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Old 07-22-2011, 02:29 PM
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Default Handlebar vibration numb tingly hands

I switched to biltwell frisco bars and have noticed that on the highway when im going 60ish my hands are tingling and starting to numb up.

im thinking about adding like 12 to 14 oz of weight to each bar end on the inside think it will soak up the vibration?

any suggestions to eliminate this?
 
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Old 07-22-2011, 02:35 PM
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nope...get used to it. ran 14's for a while and that's just what happens man when your arms are even or higher than your shoulders. awesome avatar. nothing like a lil tattoed hottie on a friday night.......
 
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I don't know about the vibration but it just may be the position of your arms. I adjusted the angle on my bars slightly and the numbness went away. You may want to try it.
 
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nothing i did made the numbness go away, i heard about it before i went to apes and say ahhhh, i'll be fine. between that and being a windsail on the HW i got rid of them.
 
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Sorry for the thread hijack but, speaking of vibrations. I find my bike vibrates a lot simply on idle. I can't remember how it was last year. Can anybody post up a vid or something so I can compare? What are the odds that a support is broken on a 2010 bike?
 
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I went with a set of "Vibranators", they are inserted into the ends of the bars and reduced vibrations by about 50%, I also added a set of iso-grips and in all netted about a 75% reduction. Mike
 
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damn the Vibranators cost 99 bucks i might as well just switch to the biltwell chumps there the same price lol
 
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I started wearing gloves with the gel pacs in the palms, full in winter and fingerless in the heat. Eliminated most of the vibration for my old hands.
 
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This happens to me too and I have drag bars... I noticed sometimes it doesn't happen when I change how tight I hold on or the angle my arms are at when riding...... Tried using some mechanix gloves but that didn't fix it
 
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Had similar issues on my 03 sporty. Put on the kury iso grips and that seemed to help a lot
 


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