Anti Vibration Gloves

[SA9819]

Just a little thought going through my mind, not sure if this has been covered already, but given the tingle in the fingers, throttle only side on my news 1200GS 2017, I was thinking to try a pair of industrial anti vibration gloves, they are similar in looks to my summer gloves, but might just help with the tingle, any thoughts chime in, but dont shoot, it is only a thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmROa25LVxM

I wore them on my first tour of Afghanistan, in the absence of decent issued kit. Bloody useless in a contact, and they lasted about two months.

Fast forward 10 years, my Knox handroids finally give up the ghost, with the air holes in the fingers becoming bigger than my finger tip. Whilst having a mooch through my gear I find an unused pair of these gloves in my kit and try them on the bike.

Still bloody useless. They bunched up between my palm and fingers and were as tactile as oven mitts.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

I wore them on my first tour of Afghanistan, in the absence of decent issued kit. Bloody useless in a contact, and they lasted about two months.

Fast forward 10 years, my Knox handroids finally give up the ghost, with the air holes in the fingers becoming bigger than my finger tip. Whilst having a mooch through my gear I find an unused pair of these gloves in my kit and try them on the bike.

Still bloody useless. They bunched up between my palm and fingers and were as tactile as oven mitts.

Cheers mate that is exactly the answer I was looking for, so lets move on to another solution.

 

[fred_jb]

I got a couple of numb fingertips on my left hand after my first longish trip on the bike. I fitted a pair of grip puppies before the latest trip of just under 3000 miles, which I have just completed, and have had no further problems. They did make the bars feel a little thick at first but I soon got used to it and now prefer the feel.

Incidentally numbness in the hands is not necessarily always due to Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, for which people can have a wrist decompression operation to ease pressure on the nerves. I get numb hands, particularly on the left, and it is always in stressful riding situations. A physio suggested to me that the compression is not in my wrists, but in my shoulders, and told me how to move my shoulders to ease the problem. Apparently it is a common problem with people who work in IT, as I have for many years, and is due to poor posture in front of computers causing restrictions in the space that nerves and blood vessels run through in the shoulders. I can now get the numbness to go within seconds by un-tensing my shoulders and moving them back.

 

[Deleted account 181015003]

Another one for grip buddies , That way you will still be wearing proper protective gloves. If the grip buddies dont work , it was cheaper .
last resort Decompression op on the affected hand . I had mine done ,never looked back.

That's how I fixed the problem on my bike, I got my hand fixed after trying all the so called fixes I even changing my bike at one point

 

[SA9819]

I'm using these:

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/62458/i/icon-overlord-resistance-gloves

Contact and feel is good and sizing is right. I have heated grips so I'm not worried about the rain / cold (furthest journey so far was a round trip of 390 miles) and they did everything I needed them too.

Edited to add I have arthritis in both hands so the closer I am to the bars the safer / more in control I feel. They probably won't help with bar vibration but I don't seem to suffer from that.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

I was going to comment are you holding handle bars too tight???

No mate been riding far to long to know about that the death grip, It is probably just the holding on to the throttle for a length of time, as on the other side nothing to report.

 

[Ogmios]

Try foamy grips?
Standard issue on my Guzzi Cali 3 and encourage a light grip on the 'bars.
I cant think of a better, more basic and cheap starting point.
I've medical issues that give me wrist / finger pain (stop giggling!) so it is literally a sore point with me.

EDIT:
throttle;
try a plastic 'rocker' cruise control thingy.
Takes a bit of getting used to, but it allows me to flex my fingers and take the pressure off.
Again, cheap and basic.
Good luck.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Well thanks to all gonna try the best gel padded gloves I can find that are not to thick, and the report back.

 

[Sea Dog]

No mate been riding far to long to know about that the death grip, It is probably just the holding on to the throttle for a length of time, as on the other side nothing to report.

Cruise control makes both hands equally free so, if it's a throttle grip/time issue as you suggest above, maybe your answer lies there?

 

[Wobbly65]

My experience is that my GS is one of the smoothest bikes I've ever ridden but perhaps you could try these ? They're about £8 on eBay.

http://www.riskracing.com/pages/Palm_Protector_Page.html

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

My experience is that my GS is one of the smoothest bikes I've ever ridden but perhaps you could try these ? They're about £8 on eBay.

http://www.riskracing.com/pages/Palm_Protector_Page.html

I cannot argue that the bike is not smooth, it really is awesome to ride, and I know the problem is surely me, so just trying to find a simple solution, and many have been given, so thanks to all.