Riding comfort on the zxr

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jimsym
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Riding comfort on the zxr

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Ive done a few long-ish trips recently and on the long-and-straight carriageways seem to end up with my nuts squashed against the tank and sore wrists as I assume thats where im resting my weight.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there an 'idiots' guide somewhere? (I came across http://www.newenglandriders.org/Riding% ... 20Tips.htm which was very helpful by the way)

Ive tried moving my feet back on the pegs to my toes which helps shift my body back a bit, and gripping the tank with my thighs takes the weight off my wrists, but at the moment im not sure which of all these practises (if any) are 'correct'?
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Re: Riding comfort on the zxr

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I had to do my first longish trip a couple of months ago, things I found helped was moving my feet back,pushing my butt back and resting my left arm on the tank for motorways and bypasses, takes alot of the strain off
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Re: Riding comfort on the zxr

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Get some triboseat grip.
http://www.ekmpowershop6.com/ekmps/shop ... -247-p.asp

It stops you from sliding forward.
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Re: Riding comfort on the zxr

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Would adjusting the ride height on the rear damper to reduce the seats 'steepness'

a) Make a difference?
b) Be a really bad idea?
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Re: Riding comfort on the zxr

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would make a difference by as you said, not putting as much weight over the front end but will make the handling slower, I personally like it low as I think its more stable
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