Am I doing something wrong?
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Another vote for the throttle rocker. A friend who rides constantly advised me to get one. With a good saddle, shield, and throttle rocker, you will find the Sportster is a long distance runner.
Tourer
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RE: Am I doing something wrong?
At least on my Sportster there is a little locking screw you can turn to keep the throttle set at a position. Of course this means you can't just let go of the throttle to decelerate. You will have to turn the throttle back to loose RPM ... But this mean I don't have to even have my hand on the throttle at all if I don't want to ...
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ORIGINAL: Tommo
Thats nowt!....last time I went out me nuts where aching....perhaps ball ache and numb hand have summat in common?
Thats nowt!....last time I went out me nuts where aching....perhaps ball ache and numb hand have summat in common?
Try throwing them over yer shoulder if they get in the way again... crazy British b*stard!
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ORIGINAL: King Kobra
You hit the nail on the head Dale. You are a fairly new rider from reading your previous posts. This is normal. I know the same thing happened to me and I have those ISO grips and wear some gloves with some gel pads in them, yada yada yada. Not the issue 95% of the time when you are a new rider. The death grip syndrome kicks in. Especially on highway riding with no windshield. When you hit 70 for the first time and you are not used to it you feel you must hang on for the fear of the wind pushing you off the back. Well after a few months you will realize this isn't going to happen and you will loosen your grip, and not have the numbing anymore. I know that was the case for me.
You hit the nail on the head Dale. You are a fairly new rider from reading your previous posts. This is normal. I know the same thing happened to me and I have those ISO grips and wear some gloves with some gel pads in them, yada yada yada. Not the issue 95% of the time when you are a new rider. The death grip syndrome kicks in. Especially on highway riding with no windshield. When you hit 70 for the first time and you are not used to it you feel you must hang on for the fear of the wind pushing you off the back. Well after a few months you will realize this isn't going to happen and you will loosen your grip, and not have the numbing anymore. I know that was the case for me.
Hey King, who did your tank? nice paint job.
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