jasetheace
Fairly new to this site, so I'm not sure if you've covered this one before!
If anyone else out there suffers from numb hands after 20 or so miles (might just be me getting old) then this may just be a cheap and easy solution for you.
I had no luck in finding any heavier bar-end weights, as the standard ones weigh about 220g each - pretty heavy actually and far more than the ones on my similarly vibey Monster.
The solution I came up with was wheel weights! I managed to stuff about 140g of these (70g either side) down the bars and it made a massive difference!
My left hand now takes a good 50 miles to go numb(ish) and my right hand seems to be unaffected by vibes at all now (probably because of the extra damping provided by the throttle sleeve).
As the weights are just pushed into place with no glue etc. and held in place by the standard end-weights, it would be fairly easy to remove them if you didn't like the effects. Equally, I'm sure if you trimmed the weights a little better, you could get over double this amount in there - worth experimenting with if you are a sufferer. Also tipping-in lead shot anyone??
I know this flies in the face of the "remove this / save weight on that" process, but I felt that being able to still feel the throttle and brake lever after 100 miles of riding was far more important to me.... now where are those carbon airbox side covers I ordered?
Jase
If anyone else out there suffers from numb hands after 20 or so miles (might just be me getting old) then this may just be a cheap and easy solution for you.
I had no luck in finding any heavier bar-end weights, as the standard ones weigh about 220g each - pretty heavy actually and far more than the ones on my similarly vibey Monster.
The solution I came up with was wheel weights! I managed to stuff about 140g of these (70g either side) down the bars and it made a massive difference!
My left hand now takes a good 50 miles to go numb(ish) and my right hand seems to be unaffected by vibes at all now (probably because of the extra damping provided by the throttle sleeve).
As the weights are just pushed into place with no glue etc. and held in place by the standard end-weights, it would be fairly easy to remove them if you didn't like the effects. Equally, I'm sure if you trimmed the weights a little better, you could get over double this amount in there - worth experimenting with if you are a sufferer. Also tipping-in lead shot anyone??
I know this flies in the face of the "remove this / save weight on that" process, but I felt that being able to still feel the throttle and brake lever after 100 miles of riding was far more important to me.... now where are those carbon airbox side covers I ordered?
Jase