footed for kicking purposes, but regarded as
>> left-footed for snowboarding.
>
> I only found out after the fact that I hold a hockey stick left-handed
> and get up on a slalom water ski left-footed. Both methods seemed
> perfectly natural to me, despite the fact that I am right-handed
> and right-eyed.

Around 1961 I bought a Weble & Scott single-barrelled ½-choke 12-bore
from T.W.Bland in IIRC William IV Street in that London.

Couldn't hit a thing with it so during my lunch-hour, 'consulted' in the
shop.

One wall was clad in tongue and groove boards and I was bidden 'Choose a
knot in the wood, then, with both eyes open, point at it. Now, close
your right eye. Are you still pointing at it?'

I admitted that I was.

'You have a left master eye.' was the ajudication.

So, I am left-eyed, write right-handed, prefer to use an axe and a
longbow left-handed, and never noticed which foot I preferred to kick with.

Most things I can do either-handed, including writing, but despite
having a left master eye I have to use a shotgun on my right shoulder
and an eye patch on the sinister peeper. This is because I have a
pacemaker in the left shoulder and my shotgun is a 10-bore double...

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:35:15 +0000, Eddie <eddie@deguello.org> wrote:

>On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
>> to which some are 'left-handed'?
>
>Yes, but: I'm right-footed for kicking purposes, but regarded as
>left-footed for snowboarding.

Do you mean you ride 'goofy', right foot forward? (for the
uninitiated, left foot forward is regarded as the more normal
'regular' stance.)

I didn't think there was that much correlation between snowboard
stance and 'kicking' footedness, TBH.

--
Ace
http://www.chaletbeauroc.com/

On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
>> jeremy wrote:
>>
>>> But never seen a side stand on the
>>> off-side before.
>>
>> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to many
>> comedy moments.
>> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>>
>> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
>> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of the
>> British Army of the Rhine.
>>
> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
> to which some are 'left-handed'?
>
You know in football, when they have a left winger? Or a left back?
It usually helps.

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 25/03/2023 18:43, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
>>> jeremy wrote:
>>>
>>>> But never seen a side stand on the
>>>> off-side before.
>>>
>>> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to many
>>> comedy moments.
>>> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>>>
>>> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
>>> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of the
>>> British Army of the Rhine.
>>>
>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar way
>> to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>
> You know in football, when they have a left winger? Or a left back?
> It usually helps.

I don't know football - but I think I see the point you make.
Up to my comment above, it had not occurred to me that such a phenomenon
might exist.
Some very interesting responses in this sub-thread.

Chris
--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On 26/03/2023 11:47, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 25/03/2023 18:43, YTC#1 wrote:
>> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>> On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
>>>> jeremy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But never seen a side stand on the
>>>>> off-side before.
>>>>
>>>> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to many
>>>> comedy moments.
>>>> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>>>>
>>>> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
>>>> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of the
>>>> British Army of the Rhine.
>>>>
>>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar
>>> way to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>>
>> You know in football, when they have a left winger? Or a left back?
>> It usually helps.
>
> I don't know football -
Rugby?

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 26/03/2023 17:35, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>
> On 26/03/2023 11:47, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> On 25/03/2023 18:43, YTC#1 wrote:
>>> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>>> On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
>>>>> jeremy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> But never seen a side stand on the
>>>>>> off-side before.
>>>>>
>>>>> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to
>>>>> many
>>>>> comedy moments.
>>>>> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
>>>>> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of the
>>>>> British Army of the Rhine.
>>>>>
>>>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar
>>>> way to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>>>
>>> You know in football, when they have a left winger? Or a left back?
>>> It usually helps.
>>
>> I don't know football -
> Rugby?

