Now I push. I self taught myself to pull, but that is not the best way to go. A friend of mine told me to push and I find that to be much more precise. I won't get into dumb or smart, old school or new, I've been riding for 37 years and I learned this 2 years ago.

 

I push unless I am riding one handed also a no no but I still do it

 

Hell you guys are pretty good!

 

thanks

it's fun & i'd rather be out playing at a club on fri/sat night & making a little cash, than sitting at home flippin thru the channels

 

As an old flat tracker, I push and pull with the left and help out with the right... keeps the throttle hand flexible. Push is definitely a more 'connected' technique when you are hitting bumps, etc. so that is why a flat tracker is left hand dominant. So, if you ride twisties, I would think push is the way to go. My technique does keep my beer arm in better shape, however.

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Rode the scoot to work this morning and tried to pay attention to push or pull. Turns out, I push 99% of the time, with a pull usually only when the other hand is busy like hanging down shaking it trying to get feeling back in my fingers, it was 37 when I left this morning, big improvement over the 25 last week!

Sharp or high speed turns, I always push, just seems more "confident"

 

I checked this out on the way to work this morning, got a nice s-curve that runs past the Bass-Pro. Needless to say I push, now anyways.

 

I tend to do both but i mostly pull which i know isn't correct. I have 2 friends who have been ridin 30+ years each . They both thought i was crazy when this subject came up a couple months back. They said you shifted your weight to steer. I couldnt wait for warn weather to prove my point!

 

technically they're still right.. i'm sure we all shift our weight to lean into the turns, but the front wheel is still saying "Oh we're going right..well I want to go right-er" where our hands will say "No front wheel, you only go as right as I want to lean into it. Now make me a sammich."..

 

And... it takes less strength to push than pull... but you have to control the turn with your lean and your body weight. I think for precision steering pulling works better when you're in shape but it will wear you out faster. If you have weak back muscles, pushing can be a problem for you. I think the right answer is there is no wrong way to do it and whatever works best (try them both or a combo) is what you should use because you will be the most comfortable with it.

I have never ridden a set of beach bars very far, but I'm willing to bet push is better on them for sure. So I think bars make a difference, too. My drag bars are great for the combo method.