Pressure On Throttle Hand - Something To Try For The Pain

[pistole]

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- coming from my Heritage Softail , the forward cant of the C14 was a new thing for me. This caused me pain in my throttle hand (not wrist as other riders have experienced).

- basically the pain was centered in the area between the Thumb and Forefinger. This is made worse by the fact that I always cover the front brake lever with two fingers which causes an unnatural stretch in that area.

- needless to say , it hurt alot and it requires regular shaking out to clear it. Also noticed that if i don't cover the brake lever with the 2 fingers , the pain basically goes away.

- experimented today with the above , and with the larger + softer area = no more pain in the hand. Doesn't look great , but heck ..

- something for you guys to try perhaps , ie , just to check whether it can help you to ease the discomfort.

- cheers.

[Mogster]

I use one of these http://www.equinoxmc.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=42 on long haul rides, it takes the emphasis on 'gripping' the throttle and allows a much more relaxed feel.

[Bondu]

Grip puppies are excellent

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[O.C.]

Just remembered I have/had some grip puppies somehwere...... found 'em.......they're now fitted  [/b]

[Winston Smith]

Why 'cover' the front brake with two fingers?

If you can't react quick enough then maybe you shouldn't be riding!

Seriously, why?  You don't have a full grip of the bar/throttle, resting fingers on brake may cause some drag on brakes too.

Get out of the bad habit and remove the pain.

I found that hitting my head against the wall really caused pain and discomfort.  When I stopped however, the pai, for some reason went away..............

[pistole]

Why 'cover' the front brake with two fingers?

If you can't react quick enough then maybe you shouldn't be riding!

Seriously, why?  You don't have a full grip of the bar/throttle, resting fingers on brake may cause some drag on brakes too.

Get out of the bad habit and remove the pain.

I found that hitting my head against the wall really caused pain and discomfort.  When I stopped however, the pai, for some reason went away..............

- its a pretty established way for people to ride motorcycles safely.

- google is your friend.

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[viper]

cant say ive ever covered my brakes with two fingers , i think id be  more likely to grab a handful of front brake in an over reaction to an incident, but thats just me

[Bondu]

I cover the brakes with two fingers when filtering or in heavy traffic, otherwise not at all 

[Winston Smith]

- its a pretty established way for people to ride motorcycles safely.

- google is your friend.

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[BigAlan]

RoadCraft, a Class One and three class one requalifications, Diploma in Motorcycle Training and DSA Motorcycle authorised - My Friend!

I have a degree, in incompetence which stands me in good stead, on normal riding I don't cover the brake, but when filtering in Oxford where we have some numptys driving cars I do tend to cover the brake.

Alan

[Winston Smith]

      (Maybe not in Oxford but in any built up area where numpties lurk!)

[viper]

 

[trousersnake01]

I never cover the front brake unless Im aware I may have to stop unexpectedly where I'm going to need some major front brakes, ie passing across a junction where there is a twat waiting to pull out that may have not seen you.

You should be covering the back brake in the situations you are thinking of, ie filtering. Your back brake should always be going on before the front even if its a split second, to cover the front is going to cause you to loose the front end.

Get yourself on a bikesafe day or an join advanced motorcyclist training group as it will assist you to spot the hazards earlier so you can get rid of the speed

[trousersnake01]

I love the idea of putting the inner tube around the bar grips. I suffer from pain across the palm of the hand both sides which I found changes with the quality of the heated grips I have on different bikes. My last honda grips were not to bad, before that I had oxford grips which were really good, on the GTR , it came with this nasty pair of daytona grips which look really cheap which I cant understand how someone spends all that money on a bike then puts crap on. Anyway I can notice the difference in the diameter of the grips which puts more pressure in a smaller area across the palm. So by making the diameter slightly bigger I would think that would make them more comfortable on my old hands.

When I had my blackbird, I had the same problem on my hands, (the GTR is nowhere as bad, I find it minimal) so I used to wear thin summer gloves with cycling glover inside as they have padding on the palm and are fingerless for brake feeling.

[viper]

I never cover the front brake unless Im aware I may have to stop unexpectedly where I'm going to need some major front brakes, ie passing across a junction where there is a twat waiting to pull out that may have not seen you.

You should be covering the back brake in the situations you are thinking of, ie filtering. Your back brake should always be going on before the front even if its a split second, to cover the front is going to cause you to loose the front end.

Get yourself on a bikesafe day or an join advanced motorcyclist training group as it will assist you to spot the hazards earlier so you can get rid of the speed

when i did my direct access bike test 10 years ago they definately told us to apply front brake slightly before the rear and on the emergency stop the examiner was looking to see if the front forks dived down . In physics terms applying the front brake first pushes the energy of the bike into the road and then the rear brake assists in scrubbing off speed. applying the rear brake first is dipping the rear of the bike and makes the front end lighter which losses you traction, IMO