Sportbikes and carpal tunnel

[jellero]

found this after a some searching. my right hand has been useless since i bought my rs. convertibars on the way. j
http://more.sportbikes.com/ezine/art...p?articleId=33

[garry]

I guess I've been lucky so far (knock on wood). I'm a programmer, so I spend my work days (20 years now) in front of a computer, plus surfing forums and whatnot at night. No finger/hand issues at all with my RS aside from my right hand getting tired at the end of a 12-hour day of riding. I try not to overgrip, and regularly extend my fingers over the levers and wiggle them around. No bar risers or changes for me, but I'm tall and have long arms so I can be pretty upright if I choose.

Interesting article...

[dolson]

I had a bit of trouble with my right hand only and as I am very light on the bars knew it wasn't from strangling it. Have been trying out the cheep grips that are rounded in the center. The $5 foam kind to see if there is a difference and it seems to do a lot better. I'll go to the better rubber ones that are shaped like this.
Seems to be a better ergonomic shape as the your palm is cupped too.
I know this doesn't help C/T but just for hand fatigue looks like it does OK.

Don

[jefftarlton]

I used to pump iron, and I concentrated on my forearms so I could hang onto a dirt bike better. I also used to ride in the dirt a lot. Sometimes one or both of my hands will go numb after just a few minutes of riding, driving, turning wrenches, etc.
I have to really tweak on a bike's bars to get it right for me, especially the sporty modern stuff.
LSL bars made the rs my friend. I settled on progrip #714 grips about 10 years ago, but I've been looking at some of the gel grips. Those barrel shaped open cell foam ones are ok, and even dampen some vibration, but they don't last long.

I rode racing bicycles for many years and have a good working relationship with carpal tunnel. The one thing you must not do is ride with the handlebars cradled in the the groove at the bottom of your hand. I know that the bars fit in there just perfectly. Bar between the the thumb and index finger and resting on the side of the palm. You might have to retrain your hand postion but this worked well for me. Relaxed grip and wiggle your fingers once in a while. Gel gloves might help but I believe that changing your grip might be the ticket.

[TassieDevil]

Most motorcyclist's who have ridden for several years, come across the numb thumb or tingly fingers problem. I sure have- an my solution is a form of throttle rocker.
http://www.throttlerocker.com/
I not saying this the solution for everybody - but for me it has helped with carpel tunnel and thumb going to sleep.

[woodrow]

I put the progrip #714s on my ST and it helped a lot with the little vibration we get. Time to get some new ones as they getting rubbed down after 16k miles, but I don't think I will be keeping the ST anyway so I will wait.

[shawboy]

Are you selling woodrow? Why?