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Aug 13, 2016 | 01:34 PM

Joshus41

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How you ride

Just wondering about riding styles/habits. Do you always ride with both hands on the grips? I ride with one hand a lot when on the interstate. Sometimes, i set my cruise and put my hands up on the meat hooks. At times I will lean forward and rest my arms across the bars at the meat hooks. I don't ride with no hands other than to tighten my helmet strap. Sometimes I think this is stupid and unsafe, but if I was all about safety, I wouldn't ride motorcycles....

Aug 13, 2016 | 01:36 PM

the wild hog

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Aug 13, 2016 | 01:45 PM

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Aug 13, 2016 | 02:19 PM

ChickinOnaChain

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First, I don't have any "meat hooks" on my bike.

he only time I ride with one hand is when my left shoulder is hurting. Other than that, sitting down with my feet on the pegs.

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Aug 13, 2016 | 02:45 PM

Mike Lawless

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Originally Posted by ChickinOnaChain

First, I don't have any "meat hooks" on my bike.

he only time I ride with one hand is when my left shoulder is hurting. Other than that, sitting down with my feet on the pegs.

I don't know what meat hooks are, other than the ones in the butcher shop, or when a local cougar comes callin'! (When she gets her "meat hooks" into ya)

My position is pretty relaxed, so I can just ride with a loose grip or even just resting my palms on the grips with both hands without getting tired.

There's no way I would ride on a California interstate without having both hands on the grips. One just never knows when someone in a car or truck is gonna do a "Crazy Ernie" and just swap lanes right into you. Plus, if there is ANY way around it, I don't ride on the interstates anyway. I'm never in a hurry when I'm riding.