Throttle hand sleeping?

[Bob Miller]

I noticed while driving my Warrior at slower speeds the my right thumb, index, and middle finger are falling asleep. I spoke with two other RX-1 owners in Canada and they said the same thing is happening to them :roll: I wonder whats going on here :shock: The sled is putting out such a mild vibration that it's putting these fingers to sleep? Someone told me to change the position of the throttle so that its more towards the six oclock position.
IS THIS HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE?

 

[Lighty]

I had mine start to tingle a bit on a long ride a couple weeks ago...didnt think much of it at the time. I noticed under the Euro specs they list the handlebar and seat vibration specs.
Lighty

 

[welterracer]

Sounds too me you have the starting of corpal tunnel!!

I have it .. and noticed it gets better if you turn the throttle so it points more downwards..

There is more throttle pull then i would like but unless the sled had EFi it would get any better!

 

[race24x]

Again I am making this similar to motorcycles but on all my superbikes I have had this problem. Alot of bikes have this problem. On bikes its a high frequency vibration from the engine throught the chassis. Some guys put lead in there handlebar to try and get rid of it.

 

[snowdawg]

I get the same thing riden my bike and on the sled once in a while. My son gets it also while rideing his bike. Got to be vibration I think?

 

[Ski-Dog]

It is on low throttle operation I find the same thing. I think it has to do with the throttle pull combined with the position of your hand at lower throttle opening. I find it helps by rotating the throttle ccw on the bar so it is further down. It helps me. My 700 Ski-doo was much worse. It had mondo sized carb springs (pre flat slide) that were a chore to pull.

 

[buddah]

And here I thought it was something wrong with only MY sled :lol: I tried moving the throttle today. Noticed maybe a little improvement. I had blamed it on changing to the straight-rate springs. Usually MUCH worse in bumpy conditions.

 

[KEITHFD]

I have to agree that moving the throttle downward helps allot. My hand used to go numb a little now and then, but not enough to really notice. I decided to move my bars forward and took it for a ride to see how it was. Not because of my hands numbing up, I just needed more room. I didn't move the throttle because I wanted to see how it was first. My hand was so numb I couldn't believe it. I left the bars in the forward position and tipped the throttle way down and wala....It felt like a new ride and didn't cost a penny$! Did that make any since?

 

[rightarm]

Alot of the numbness come's from poor arm position,alot of rider's ride with there elbow's pointing downward's at a 45 degree angle which if you notice put's a sharp angle at your wrist,if you practise holding your elbow at more of a 90 degree angle or even 75 it should eliminate the numbness or arm pump,the 90/75 degree angle's put your arm and wrist at a more natural angle thus allowing better blood flow to the hand.Old motorcross technique to prevent arm pump and numbness.KEEP THEM ELBOW'S UP!

 

[Bob Miller]

Good feedback! I moved my handlebars forward and the thottle towards the bottom, I'll be trying it next week

 

[Winslow RX-1]

I've gotten the same thing, plus a sore wrist by the end of the day. The throttle is definitely uncomfortable.

How do you rotate the throttle downward? Is there a screw, or does it just rotate? I turned the handlebars down (I'm 5-6), and tried to rotate the throttle, but it was pretty sticky and I didn't want to break anything. Just turn harder?

600 miles, needed new sliders. Snow here in Maine is pretty thin, but I'm not thrilled about that. Are those Pol idler wheels easy to mount? Will they help with slider wear? Are there any downsides to mounting them?

Thanks

 

[JDKRXW]

There's 2 phillips head screws that need to be loosened (don't over tighten when done) and the throttle assemby can be rotated.
350 km's on mine Saturday, and I don't know what you guys are talking about... I think you need to find some twistier trails or better yet, do some cross country trips.

 

[Bob Miller]

2400 miles on my sliders and it looks like they have stopped wearing About an 1/8 inch left near the froward wheels 8)

 

[POWERHAULIC]

Sounds like carpal tunnel syndrone to me. I had both my wrists cut last year at the same time. No more sleepy fingers or arms.

 

[4Fighter]

Ski-dog wrote:

I find it helps by rotating the throttle ccw on the bar so it is further down.

Thanks for the tip Ski-dog, worked very well