setting lever position / angle - how?

[Wonko The Sane]

How would you go about working out the correct / comfortable angle the lever should be positioned at (I'm talking angle on the bar, not reach length)

Think I took my levers off a few years ago and put them back at the wrong angle and now have aching wrists.

Is there a sensible way to do it or is it simply trial and error?
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[CaNsA]

I have the brake lever dropped forward, forcing me to roll off the throttle before grabbing the lever,

[bamt]

I do it just by sitting in my normal position, with my hands in a straight/neutral line with my arms, and that's where the levers should be.

[kgm]

I'd adjust it whilst sat on the bike to what feels comfortable to you. If you want the stock position some bikes have a punch mark on the bars which sits at the join between the upper and lower half of the housing. Not all have that though.

I know this picture shows the actual handle bar mounts but it's the same idea for the lever housings:

https://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee509/VWMX5Ray/1971%20Honda%20CB175K5/1971CB175K5Restoration015_zpse0214c39.jpg

[Teflon-Mike]

Normal seating position; hands on grips; lever should be just beneath fingers of a 'relaxed'' open hand, give or take a little to suit preferance.

If you have aching wrists/hands; they are either grossely out of place, or there's something 'else' like the span out of line, the cable is stiff-siezed, or the handle-bars are actually not quite 'straight'...

IS worth checking the bars; f they are individual clip-ons they aren't always fitted symmetrically; whilst on a conventional bar, only a slight twist or side-to side offset can have you holding them (and or even sitting!) slightly 'skew' and cramping up after a while; and not always visible. Took me ages to track down that the aches the 750 were giving me on longer runs was because the right hand grip was just a tad 'up' from horezontal than the left!! Worth checking forks in yokes whilst you are at it; slight twist of the top-yoke has similar effect.
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