Re: [ST] Handle bar question...

["Mike Benzon" <fast87@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lance
I think you will find most people here will tell you your problem is not
with the handlebars, rather, it is your seating style. Riding a bike such as
the ST or anything else of similar design, you must learn to hold your upper
torso upright with your abdomen muscles and not your arms. It takes a little
time to adjust, but given the proper amount of time, you will learn it. You
mentioned "the large Triumph windscreen", if you mean the bike you rode had
a taller than stock windscreen, this too can contribute to the problem. The
stock windscreen allows sufficient wind flow to press against the rider's
chest to help hold them upright while at speeds above 55 mph, where of
course any rider is going to be if not more. I have experimented with a lot
of configurations on my ST and now I find myself back to the original bars
and windscreen. The difference now is I let my abdomen, my legs and the wind
hold me up (at a slight forward lean, so that my arms are slightly bent) and
I feel very much comfortable riding for hours.
Mike Benzon
Burney CA
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Lance Renshaw" <lrenshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 5:24 AM
Subject: [ST] Handle bar question...


> Hello all,
>
> I currently ride a Tiger and a new 'Wing and have been lusting after an ST
> for sometime.  This past weekend my dealer let me spend the day on one and
I
> loved it with the exception that my hands would fall asleep within 20
miles.
> I've had a short ride on a Genmar riser-equipped ST and it didn't seem to
> make any difference, but then I didn't ride it for 150+miles either.  I
seem
> to need to sit up higher (I'm 5 foot 10 inches) but don't want to end up
> above the large Triumph windscreen.
>
> I'd like to hear comments and advice from anyone who has been in the same
> situation.  If either Genmar or Heli-bar risers have helped, please let me
> know.  I love the bike, as does my co-rider/girlfriend, but right now
> there's now way I could ride it for any length of time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lance Renshaw
> '99 turbo Tiger
> '01 Gold Wingebago
> (lusting for an '04 ST)
>
>
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