--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, "Ian Ellison" <ian@...> wrote:
>
> Those of you with long memories will remember back in May I said how I'd got
> carpal tunnel type symptoms on a longish ride on my ST4S. I ordered some
> grip puppies, foam overgrips that make the bars more padded, in the hope it
> would be more comfortable.
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> I have done very little riding over the last few months but today I did a
> round trip of about 130 miles. I think I would have to say the grip puppies
> didn't really help - my wrists and hands were still pretty sore at the end
> of it. I need to realign the levers - they're too high so I'm bending my
> wrists back and that's a large part of the problem. I am tempted to take the
> grips off again and see how it compares, but for now I'd have to say there's
> not a lot in it but probably worse rather than better.
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> Given the pains I always get in my hands I'm seriously considering selling
> the ST4S (both of them) and sticking to the Elefant..
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> IanE
>
Sorry to hear of the problems, Ian. You might do better with ProGrip 714 Enduro grips, which are much more comfortable than the OEM ones, or any others I've used. Not having seen the Grip Puppies, I'd be suspicious of wide-diameter squashy over-grips that could stretch your hand open yet require a firm hold for control. The 714s are the business; hand-friendly and grippy and just the right shape and size.
As to lever angle; I always set mine at just above a straight line from arm through to fingertips, with your palm on the grips. That way, as you apply pressure, they align in a straight pull for the tendons in your wrist.
Your comments on the Elefant being better suggest your problem might be more to do with posture and loading on your hands, with the resultant vibration of road shocks being fed into your sensitive wrists. You'd need to raise the 'bars on the ST a lot to reduce that.
NickW, UK
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