Hand driving styles

[bikerboy]

BOO HOO HOO

[Kwaka-Kid]

i actually find it the other way around Ant... on my CB250 being so light it was all scetchy sorta thing.. on the old GPZ750 it was perfect to go no hands, not that i did it lots, only whe ni forgot to do up zip fully, or somthing like that, and id wait till road was clear as, or preferably a traffic light.  Anyways leave ant alone 4skins dont get too worked up dude we like to play nice in this little play-pen

[MikeL]

Hey Andrew, got a new bike?

Still got the RGV??

[georgedubyabush]

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
i actually find it the other way around Ant... on my CB250 being so light it was all scetchy sorta thing.. on the old GPZ750 it was perfect to go no hands

like the Goldwingers that put on cruise control and sit up in the back seat.

[750Y]

Occasionally on a long trip, if I've got plenty of space on the highway and I'm cruising at the legal limit, I'll rest my left elbow & forearm on the tank to take the weight off my wrists for a short spell. This is only on long straights though. I find my bike can get really uncomfortable at low speed on the open road after a couple hours riding. I choose the time/place carefully, as it obviously gives You less control than two hands. If I rode a touring bike i'd probably never need to do so but the latest sportbikes are hard work touring with. I also find myself standing up on the pegs sometimes to give the backside a quick rest and to stretch the legs.

[Zed]

I find myself riding with just my right hand mostly with my lefty resting at my side... thought about you guys and had me wondering.

Lefties being the lucky ones with screw knobs on the throttles... aka. - cruise control!

Gidday Antallica,

Sometimes I take my left hand off to have a quick stretch or sit very upright for a spell, but not much longer than 10-20 secs at a time.

Also, my bike is great for "no hands", but I also only do this temporarily when I need a stretch or have to pull down my jacket after a quick sprint!

Do you use only 1 hand because you are disabled or something? Maybe you suffer cramps? I replaced my '92 GSXR750 because of cramps on long trips- footpegs too high, etc. I really can't see that 1 hand would be more comfortable or beneficial to the overall riding experience? Rather boring actually!


Zed

[wkid_one]

heres an idea,
Riding with both hands on the handle bars except left hand is on right handle bar and vice versa. Anybody game to try it!

Or try using your feet to operate the hand controls and your hands for the foot controls

I often ride with only my throttle hand....but then when I was riding the R1 is was good to take weight off the wrists.

Also - the odd no hander esp when throttling off in to towns etc to stretch the back out.

[Coldkiwi]

I agree with the other sportriders here. things like gsxr's, R1's etc do put a lot of weight on the wrists and a crick in the neck on straight roads. I routinely have the left hand off and resting to allow me to sit up a little more.

and if you can't take a hand off and ride at least to 130kph on a straight road on a 600cc+ bike, I have concerns about your riding ability (or the mechanical stability of ya bike!)

[riffer]

Mostly both hands, but like the other sports bike riders I get sore wrists and have to ride just with the one hand occasionally.

When I throttle off going into a 50km/h area I will take my hands off the bars for a stretch too.

Funny though, my left wrist and hand hardly ever get sore - I wonder if this is due to repetitive strain from at least 20 years of computers and 30+ years of guitar playing.

Do any other sports bike riders get more sore in one hand or the other?

[marty]

i note there's no harley riders in here - the answer would be obvious anyway

[Jackrat]

Tried to hold the throttle with me left hand while I dug a coin out of me pocket with me right hand once. NEVER NEVER do that!!.Now I hang on with both hands and any toll collector can just bloody wait.

[onearmedbandit]

Well its pretty fuckin obvious how many hands I ride with. And for all those that doubt a bike can be properly controlled with one hand, come for a ride with me. I'm no track demon, but can set and keep a rapid pace, all with one hand on the bars. (Got no choice really!)

[Jackrat]

Well its pretty fuckin obvious how many hands I ride with. And for all those that doubt a bike can be properly controlled with one hand, come for a ride with me. I'm no track demon, but can set and keep a rapid pace, all with one hand on the bars. (Got no choice really!)

Many respects mate
If you don't mind me asking,how do you have your bike set up??

[MikeL]

Like others here I often take both hands off when throttling back, but I sometimes wonder whether I could be done for some vague regulation in the Road Code about not having proper control of the bike. I recall reading a post on an American bike forum where a rider got ticketed for that reason. Anyone here heard of such a thing?

[Jackrat]

Like others here I often take both hands off when throttling back, but I sometimes wonder whether I could be done for some vague regulation in the Road Code about not having proper control of the bike. I recall reading a post on an American bike forum where a rider got ticketed for that reason. Anyone here heard of such a thing?

Well a mate of mine once got done for standing on the seat waving has arms about.The cop was siting behind me in a plain car,I knew who he was but my fool mate found out the hard way.Man was that cop pissed off or what