Those are minor. As late as the 60s motorcycles had non-standard controls. Standard: Right hand - throttle and front brake Left hand - clutch Right foot - re

Those are minor. As late as the 60s motorcycles had non-standard controls. Standard: Right hand - throttle and front brake Left hand - clutch Right foot - rear brake Left foot - gear shifter You have to use the clutch and gear shifter together, and you have to have at least one foot down when you stop. This layout makes a lot of sense. Back in the day you had things like suicide shifters: you shift gears with your left hand and the clutch is at the left foot meaning that you have to take your hand off the handlebars to shift gears (hence “suicide shifter”), and as you come to a stop you have no foot to put down since you should be using bother the clutch and the rear brake. And that’s just one of many examples of weird layouts. Basically imagine driving a manual car where the gears are shifter with your left foot, the brake is hand operated and the clutch is a part of the steering wheel.