How good are Wrist Wresters?

[Cole]

Houser has these things on their web site. Has anyone heard how well they work? I wonder if this is the best way to cutdown on steering vibration?

they work great but I'd start off with a steering stabilizer and antivibe stem before going with one..:D

[Cole]

Why?

[Cole]

Bump on the info.

[PhilMoore]

I just got one a couple weeks ago. I ran my first race with it sunday, and I think it helps a lot. I did not get any arm pump or sore wrists after.

I run stock a-arms and stock wheels on the front. I suppose if you had wide rims or flipped rims, you might want a stabilizer first. Otherwise, I would say get the wristrester first.

[QuadTrix6]

Originally posted by Rico
they work great but I'd start off with a steering stabilizer and antivibe stem before going with one..:D


well maybe cause a stabalizer is half the price of a wrist rester...i don;t know how good they really are for the money but stabalizers work wonders

anyone using both??

[forum]

i have booth but my machine is still being built so i can't help you. But i would say get the stabilizer first forsure.

i agree about steering stabilizers
i have 2 "Mr Muscles" here ;) on 2 of my R's
the best thing about them is they are rebuildable ...
recently i rebuilt 1 of mine ...cause it developed a leaky seal :(
& so far it is doing it's job again :D
I was wondering if anyone has used a stabilizer w/a wrist wrester..

[KandK952]

steering stablizers and wrist resters are used for 2 different things. a wrist rester moves forward and back, correct? if so than that will just avoid shock and jolt to your hands and wrists through rough stuff and hard landings where a steering stablizer is mainly for bump steer from ruts so your bars dont turn on you when you dont expect it. (or atleast slows them)

yes ,I understand what each part is for ...I am thinking I might want to cover all the bases ..;) "jolt " & "bump steer"
But no one seems to be running both parts
on the same quad..so far

[Dave400ex]

How much does a Anti-Vibe stem help? I have a Stabilizer and it helped a bunch. I wonder how the Wrist Rester, Stabilizer, and Stem would all be together?

I have the anti vibe laeger stem & steering stabilizer ...so far
I would really like to try the wrist wrester as an addition ..
but I can not decide if I should do this & was hoping someone could tell me more before I get it since there is various opinions about the wrist wrsiter

[Dave400ex]

Talk to Gabe (86atc250r) he has one on his 400...

[KandK952]

to tell you the truth, i can hardly tell that i have an anti vibe. mine is a laeger. you only get alike 1/8" of movement. a wrist wrester gives you about 5/8, all together that would be 3/4 of an inch. that would be good i think. i would like to try a wrist wrester too because i had major wrist surgery a few times and i jam my wrist sometimes. i would like to know how they work too.

[Cole]

The description on the Wrist Rester website compares their product to the steering stabilizer, so they must think that the wrist rester does the same thing as a steering stabilizer.
I dont know.

[dhines]

I have both a damper and a wristrester. They work very well together.

Originally posted by dhines
I have both a damper and a wristrester. They work very well together.
Cool ..:) are there any drawbacks that you have noticed..?
was the wristwrister hard to get used to ?do the bars move much ?& if they do ...does this feel real strange or bad in any way ?
do you notice substantial improvements?
if so would you describe them thanx

[dhines]

2-R's,

I've been riding with mine for well over a year now so I can barely remember riding without one. I can remember how nice it felt after my first race with one - it really cut down on arm fatigue. I'm sure if I rode without it now I'd really notice it not being there.

As to downsides, the bars moving so much is a little distracting the first time you ride with one, but you quickly get to where you don't even notice it. On mine there was a little slack between the plastic sleeve and the damping piston that let the bars rattle a little bit. I just took a thin piece of wood and put it behind the plastic piece and that completely cleared it up.

The only other problem that I can see with it is that it may not work with one of the GPR stabilizers. I have been considering purchasing one of those but I'm afraid that the mount would hit the wristrester.

Overall, a great product that I've been very happy with.

Dennis

Dennis, ...thanks for your input here ;) & thanx for replying to the pms about this ...I am closer to ordering one ...now I just gotta find a good deal on it