Sports: Re: [DucatiST] Re: Grip Puppies

Marty,

All depends on the person, I have never had a problem with my ST3s and I have 60k on the clock. I rode a friends ST3s with Heli bars and I thought it was very very uncomfortable after 200 miles i gave him his back and was once again happy on mine with the standard bars.

Oh and I had a Carpel tunnel decompression carried out in 1988 on my right wrist and got back on my RG 250 a couple of weeks later with next to no issues, so that too depends on age and health of the person.

Doug

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On Aug 30, 2011, at 23:12, "Marty" <martys@msn.com> wrote:

when I got my ST3s a few years I was ready to sell it after les then a motnh due to hand/wrist issues. I added a set of Hella bars and it was like night and day. they raise the bars enough so your arms are more horizontal and the wrist angle is pulled in enough so the it's in a more natural and less strained position.

you wrist pains are not a result of grip compounds, but wrist positioning. Look for Hella bars, they should help a lot.

good luck,
Marty

--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, "Ian Ellison" <ian@...> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
> Good advice, thanks. Your description of the grip puppies is spot on.
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> I'll be getting the files and Allen keys out later!
>
> > 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.
>
>
> Can you get Captain America style cowhorns to fit with a comfort fairing?
> :-)
>
>
> IanE
>