RE: [ST] Prob: Vibration causing hands to go to sleep

["Paul Hoeffer \(Merentha\)" <phoeffer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric,

It does. I had the risers taken off yesterday and started paying more
attention to how I sit and the angle of my wrists per your and Nick's
suggestions.

Even with unpadded leather gloves, I can reduce the effect greatly by
altering where on the seat I sit, how much I hunch over, what my wrist
angle is, and amount of pressure on the bards.  I was amazed at how much
variation I could get.  So far the biggest change comes from sitting
right up against the tank as opposed to further back on the seat where I
had become used to sitting.

While I can now minimize the effects to just "annoying", I'm still going
to have the bike looked as I still don't feel the engine is running
right.

Paul

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric
Drayer
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 8:24 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ST] Prob: Vibration causing hands to go to sleep 


Paul:

I had that problem for a short time twice.  The first was when I picked
up my ST last summer.  After not riding for 15+ years (and much smaller
bikes at that) I was a little nervous which resulted in gripping my bars
too tight.  After I realized that and loosened up it went right away.
Of course you would think I learned from that.  This spring after the
winter layoff I took my baby out for a spin and had the numbness again.
Same solution worked....just relax and ease up your grip....instant
solution.

You may think you are using a light grip but are probably not.  Try
putting something very soft inbetween your hand and grip to see how
light a touch you are really using.

Hope it helps.

Eric


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Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 10:25 AM
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Subject: [ST] Prob: Vibration causing hands to go to sleep