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The throttle return spring on my 78' 550 is waaaaay to heavy to not squeeze the grips. Without squeezing, the throttle returns to 0. No way around having to squeeze the hell out of the grips for me.
Hey Mick. I've found that pain in the hands and wrists is usually caused by improperly positioned bars...
The bars the PO had on my bike have quite a sweep/pullback, and I find the same things as OP: my hands are at a funny angle with the bars. You want straight wrists, or like me, your hands will be shoved into the "pocket" in the grips. This, combined with the seams of my gloves, causes a pinch along the bottom of my thumb. These are the exact same grips I have on my bike and this is the exact same issue I am having. You nailed it. I ordered some new, smaller and lower profile grips. Should be here Friday so we will see if they help before I change out my bars. Also going to tinker with the angle a little more.
Quote from: scottly on October 22, 2013, 08:18:50 PMHey Mick. I've found that pain in the hands and wrists is usually caused by improperly positioned bars...[/quoteAlso... I think the stock set up is the MOST ergonomic.see, that's the thing...everybody's body is different. I am kinda short and so are my arms, and that makes the stock american market cb bars too high for me...they put my hands almost at the level of my shoulders. That makes my hands fall asleep and my shoulders get tired quickly. I have a cb750 with clubmans and rearsets and a cb550 with stock riding position and I can honestly say that I am more comfortable for longer on the 750. I will probably try some superbike bars on the 550 if I keep it long enough. The ideal situation for finding what fits, is to have lots of different bikes to try...
Hey Mick. I've found that pain in the hands and wrists is usually caused by improperly positioned bars...[/quoteAlso... I think the stock set up is the MOST ergonomic.
The bars the PO had on my bike have quite a sweep/pullback, and I find the same things as OP: my hands are at a funny angle with the bars. You want straight wrists, or like me, your hands will be shoved into the "pocket" in the grips. This, combined with the seams of my gloves, causes a pinch along the bottom of my thumb. I am ordering Euro bars from vintagecb750.com this week (slightly more narrow and straight compared to their superbike bars).
Quote from: DJ_AX on October 24, 2013, 09:10:48 AMQuote from: scottly on October 22, 2013, 08:18:50 PMHey Mick. I've found that pain in the hands and wrists is usually caused by improperly positioned bars...[/quoteAlso... I think the stock set up is the MOST ergonomic.see, that's the thing...everybody's body is different. I am kinda short and so are my arms, and that makes the stock american market cb bars too high for me...they put my hands almost at the level of my shoulders. That makes my hands fall asleep and my shoulders get tired quickly. I have a cb750 with clubmans and rearsets and a cb550 with stock riding position and I can honestly say that I am more comfortable for longer on the 750. I will probably try some superbike bars on the 550 if I keep it long enough. The ideal situation for finding what fits, is to have lots of different bikes to try...Can I borrow everybody's bike to try? Please?
Those grips have always been known as "Big Titty Grips" they are period correct, but not comfortable for some.
QuoteThose grips have always been known as "Big Titty Grips" they are period correct, but not comfortable for some.Ha Ha! They're the same as Besson grips over here, but I will refer to them as Big Titty from now on!I put Big Titty grips on all my bikes, regardless of the bars. My ageing wrists appreciate not having to wind the throttle open so much to accelerate, and the skinnier standard grips make my hands hurt after a while.Just goes to show how subjective and individual this is!
The bigger circumference of those grips means you actually have to turn them further not less....
I do find the fatter ones more comfortable though.
Larger grip = more leverage.
I switched to a much firmer/higher density foam grips and that's done the trick and they're pretty durable.
Quote from: Bailgang on October 24, 2013, 03:01:59 PM I switched to a much firmer/higher density foam grips and that's done the trick and they're pretty durable.I've been using the same type of grips for several years, and they work for me. I've always found the "titty" style grips to be too fat, especially with heavy winter gloves.
