MKIII piston orientation

Suppose it depends on the context

eg : For shaking hands

The right hand is right
The left deals with what’s left

But I digress ….

Timing side for me just makes sense and is intuitive but I had to think about PTO for a minute

Paid time off ?…
Power take off ? as in winches / tractors

Then the penny dropped 👍

Best one for me is the little ditty about piston ring orientation, brilliant !
My wife isn’t so sure and thinks it should go the way of the Pirelli Calender - consigned to the bin
 
You’d be popular on the waterways over here where the regulations require one to pass another boat “ port to port “ Lol !!!
 
marshg246 said:
Ain't using port and starboard!. Mind says port it towards the port and starboard means the view not blocked by the port! Never been a sailor and the old mind is not interested in changing. I have no clue where those terms came from.

British bikes, drive side and timing side work just fine for me. I understand when people say primary side, but I don't use it.

For wiring I use "White is bright" for the high-beam Blue/White wires and "White is right" for the timing side turn signals Green/White wires. I never considered them racially intensive until a white person pointed it out. I never even thought that way - they rhyme which is why I remember and use them.
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Been around boats forever, Dad was a Merchant Marine, so i learned it at a young age.
No one could answer the origin.
Took a Boating Safety course put on by the local Coast Guard Auxiliary.
What was told me was,
Back in the Viking the days, one stood in the center of the boat with the 'Steering Board' offset to the right.
You approached the Port on the left to clear the 'Steering Board.' Somewhere Stearing Board became 'Starboard'.
Now we have the net with all the answers..

Why do ships use ‘port’ and ‘starboard’ and not ‘left’ or ‘right’ - International Register of Shipping (INTLREG)

As port and starboard never change, they are unambiguous references that are independent of a mariner’s orientation, and, as a result, mariners use these nautical terms instead of left and right to avoid confusion. Have you ever wondered why sailors use the terms 'port' and 'starboard', instead...
intlreg.org intlreg.org

BTW, nobody has ever answered the question, including boat builders, maritime people etc..

OK, OK back to our regular program..
 
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I learned port from starboard by port and left having the same amount of letters. Port to the left looking forward. On the bike it’s primary side and timing side.
 
Grandad said:
You’d be popular on the waterways over here where the regulations require one to pass another boat “ port to port “ Lol !!!
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In the Merchant navy , we were used to confirm by VHF to the other ship "red to red " ', then it appears that the term " POSH" meaning port outside starboard home (coming from passenger who prefear to avoid the sun when travelling to India ) was a legend ...
 

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