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Old 16-10-06, 04:26 PM   #6
colinbal4
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An SV really shouldn't be giving you sore wrists. Its more wristy than something without clip on bars, but they are still a pretty comfortable bike, loads of London couriers use them.

On a wristy bike your wrists and arms are an extension of your front forks. Last time I saw you your front fork preloads were pretty extreme, but I can't remeber if they were really soft or really hard. Stick them back to the factory setting plus a couple of turns firmer to take away a bit of wallow and see how you get on. Too hard will give continual shock up the forks, too soft will increase the body weight resting on your wrists.

Also practice loosening your grip. One good way is to close the throttle when slowing down by letting it slide thru your fingers and letting the left bar move about inside a loosely clenched fist.
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