Only too well - I joined the school cross country team *just* so I could
run instead of playing the nasty rough pointless, boring,
kick-the-ball-into-touch-and-gain-a-foot-or-two-advantage apology for a
game.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 26/03/2023 17:35, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>
> On 26/03/2023 11:47, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>> On 25/03/2023 18:43, YTC#1 wrote:
>>> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>>> On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
>>>>> jeremy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> But never seen a side stand on the
>>>>>> off-side before.
>>>>>
>>>>> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to
>>>>> many
>>>>> comedy moments.
>>>>> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
>>>>> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of the
>>>>> British Army of the Rhine.
>>>>>
>>>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar
>>>> way to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>>>
>>> You know in football, when they have a left winger? Or a left back?
>>> It usually helps.
>>
>> I don't know football -
> Rugby?

Better - but I'm just not a sporty person.
Used to enjoy sailing & canoeing though[1] - and TT obvs!

Chris
[1]...and I did watch the last 5 minutes of the boat race yesterday [2]
[2] Mostly by accident
--
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On 27/03/2023 01:00, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 26/03/2023 17:35, YTC#1 wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 26/03/2023 11:47, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>> On 25/03/2023 18:43, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>>>> On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
>>>>>> jeremy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But never seen a side stand on the
>>>>>>> off-side before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to
>>>>>> many
>>>>>> comedy moments.
>>>>>> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
>>>>>> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> British Army of the Rhine.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar
>>>>> way to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>>>>
>>>> You know in football, when they have a left winger? Or a left back?
>>>> It usually helps.
>>>
>>> I don't know football -
>> Rugby?
>
> Only too well - I joined the school cross country team *just* so I could
> run instead of playing the nasty rough pointless, boring,
> kick-the-ball-into-touch-and-gain-a-foot-or-two-advantage apology for a
> game.
+1
- well to the x-country anyway. There was no team.

Chris
--
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On 27/03/2023 09:44, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 26/03/2023 17:35, YTC#1 wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 26/03/2023 11:47, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>> On 25/03/2023 18:43, YTC#1 wrote:
>>>> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>>>> On 24/03/2023 09:32, sweller wrote:
>>>>>> jeremy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But never seen a side stand on the
>>>>>>> off-side before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My old Armstrong had it's stand on the "wrong" side - which led to
>>>>>> many
>>>>>> comedy moments.
>>>>>> http://sweller.dynalias.org/images/ukrm/armstrongdowns.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the ex-army Armstrongs case I think it was so that it didn't lean
>>>>>> into the road when it was being used to marshal convoys as part of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> British Army of the Rhine.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar
>>>>> way to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>>>>
>>>> You know in football, when they have a left winger? Or a left back?
>>>> It usually helps.
>>>
>>> I don't know football -
>> Rugby?
>
> Better - but I'm just not a sporty person.
> Used to enjoy sailing & canoeing though[1] - and TT obvs!
Did you not have a left hand oar?

>
> Chris
> [1]...and I did watch the last 5 minutes of the boat race yesterday [2]
> [2] Mostly by accident

You must have had nowt else to do

--
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http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 3/27/2023 1:44 AM, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>>> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar
>>>>> way to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>>>>
>
> Better - but I'm just not a sporty person.

Neither am I. The only sport I competed in was rifle team, in high
school. Went to the state championships. But that's the antithesis of
athleticism. You try not to move a muscle except for one index finger,
and you control everything, including breathing and heartbeats. BTW, I
did shoot right-handed.

As for team sports, I was the statistician for my school basketball
team, which is the only sport that interests me. My college team is now
2 wins from the national championship, which is kinda exciting.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS & ST1100 (in memoriam)

On 3/27/2023 11:35 AM, Turby wrote:
> On 3/27/2023 1:44 AM, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>>>> On 24/03/2023 10:51, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Going off at a tangent, are some people 'left-footed' in a similar
>>>>>> way to which some are 'left-handed'?
>>>>>>
>>
>> Better - but I'm just not a sporty person.
>
> Neither am I. The only sport I competed in was rifle team, in high
> school.

Correction - I also competed in a few bodysurfing contests. That was
mostly for the party vibe, though. At the Pipeline in Hawaii, the chance
of ever getting the place good with only 4 other guys out with you is
absolutely nil. One year I advanced, so got a dozen waves over 6'
Hawaiian, and it only cost me $50. A steal.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS & ST1100 (in memoriam)