Numb hands - Comfortable Grips - Advice please!

[Monkeypony]

Morning all,

Mrs Monkeypony rides a little SV650, which she enjoys very much.

However, after a full days riding, the vibrations through the bars tend to give her numb hands. After a few days back to back, the numbness can stay for the rest of the week.

The obvious solution was to put foam grip puppies over the oxford hot grips she currently has to try and reduce the vibration a tad.

The trouble is that the has left the circumference of the grip too large and she can't stretch her stupid girlie hands round it.

So, Can anyone recommend a super comfortable vibration reducing grip that I can replace the hot grips with? Or a super skinny grip that I can put the foam over without leaving the grip too large?

Or a ladyfriend with larger hands that I can replace Mrs Monkeypony with?

Ta!
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[daemonoid]

The key is to relax - don't grip so hard and the vibrations won't affect her.

Not much more to it, you can steer a motorbike using the tips of your fingers, same with holding a throttle open. Not saying you should do that, but it shows the minimal contact you need.
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[gbrand42]

I always preferred a girl with small hands
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[Monkeypony]

I don't think there is much wrong with her relaxation, or general riding. She's smooth and quick and can drag a knee with the best of us.

It's just that 8 hours on a buzzy little V twin takes it toll!

She was also getting a numb tuppence, but we sorted that with a sheepskin saddle throw
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[Grubby]

I've got grip puppies on my FJR for the same reason that the hard grips were making my hands hurt as because they were so hard & smooth I had to hold on to the throttle harder in order to maintain a throttle setting.
I find that the trick with the grip puppies is to relax your grip even more than you would do normally when motorway riding as usually the grip coefficient between the glove & the grip is a lot better than you'd give them credit for.
The other thing that I've done is to fit a friction type cruise control which works very well for me.
https://throttlemeister.com/
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[stonesie]

How about a scottoiler cramp buster? She wouldn't have to grip the throttle so tightly then so it should help.

[fatjames]

Is there more vibrations than there should be? If so, might be tyres/wheels/headstock or something loose/broken etc.

If the problem can't be overcome by loosening her a grip slightly, I would imagine there is more to it and no alternative grips will help.

Have a ride on the bike yourself and see how you get on.

[Monkeypony]

Crampbuster isn't a bad idea, I'd forgotten about them. Worth a try for a few quid anyway

Those throttlemeisters look fun, but I'm not sure if something that will keep the bike pinned open is genius, or dangerous!
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[Monkeypony]

[Matt B]

[Jefr0]

I'd hazard a guess it could be lack of or light bar ends.

Take one off on your bike and see how bad the handlebar vibrates.

Put a heavy enough one on and it stops it

Have you ridden it?
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[Grubby]

You can adjust the throttlemeister's friction on the fly so it doesn't have to be locked. It is entirely possible to ride with it on & throttle back. It's not dangerous, if it was I wouldn't have fitted it trust me.....I'm an aircraft engineer!
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[Grubby]

Ask Clanger what she used on her SV.
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[mgh0]

I know a chap who had the sort of problems you describe, he took off the grips, put some high density foam on the bars and secured it with some large heat shrink. Fixed it apparently.

It would be fairly cheap to do, worth a try maybe?
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[Andy_Pagin]

I had the same problem with my Fazer, aftermarket bar-ends sorted it.
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[Monkeypony]

Thanks for all the help folks. It seems that a crampbuster and a set of heavy bar ends will be an inexpensive attempt at a cure
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[Moo.]

Anti-Vibration Rox Risers?

They bludy expensive.. but i;ve heard they work well
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[woo]

change bike?
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[Monkeypony]

A change bike would be the best solution! Changing to something I might enjoy borrowing occasionally would be even better.

Her finances do not allow it at the moment though, so we'll do what we can to improve the comfort levels, but after that, it's 'RULE 5' for her I'm afraid.
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[_Iain_]

[talkToTheHat]

Heavy bar ends sorted vibration problems for me, grip puppies made my hands hurt worse. Balancing carbs and checking valve clearances tends to de-vibe my XV a little.

Gripping less tightly and putting less weight on the bars really helps though.