Taking my hand off it...

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You could get something like this http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/3/ ... Grips.aspx" target="_blank

They reduce the amount of vibration coming through your grips...

You can also get gloves with a gelpad inside the fingers, that reduces vibration...
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Some of you might wanna get checked for carple tunnel sindrome

I had it on both hands, had surgery and now its fine, well Im just sayin may be it could be your problem with pins an needles
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Adel wrote:Some of you might wanna get checked for carple tunnel sindrome

I had it on both hands, had surgery and now its fine, well Im just sayin may be it could be your problem with pins an needles
sounds a bit soft to me... im a motorcyclist..ill just keep doing it and whinge abt it...lol
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I have found myself not grabing the throttle with my wrist high enough to start with and then when you accelarate you end up with your wrist way down, bent and uncomfortable then after a few k's it realy gets numb so I grab it far more forward then I need to for a while to fix it. I remember racing I had a real problem doing that and there was never enough time to adjust your grip. I have been thinking of getting a short travel throttle lately cause I never seem to have enough time to twist it far before I am backing off or changing gear.
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HWY065 wrote:I have found myself not grabing the throttle with my wrist high enough to start with and then when you accelarate you end up with your wrist way down, bent and uncomfortable then after a few k's it realy gets numb so I grab it far more forward then I need to for a while to fix it. I remember racing I had a real problem doing that and there was never enough time to adjust your grip. I have been thinking of getting a short travel throttle lately cause I never seem to have enough time to twist it far before I am backing off or changing gear.
I can hear you young blokes snickering already!
i remeber bikes with throttles like that.....

geez i feel old!!

my old cb900 i think i did 3 full revolutions to get it open?? ...lol
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Neka79 wrote:
Adel wrote:Some of you might wanna get checked for carple tunnel sindrome

I had it on both hands, had surgery and now its fine, well Im just sayin may be it could be your problem with pins an needles
sounds a bit soft to me... im a motorcyclist..ill just keep doing it and whinge abt it...lol
:o the surgery is not that bad its only for a day an its only to make room for those nervs
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I am having the same problem with the new Gixxer. All of my weight is on my wrists and after a short while I have pins and needles in my throttle hand. Trying to loosen up my grip and change the position of my hand on the bars seems to help a little.

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red_dave wrote:My missus has a better grip than i do :shock:
These two enthusiastic young ladies were showing me all about a good soft grip technique a few years ago, especially needed for the 12R ;)
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However I have since been shown a far better way :twisted:
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Hmmmm.......

maybe the pins and needles has nothing to do with the bike?! :oops:

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When you take your gloves off and your fingertips are blue on a 34 degree day.... Hmmmm .... It's time you did a little more hand/wrist exercise while riding.. (not easy with right hand)...WILL happen no matter how soft your grip is on a sporter after 600 odd km's..
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ps

Any chance of sending those two my way Jonno??? Maybe i need them to show me a new teknique also :twisted:
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IsleofNinja wrote:ps

Any chance of sending those two my way Jonno??? Maybe i need them to show me a new teknique also :twisted:
mate i'd be teaching THEM abt grip techniques,....
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Neka79 wrote:.........mate i'd be teaching THEM abt grip techniques,....
well, you've had more practice than most eh matey ???

:lol:

( I couldn't resist, you leave yourself *way* open sometimes.... ;) )
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Gosling1 wrote:
Neka79 wrote:.........mate i'd be teaching THEM abt grip techniques,....
well, you've had more practice than most eh matey ???

:lol:

( I couldn't resist, you leave yourself *way* open sometimes.... ;) )
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Strika wrote:
Gosling1 wrote:
Neka79 wrote:.........mate i'd be teaching THEM abt grip techniques,....
well, you've had more practice than most eh matey ???

:lol:

( I couldn't resist, you leave yourself *way* open sometimes.... ;) )
Nothing to crow about Gos! getting one into Neka is like winning the 100m sprint.....at the special olympics! ;)
fair cop... its not classed as a piss take when ur just stating common knowledge!!
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