Right I am new to this kind of bike its my second one and I am starting to real like it after a ride out at the weekend with a couple of friends but what I don't like is ever since I got the bike my right wrist is killing me I am left handed freak I know but is there anything I can do to help as its killing me all day now ???
Many riders will ride the Daytona with their weight on their wrists, consequently it doesn't take long for the stresses created to be transferred into pain. IMHO this is generally because their riding style is wrong for the 675.: Look at the bike, it's not a "sit up & beg", it's a" tuck down race" style. The most comfortable way to ride the bike is as a race bike; Tuck your self to the tank, & grip the tank with your knees so that there is no weight whatsoever on your arms (& they are free to control the bike, rather than support your bodyweight). Your core body strength is now supporting your mass, through your stomach muscles & back. You may feel "a bit silly" at first, lying in a racing tuck at 25mph in town traffic, but IMO riding these bike is about your enjoyment, not about how you look to others.
Definitely all about knee grip with these, I found some Techspec snakeskin tank grip helped a lot too with grip strength. I also found once I gripped more with my knees and relaxed my upper body my riding became much more fluid with a lot less pain!
+1 on the techspecs snake skins - enough grip for road riding or quickish (by my standards!) track riding without eating up your leathers, which some are meant to do. Also, if you relax and think about your cornering, counter steering means you push the right bar to turn right, push left to turn left - you end up dropping your shoulder into the corner and generally relax more than using a "death grip" on the bars. Then there's using the throttle to pick the bike back up. Having the tank grips means you have less weight on the bars as you hang on with your legs, plus "the veg" gets less Painfull abuse under sudden/heavy braking.
My snake skins must be doing the job because the grip profile on the pads is starting to wear in places after 12 months.
I use Eazi grip on my Daytona, had on for a year and this is my second set, they stop the painful wrists
also make sure your brake lever is positioned so that your wrist is straight as poss when on the brakes. a quick action throttle or 1050 throttle tube will also help shorten the amount you need to turn the wrist.
Try riding with the forearms parallel to the road, elbows bent and twist the throttle like you are turning a screwdriver. (and as other said...chest closer to the tank, and use your knees to grip).
Buy some helibars,today i rode around the yorkshire wolds on single track roads at 50-60 mph with no wrist pain then i rode home on some nice quick roads with no wrist pain,£250 very well spent.
as above i had similar problems im a bit tall with a slightly dodgy back so not that easy for me to blend in with the bike in race position i too bought helibars and it solved the problem i wasnt too bad with standard bars when on the move but slow speed stuff really did affect me bigtime
