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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: nerve damage from excessive vibration
Message-ID: <1136@ihuxq.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 22:31:04 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 22:31:04 1984
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2 weeks ago I made a 300 mile trip on this very cute
Honda 200 Twinstar--very quiet, great gas mileage, extremely
comfortable seat--but the vibration in the bars gave me a
numbness and fuzzy feeling that did not go away.  The doctor
said it's bruised nerves from a combination of the vibration
and riding position, that it's common in bikers, and heals
slowly (viz: take a lot of aspirin & call me in 3 weeks).
So, many questions:

(1) Anyone else had this happen?  If so,

(2) What symptoms?  How long did it last?

(3) What was the treatment?  Anything particularly good for
    the pain or numbness?  Any thing or activity particularly
    bad (besides another cruise)?

(4) How can I dampen this vibration best?  Special grips?  New bars?
    Maybe fill the ones I have with lead or something to change
    their resonant frequency?  Rubber mounts on the triple clamp?
    (I had removed the standard, silly, uncomfortable pseudo-ape-hangers
    and put on some fairly straight K&N scrambling bars. Do these have
    a reputation for user-unfriendliness?)

Please respond by mail.  If this turns out to be a secret scourge
that everybody gets but nobody talks about, I'll post a summary of
responses.  (Complete discretion assured, of course :-)  I don't
know anyone else who's had this problem from riding, and I've been at
it for a while.  Mostly not going very far, though.

Well, I knew I should have taken my S-90.
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