And yes, I searched. I found a lot of old threads and I know things have changed. But I would appreciate any advice on what you think would work for me. I was going to attend EOM and look at the different bikes and ask in person, but I don't think I can wait any longer.
First, my FJR is a 2014A. It's my 3rd FJR, and I've held off on adding risers because I have back issues. The FJR has never bothered my back so I didn't want to mess with the riding position. It has always bothered my wrists with too forward lean, or angle of handlebars, or both. But cruise greatly helped with the right arm pain. I would love the bars to be higher and back towards the rider, and with the bar ends pushed towards the front for a better angle.
I added a Russell seat this year and now sit higher so maybe that is why now the pain is becoming unbearable (or I'm just getting old). I just did a long weekend and 1400 miles and I'm seriously thinking Goldwing. I have severe pain between the shoulder blades and neck area.
I'm about 6'3 with long arms. I thought this would help reach the bars easier but the bars seem too narrow and I lean on them too much.
From what I can find, my choices are MV, Helibar, and MCL. I don't think I want to drill anything out if there are other options available. I'm not excited about adding brake lines either but sounds like that is easy to do?
Unless the instructions are pretty fantastic, I'm not that mechanically inclined and will not start the project. I know this will be moved to never-ending (I even tried to post there first) and that's fine....I just would like to hear what people my size thought worked best, why they chose what they did, and how hard it was to install.
Thanks in advance. With the cruise and Russell the two biggest issues have been addressed. Now this one came up and I hope to put it to rest and enjoy the ride.
Don.
First, my FJR is a 2014A. It's my 3rd FJR, and I've held off on adding risers because I have back issues. The FJR has never bothered my back so I didn't want to mess with the riding position. It has always bothered my wrists with too forward lean, or angle of handlebars, or both. But cruise greatly helped with the right arm pain. I would love the bars to be higher and back towards the rider, and with the bar ends pushed towards the front for a better angle.
I added a Russell seat this year and now sit higher so maybe that is why now the pain is becoming unbearable (or I'm just getting old). I just did a long weekend and 1400 miles and I'm seriously thinking Goldwing. I have severe pain between the shoulder blades and neck area.
I'm about 6'3 with long arms. I thought this would help reach the bars easier but the bars seem too narrow and I lean on them too much.
From what I can find, my choices are MV, Helibar, and MCL. I don't think I want to drill anything out if there are other options available. I'm not excited about adding brake lines either but sounds like that is easy to do?
Unless the instructions are pretty fantastic, I'm not that mechanically inclined and will not start the project. I know this will be moved to never-ending (I even tried to post there first) and that's fine....I just would like to hear what people my size thought worked best, why they chose what they did, and how hard it was to install.
Thanks in advance. With the cruise and Russell the two biggest issues have been addressed. Now this one came up and I hope to put it to rest and enjoy the ride.
Don.
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