am not sure what is the issue here, in beta 13 it was not working at all but no in beta 14 its buggy
here is the code :
<ion-nav-buttons side="right" expose-aside-when="large">
<button class="button" ng-controller="loader" ng-click="openRight()">
<i class="icon ion-navicon-round"></i>
</button>
</ion-nav-buttons>
</ion-nav-bar>
now when you open your app, the side menu will be hidden, but if you change your device orientation for example or if you open the keyboard the menu will appear like in this video http://d.pr/v/1aEPu .
now if you are using menu-close directive within your herfs you will get something like this one http://d.pr/v/1bLmM
am not sure if am doing something wrong here, but this used to work like a charm in beta 13.