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i can only ride the zxr about 15 miles ( or less ) before my throttle hand starts goin numb. anyone else have this? its ruining my riding. :smt013

Is your front wheel properly balanced? Is the hax bolt that fastens the bar in place nice and tight?

You can try bar weights which can reduce it but on standard zxr bars you dont have the thread at the end to do it. Apparently you can use ZX6R handle bars instead, then you can fit bar end weights.

yea my bars are solid. i have been told its to do with need bar end weights. i think the wheels balanced. i assume it must have been when i had the new tyre fitted

[quote="diesel"]i can only ride the zxr about 15 miles ( or less ) before my throttle hand starts goin numb.

i sometimes have this problem but with my left arm,it proper pisses me off!!

yea. i just wanna sort it. id like to go to a meet that you guys arrange but not if i cant get onto the motorway before pulling over cos of this

yeah man it does my head in,went for a ride earlier with my mate and i'm always shifting around on the bike trying to sort my arm out,i was glad when we got to the pub!!dunno why it happens but as soon as i start to think about it it seems to get worse :smt013

cut the ends off the bars and stick some bar end weights on.

It might be that a weight has come off if it started doing all of a sudden, shouldnt cost more than a tenner to get the wheel checked. Make sure everything is all tight on the front end too, fork clamp bolts, allen bolts etc...

could be shot wheel bearings too. Not had this problem that you speak of. did 170 miles at 80+ having never ridden a zxr before and was only aware of how hard the seat is

wonder if im holding on too tight. i think ill chop the handlebars and get some bar ends

how can you fit bar ends on with no thread? Youll just end up with a flat stub on the end of you cut it, unless of course you have a tapping set?

well sir, i do have a tap and die set ( somewhere ) lol. thats all sorted then

RobB wrote:how can you fit bar ends on with no thread? Youll just end up with a flat stub on the end of you cut it, unless of course you have a tapping set?

bar ends come with a rubber collar that fits inside the bar then when you tighten the allen bolt up it compresses the rubber and grips the bar.

Yeah i get that baz, i was just wondering how he was gonna make them fit without a hole.

aren't the clip ons hollow?