Hi Wartorn (and all),
Yes, I think you have got the point of my blurb.
It definitely wasn’t my intention to be too strident in my criticism of others. If I was, I apologise.
I did feel there was an undertone in some posts that were slightly critical of the question and an inference that a R/H, one up, three down change was somehow the ‘ideologically correct’ set up.
Similarly we could discuss all day whether we should be driving on the left or right side of the road but it’s largely irrelevant as we are stuck with what we have. I couldn’t criticise anyone with a classic American car wanting to convert it to RH drive.
Personally I find the LH change more natural to me because that is what I’m most familiar with, not because it is correct.
As a final thought may I suggest that perhaps if the management of British motorcycles had been a little more proactive for change and not quite so convinced that they knew best and what they were doing was ‘naturally’ correct, it may have assisted them with survival.
Anyway, no big deal, again, apologies to anyone I offended.
Regards
Al