GaTeach
07-03-2016, 10:25 PM
I've had problems from the very beginning with my right shoulder. Later, my right wrist became affected. A couple of months ago, my right wrist was getting prickly and I was concerned that it was starting to feel like it might go numb.
I knew if I wanted to do this trip this summer, I knew I had to do something and that something was helibars. I'd seen them on JimmyTee and Ken's bike at the rally and I never in a million years thought I'd get them but....
After 7,493 miles on this trip, I feel great. My right shoulder doesn't hurt any more than my left shoulder which doesn't hurt any more than it would if I hadn't ridden all those miles. My wrist is not prickly, not feeling numb. Nothing.
The helibars weren't the only adjustment. Grant gave me a throttle lock and put it on SG when I went through New Orleans. While I didn't use it for extended lengths of time, it was enough to give my right side a break. I could stretch or relax. It made a huge difference. thanks! Blueverclear!
I have the stock seat and no highway pegs. My longest day was 714, but I did several days between 400-600. I very seldom change my riding position other than to move farther back on the seat. Every great once in a while, I'll point my toes outward.
Just perfect. It's amazing really.
Somewhere on the forum, someone wrote about using the passenger pegs to stretch. I tried that a couple of times and that was awesome. I could just never remember to do it.
The worst I felt was the couple of days after riding Pike's Peak and the Million Dollar and that was my fault. I was so tense. Terrible, really. All my riding coaches would've been disappointed in me on those two days!
I can't think of anything I'd change really. SG and I had a great ride.
I knew if I wanted to do this trip this summer, I knew I had to do something and that something was helibars. I'd seen them on JimmyTee and Ken's bike at the rally and I never in a million years thought I'd get them but....
After 7,493 miles on this trip, I feel great. My right shoulder doesn't hurt any more than my left shoulder which doesn't hurt any more than it would if I hadn't ridden all those miles. My wrist is not prickly, not feeling numb. Nothing.
The helibars weren't the only adjustment. Grant gave me a throttle lock and put it on SG when I went through New Orleans. While I didn't use it for extended lengths of time, it was enough to give my right side a break. I could stretch or relax. It made a huge difference. thanks! Blueverclear!
I have the stock seat and no highway pegs. My longest day was 714, but I did several days between 400-600. I very seldom change my riding position other than to move farther back on the seat. Every great once in a while, I'll point my toes outward.
Just perfect. It's amazing really.
Somewhere on the forum, someone wrote about using the passenger pegs to stretch. I tried that a couple of times and that was awesome. I could just never remember to do it.
The worst I felt was the couple of days after riding Pike's Peak and the Million Dollar and that was my fault. I was so tense. Terrible, really. All my riding coaches would've been disappointed in me on those two days!
I can't think of anything I'd change really. SG and I had a great ride.