Numb Hands.........
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RE: Numb Hands.........
I used to not be able to go 5 miles on my Fatboy with out my right hand going completely dead, IT SUCKED!!!!!!!!
I changed my bars to 12.5" Wild1 Chubby Apes which brought my hands up closer to my shoulder height and no more numbness.
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I changed my bars to 12.5" Wild1 Chubby Apes which brought my hands up closer to my shoulder height and no more numbness.
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RE: Numb Hands.........
25 years ago I had 2 Honda's. The first was a 900Cb, the second was an Interstate. Both bikes would make my hands go numb.
Now I own a 2006 Heritage Classic and my hands do not go numb. GO FIGURE.
I always thought it was the position of my arms restricting blood flow.
Now I own a 2006 Heritage Classic and my hands do not go numb. GO FIGURE.
I always thought it was the position of my arms restricting blood flow.
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From: Western, MA.
RE: Numb Hands.........
ORIGINAL: jungleman
25 years ago I had 2 Honda's. The first was a 900Cb, the second was an Interstate. Both bikes would make my hands go numb.
Now I own a 2006 Heritage Classic and my hands do not go numb. GO FIGURE.
I always thought it was the position of my arms restricting blood flow.
25 years ago I had 2 Honda's. The first was a 900Cb, the second was an Interstate. Both bikes would make my hands go numb.
Now I own a 2006 Heritage Classic and my hands do not go numb. GO FIGURE.
I always thought it was the position of my arms restricting blood flow.
I went for a 250 mile round trip the other day and I had absolutly no issue with "numb hands" [sm=hail.gif]
I'll be adding weights to a buddys Standard sometime next week. He's gonna be using the same HD grips so we'll see for sure if it's the weights alone that did the trick.
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From: Western, MA.
RE: Numb Hands.........
Stopped in at Rolands Motor Works in Northampton, MA yesterday to get an inspection.
While I was there I was talking to Roland about my vibration issues and he gave my bike the once over. He said that the handlebars were way to tight. There was absolutely no movement from the rubber bushings. When he tried to move my bars, the whole bike shook. He said that chances are whoever installed the risers probably threw an extra washer in there and now the rubber bushings are so compressed they can't do what they're supposed to do, which is absorb vibration.
I bought a $12.00 set of Drag Specialty bushings and took my bars off. When I pulled out the bushings, low & behold each set had a huge lock washer in there. One of the rubber bushings was pretty weathered and they were both solid as a rock.
I had no problem removing the originals or installing the new ones. The bolts that hold the bushings & risers actually bottoms out so you can't over tighten. I now have some slight movement in the handlebars.
Roland had mentioned that the bushings should be changed every few years because they are exposed to the elements and they do get dry-rot which affects performance.
Rolands has a website, it's, www.rolandsmotorworks.com
The website is just getting under way. You might want to check out Rolands Bio. It's pretty impressive!
Figured I'd mention this little tid-bit in case anybody is having vibration issues in the bars.
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While I was there I was talking to Roland about my vibration issues and he gave my bike the once over. He said that the handlebars were way to tight. There was absolutely no movement from the rubber bushings. When he tried to move my bars, the whole bike shook. He said that chances are whoever installed the risers probably threw an extra washer in there and now the rubber bushings are so compressed they can't do what they're supposed to do, which is absorb vibration.
I bought a $12.00 set of Drag Specialty bushings and took my bars off. When I pulled out the bushings, low & behold each set had a huge lock washer in there. One of the rubber bushings was pretty weathered and they were both solid as a rock.
I had no problem removing the originals or installing the new ones. The bolts that hold the bushings & risers actually bottoms out so you can't over tighten. I now have some slight movement in the handlebars.
Roland had mentioned that the bushings should be changed every few years because they are exposed to the elements and they do get dry-rot which affects performance.
Rolands has a website, it's, www.rolandsmotorworks.com
The website is just getting under way. You might want to check out Rolands Bio. It's pretty impressive!
Figured I'd mention this little tid-bit in case anybody is having vibration issues in the bars.
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