UNcomfortably numb- arm pump and similar probs

[TonyB]

Only having a laugh at your exspense mate

Join the club

No offense taken

[Toaster]

Tony get one of those powerball things - it strengthens your lower arm quite a bit... we just got one, its great!

I'd rather get the powerball thingy in Lotto!

[Cleve]

I got arm pump quite badly in the first 20 lap race at the Manfeild Nat's last weekend. Jill told me to deep breath as much as I could during the 2nd 20 lap race and try to relax arms when can (only place for me to do that is the final sweeper for a few seconds...)
It helped. My arms were a lot better...

[vagrant]

Yeah sorry Joni....I was taking it as you were suggesting building the muscles up in the forearm...a no-no.
I raced moto-x on 500cc 2 strokes from a young age, and being a runt of a man always struggled with arm pump. I read a lot about it and just about every book by the moto-x greats advised against forearm excercises of any sort. Learning to relax your grip and hold the bike with your knees/legs was the simple answer. If you have a look at the moto gp bikes, alot of the smaller riders have a huge foam pad on the rear cowling to hold them in place under accelleration. This stops them having to hang on with their arms inducing arm pump.

I also noticed quite a few of the guys at Paeroa had something like skateboard anitskid deck tape on the rear of the tank and round the fairings under the seat, I guess so you would not have to grip so hard with your legs?

[Buddha#81:Me]

Its interesting that the subject of stretching has come up. The natural relaxed position for my hands when my arms are by my side is kind of hook shaped. The ends of the fingers are often at 90° to my palms. I normally do pressups on my knuckles with the hjands in a fist, cause doing them palms don is pretty uncomfortable. Looks like stretching is the go.

Missing link! Are you sure that your knuckles wern't dragging on the ground.

[Buddha#81:Me]

After two days in Dangerous's leathers has your hair started turning ginger yet. If you needed leathers with extra room you only had too ask.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I also noticed quite a few of the guys at Paeroa had something like skateboard anitskid deck tape on the rear of the tank and round the fairings under the seat, I guess so you would not have to grip so hard with your legs?

Yeah I've not used it, but I gather it's so they don't have to once again...try and hang on too tightly. Left feild I know....but bit like a golf glove.
If you play without one....you tend to try and grip the club too tightly, which in turn can fuck the rest of your swing up.

Motorcycles hate sudden and/or violent inputs, so if you've got yourself a good grip of it without trying.....gotta be good!

If you have a 'death grip' on the bars, you can actually be pulling on them without even knowing it.....not good.

Ask people like Shaun.....seeing as he's sick enough to ride AND win round the Isle.....he above all people will know how/why!

It can get no harder to hang onto a race bike than round there!

[Kickaha]

If you needed leathers with extra room you only had too ask.

He didn't need a set he could fit the whole family in