does your hand go numb?

[ACE]

Originally Posted by streetbobjim

what you describe sounds very much like carpal tunnel syndrome. there is a cartilage sheath in your wrist that carries nerves through it, the sheath becomes inflamed and causes loss of sensation

I had that and for a while it was difficult to ride long distances, eased it with having cruise control on the glide.

Had the op in the end, quick day surgery the only drawback is that before the op my hand went quite numb at night so I used to put on some nail varnish and have a quick w@nk. felt like someone else doing it.

you can get Anti Vibration gloves, Ive seen them on the net on a US Site but I'm fecked if i can find it again , They have gel pads on the palms and fingers they look pretty cool will keep searching and post when I find them

Originally Posted by bear58

I get this sometimes. I put it down to gripping the bars too tight, maybe occasionally riding a bit tense. It seems to ease off if i lighten my grip.

love the mud hut

www.painreliever.com have some fingerless on special for $8:99 plus a selection of other types not the site I saw but these seem cheaper

[S.T.Chapman]

I started this thread three years ago.
jeez talk about the resurectionists.
news flash hands get cold because they are extremities.
main cause is because the least protected parts of the body when it comes to losing heat are your legs.
answer if you suffer cold hands put over trousers on.;)

[chubb13]

hi i ride too bikes 1 flhs and dont get any pain the other is fjr1300 which i get numbness in my right hand some time its so bad that i have to stop and rest my hand ive put it down to the type of gloves ive got on as when on the harley i were thin glove and on the fjr thick if i were the thin ones on fjr dont get it at all hope this might help

All I can add to this topic is fit a Vistacruise.

I've been using them for years on various bikes, the Harley specific one is better made than most, fits it in 10 mins. and allows you to relax your grip on long runs. Great piece of kit, but I couldn't find a UK distributor for the Harley model so I imported one from the US. Cost me $55 including shipping (£30). Bloody bargain from www.CruiserCustomizing.com

David

[S.T.Chapman]

All sorts of dodads on the market, now having fitted chubbies, due to the weight of them the problem it is no longer a problem.;)
still got the kuriakin thing fitted though.
the ultra has an other trick called cruise control

[Gib]

Originally Posted by ian

Take the throttle off the bars and pump the handle bar full of silicon sealer till they are full,will stop you feeling the vibration, as the silicon absorbs the vibration,used to race enduro bikes and used this tip then,Rode british championships eight hour races it used to get that bad that you could not hold the bars.A lad called John Deaking who also rode for KTM at the time told me about it.(sadly got killed while riding at the Dakar for BMW).
IAN

I've suffered vibration white finger for years, both on my old GS thou and on my '04 Sporty - especially since I took the standard riser and bars off and fitted semi-apehangers. Just going from Bristol to Ross on Wye was enough to do my fingers in. Anyway, in anticipation of a 400+ mile ride I thought I'd give the silicon a go.

Ian - thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthan...........

I did over 1000 miles in a week, including one 9 hour stint in the saddle (apart from fuel stops, natch) and nary a tingle was felt the whole time. At least in my fingers! Elsewhere was a different story.

Oh, how the missus laughed at my rolling gait and agonised expression as I came into the house - will pumping the saddle full of silicon do for my backside what it did for my fingers, I wonder? Answers on a postcard, please......

Just be warned, though - if you have relatively long bars you might need a couple of tubes of silicon to do the job.

[weedavie_j]

There's a product made by 'Scottoiler' called a cramp buster which is a simple cheap plastic gismo thing which you attach to your throttle twist grip. It enables you to just rest your hand against the throttle to operate it on long journeys.It's basically a cheap type of cruise control.
When not in use you just swing it out of the way.
I can recomend it as i have had problems with carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritus in my hands for a few years now.
I've just returned from Spain on me bike and covered 2563 mls door to door in eight days travellin' and it was a life saver for me.;)

Wacko