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Posted by griz01
- June 17, 2013, 06:39:14 AMQuote from: greenbarn on June 16, 2013, 20:48:45 PMIronclad Impact gloves are the one that have pads in the palm, work well for me. Dr told me to use them AFTER my surgery for riding.Hmmm.... I had recently considered asking the doc about the possibilities of surgery. Maybe not. Proves once again surgery is not always a "cure".
I can't get by an hour - my throttle hand starts to get numb in a few minutes. I use a throttle lock and that gets me by. But it would be nice to totally eliminate the issue...
Ironclad gloves - these are work-style golves, right? never thought about that, but sounds like a good idea, maybe I'll look some of them up.
Posted by John Hopkins
- June 16, 2013, 21:29:15 PMGrip weights are supposed to cut down on vibrations and there is a noticable vibration on my drifter, however I think most problems riders have is gripping the bars too tightly, the only time I grip the bars firmly is when riding over uneven ground or when leaning into a curve, most of the time my hands almost hover over the grips with my thumbs underneath, sometimes I rest one hand or the other on my leg just above the knee and rub my leg to get my hands warm, when I fitted my new heated grips I accidently used a fraction too much grip glue and this caused the throttle to be a bit tight, I thought I would ride like that for a few miles to see if it acted like a cruise control and to see if I liked it..1000 miles later and I am still riding with that tightness and find it makes a very useful cruise control, it's no bother to twist the throttle down to change gear and I can rest my right hand and still maintain a steady speed..
John.
Posted by Pilgrim
- June 16, 2013, 21:12:04 PMThey are supposed to reduce high amplitude handlebar vibration...what ever that is.
I think it means the vibration caused by high RPMs
Posted by greenbarn
- June 16, 2013, 20:48:45 PMHmmm.... I had recently considered asking the doc about the possibilities of surgery. Maybe not. Proves once again surgery is not always a "cure".
I can't get by an hour - my throttle hand starts to get numb in a few minutes. I use a throttle lock and that gets me by. But it would be nice to totally eliminate the issue...
Ironclad gloves - these are work-style golves, right? never thought about that, but sounds like a good idea, maybe I'll look some of them up.
Posted by Pilgrim
- June 16, 2013, 20:15:43 PMwell after I installed phat II risers and got the iso grips my numbness and tinglin went away. I was thinking less vibration on my handlebar mounted GPS would be cool.
Posted by griz01
- June 16, 2013, 20:04:07 PMAlso had the carpel tunnel surgery, 
don't. same result as troll. seems like any weight at the bars would reduce vibs. I now have IronClad brand of impact gloves seems to help me as much as anything else I have tried.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 16, 2013, 19:31:00 PMPilgrim, go and buy them and install them and then write a nice easy to read report, and list the pros and cons. I will bet that a lot of people will follow your advice and do what you suggest.
Ok this my cure my right hand numbness too.....
GreenBarn I have not felt nor noticed the vibrations on mine but my right hand does go numb after about an hour or so but not enough to panic or worry about, within seconds of stopping the numbness is gone. When I wear my neoprene gloves there is no numbness, so perhaps a padded palm on the glove is the answer.
Posted by Troll
- June 16, 2013, 19:28:08 PMI had the surgery to repair my bilateral carpal tunnel in '07.....my advice is to live with it... wear a brace, adjust your handlebar angle so your wrist is straighter..get a throttle boss....6 years and I'm still waiting for the miracle cure...my hands now tingle all the time, the scar area is so sensitive I can't do push ups any more, and my grip strength is down to under 30 psi from 160.....and then there is the dropping things all the time.
Posted by greenbarn
- June 16, 2013, 19:20:28 PMHmm, do you have much handlebar vibration?? I hadn't noticed much on mine, but maybe it does have a bit and I didn't notice.
I've never seen the weights, but by all means give us a report if you try them! I'd be willing to spend $32 if it would lesson my hand-numbing issues. I have carpal tunnel, and it's worse in the throttle hand.... sucks getting old...
Posted by Pilgrim
- June 16, 2013, 16:19:08 PMBefore I spend $32 of my moldy money...do those grip weights really make a difference? I'm looking at the Kuryakyn weights for the ends of my ISO grips specifically. They claim to cut down on handlebar vibration significantly.