Alright, I'm not a real big guy, but I'm not small either.

5'11", 175lbs

However, I am not really proporinatly built either. I have very long legs 36" inseem, and really long arms. Additionally my shoulders are pretty broad....this is where my issue lies.

I have noticed over the last few weeks that the inside of my hands have begun to ache after about a 30 minute ride. I noticed that specifically my right hand, my last 2 fingers rarely gripped the throttle very well. I realized this was due to the angle of the bars.

I guess I could explain it as this:
Hold your hands up like you're riding. Now turn your *wrists* in slightly, that's where the bars are. Now turn them back out again in a comfortable position, that's where I want the bars to be. Basically, I think the tip of the bar ends need to be rotated out about a 1/2 inch, maybe a 3/4 inch. But, as you can see from the picture below, there is a "stop" attached to the bars that only allows them to rotate a tiny little bit. This is not nearly enough and I need to find a way to fix this.



Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? SOLUTIONS??

Thanks guys,
Spencer

 

WELL I DO ALOT OF TRACK DAYS AND THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN SOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH STOCK HANDLE BARS IS TOO REMOVE THE TOP TRIPLE TREE AND PLACE THE CLIP ON'S UNDERNEATH THE TRIPLE TREE THEN YOU CAN ADJUST THE CLIP ON'S ANYWAY YOU LIKE, KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN LEVERAGE WHEN ADJUSTING THEM OR BUY AFTER MARKET CLIP-ON'S AND LEAVE THE TRIPLE TREE IN PLACE AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE "STOP" HINDERING YOUR ADJUSTABILITY.

 

I was wondering how placing the clip-ons under the clamp would feel on longer rides. Do you run yours normally that way or just track days? Some times I feel a little upright or in beetween positions doing interstate speeds. I try to stay off those things but you gotta get to the twistys somehow.

 

You can supposedly take a file and grind away a couple mils from the inside of the stop without messing up where the bar bolts through the lug. A mil or two there will be exaggerated at the bar end and may give you some relief. I've heard of it done on F4i's, but never done it with an F2. Just a thought.

 

Oh, keep in mind that moving the position of the bars may lead to interference with the fairings. I saw a guy dump an RC after he moved his bars because the brake lever made contact with a fairing in a left turn and locked up the front.

 

Yeah I had noticed that. I could totally see this happening. Then what's the deal? Why are my hands (right ring finger and little finger in particular) so sore after a while riding? I am purposly trying to keep my grip loose but I still get a cramp in my knuckles.

Am I doing something wrong or is it relly not fitting my arms correctly?