Pinching pain/ muscles knotting
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From: Maryland
Pinching pain/ muscles knotting
up on one side of neck going across shoulder after riding for a few hours. Have Yaffee 10" monkey bars. Like to have them back another 1" but they are as far back on my Ultra Limited as I can get. Anybody else have this problem? Anything fix it?
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Joined: Mar 2015
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From: So Cal
Same thing on the first few rides in Baja on the dirt bike. Felt like somebody was trying to stick a knife in my back between the shoulder blades. After a few more trips it went away.
My 19 year old employee on a new Wide Glide just told me he has the same thing when on a longer ride. I suggested he put up with it for a few more rides and then decide if anything needs changing. Our ride last Saturday he said it was much better.
My 19 year old employee on a new Wide Glide just told me he has the same thing when on a longer ride. I suggested he put up with it for a few more rides and then decide if anything needs changing. Our ride last Saturday he said it was much better.
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From: Lawrenceville,GA/Rome,Italy
I was experiencing the same pain,so after doing some researching here on the Forum I decided that the handlebars were the culprit.I bought a set of WO 575 and longer cables,had them installed but after an hour or so of riding the pain resurfaces.I like the way the new handlebars perform but I haven't solved my problem (pain),lately I'm having this pain even when not riding,will have to schedule a visit with an orthopedist.
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From: Florida
I've had the same problem with just about every Harley I've owned, except an old FXR that had buckhorn bars. When I purchased the Fat Boy, I put on some apes that brought my hands to shoulder height. Can ride pain free forever now. I have some friends who have gone the Heli-Bar route and they like them. They look good on a full dresser & they are not so expensive when you consider you don't have to change any cables.
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Your lucky I can only ride for around 45 minutes at a time before I get that kind of pain, I get off the bike and the pain disappears usually in seconds but I have to wait about 1/2 an hour before I can continue riding, I started having the problem some years ago with drag bars so I changed to Harleys mini apes which are better but not a lot, I'm seeing a chiropractor at the moment which is starting to make a difference, the X-rays they took showed that my spine looked like a snake had small unwanted bends in it from top to bottom, according to one of the guys I see when I asked him how many people have curves in their spines that arnt surposed to be there he laughed and said around 80%, I think a lot of people now are developing the dreaded iPhone neck.
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Other than changing out your bars, morphine.