Back pain - stock seat and bars
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Back pain - stock seat and bars
I went on a nice 180 mile round trip up to Ottawa Ontario and back the other day and my lower back killed me after about 50 miles... My RK has the stock seat and bars on it. I feel like I need to sit further back (I'm 5'10") and need the handlebars pulled back also. I love the low, classic look of the Kings, and prefer the bars low and swept back to my position on a solo seat.
Anyone experience low back pain and what was your cure? Will moving back help me at all? I definitely don't want a backrest.. but maybe that's the answer?? It sucks because I used to enjoy riding to Laconia NH each year and now I think 5 hours on the bike would be difficult... I guess my age creeping up there is a reality now...
Anyone experience low back pain and what was your cure? Will moving back help me at all? I definitely don't want a backrest.. but maybe that's the answer?? It sucks because I used to enjoy riding to Laconia NH each year and now I think 5 hours on the bike would be difficult... I guess my age creeping up there is a reality now...
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I'm dealing similar issues, mostly in my hips. I've come to the conclusion that I have arthritis as my mother is wheelchair bound as a result of arthritis. I started taking naproxen as directed for arthritis pain. After taking it for about 10 days I do feel better. Getting older can be difficult at times that's for sure
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+1 on the drivers backrest. It really helps me keep my back in the correct posture. I can do 8 hours in the saddle now with no back pain at all. Doesn't stop my knees from wanting to lock up after a full day though. Ugh...getting old ain't for sissies.
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+2 on the Rider back rest. I have one and use when I need it. I also noticed that you do not have hwy pegs on your crash bars. This will help a lot as well, it will relief a lot of tension associated with leaving your legs down. Also you may want to look into getting some heritage bars on your bike or the pullback bars for HD, I have the pullback bars and wouldn't have a bike without them, relieved my pain between my shoulders and let's me stretch out in the saddle for I am too a huncher.
My name is Mark and I am a huncher.
My name is Mark and I am a huncher.
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I went on a nice 180 mile round trip up to Ottawa Ontario and back the other day and my lower back killed me after about 50 miles... My RK has the stock seat and bars on it. I feel like I need to sit further back (I'm 5'10") and need the handlebars pulled back also. I love the low, classic look of the Kings, and prefer the bars low and swept back to my position on a solo seat.
Anyone experience low back pain and what was your cure? Will moving back help me at all? I definitely don't want a backrest.. but maybe that's the answer?? It sucks because I used to enjoy riding to Laconia NH each year and now I think 5 hours on the bike would be difficult... I guess my age creeping up there is a reality now...
Anyone experience low back pain and what was your cure? Will moving back help me at all? I definitely don't want a backrest.. but maybe that's the answer?? It sucks because I used to enjoy riding to Laconia NH each year and now I think 5 hours on the bike would be difficult... I guess my age creeping up there is a reality now...
I have the same bike, and "had" the same issue. I added foot pegs on the engine guards, and rolled the bars forward a bit which cured the issue for the most part. I then added a rider backrest, and issue is gone.
I would be unable to ride more than 50 miles with out a driver's backrest..
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I went on a nice 180 mile round trip up to Ottawa Ontario and back the other day and my lower back killed me after about 50 miles... My RK has the stock seat and bars on it. I feel like I need to sit further back (I'm 5'10") and need the handlebars pulled back also. I love the low, classic look of the Kings, and prefer the bars low and swept back to my position on a solo seat.
Anyone experience low back pain and what was your cure? Will moving back help me at all? I definitely don't want a backrest.. but maybe that's the answer?? It sucks because I used to enjoy riding to Laconia NH each year and now I think 5 hours on the bike would be difficult... I guess my age creeping up there is a reality now...
Anyone experience low back pain and what was your cure? Will moving back help me at all? I definitely don't want a backrest.. but maybe that's the answer?? It sucks because I used to enjoy riding to Laconia NH each year and now I think 5 hours on the bike would be difficult... I guess my age creeping up there is a reality now...
Once you have a seat that are comfortable to sit on (in) (hands off the handlebars), and a foot position - footboards and highway pegs that are comfortable while sitting on that seat (hands still off the handlebars), then the way to keep that comfort is to get the handlebars right.
This is the way that has always worked for me to get the most comfortable handlebar position-
Sit on your bike
Have someone hold it up straight for you
Put your feet on the pegs
Close your eyes
Put your hands out to where it is most comfortable to hold them
Open your eyes...where ever your hands are, that is where you want the handlebar grips to be
Your current bars may work, or you may need to get different ones, and you may find that a backrest will help.
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Actually I do have highway pegs on my engine guard.. they were not on the bike in my sig pic... I don't get relief from them alone.. maybe I'll try the riders backrest. I am however going with a Brawler solo seat... is it adaptable with that?
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+1 on the backrest. Its makes a huge difference on long rides.
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