Help Wrist??!?!?!?

[MOOCAZEN]

IM DOING MOTOCROSS RIGHT NOW AND WHEN I GET TO CORNERS I USE FROTN BRAKE AND ACCELERATE OUT JUST FINE, BUT MY PROBLEM IS IM RUNNING PROTAPER CR LOW BEND AND MY WRIST ALWAYS HURT, CAUSE WHEN I HIT FRONT BRAKES IM RIDING UP HIGH IN THE FRONT , DO YOU GUYS THINKS ITS CAUSE MY BARS ARE TOO LOW, OR AM I RIDING TO MUCH TO THE FRONT , LET ME KNOW THNX, THEY HURT WHEN TURNING

[400MXer]

i have the same problem.....i always jam my wrist's and they constantly hurt. my bars are 400ex bend...but i have some T-2's in the box ready to put on....so it couldn't be the hight of the bar that's doing it.

[superraptor]

hey guys i dont know if this is a fesaible option for you, but i would go and have them x-rayed. i had the same problems you have and it turned out both my wrist were fractured.

[400MXer]

Really...wow. my wrist's have been like this for a couple years. it started when jumped to grab the basketball hoop, swong and fell on my back but i put my hands back, that's when my wrist's started beging a pain in the *****. I constatnly jam my wrist's. and they constantly hurt during racing season. but they wouldn't stay fractured for this long would htey? wouldn't they heal eventually?

[superraptor]

if you are constantly using your wrist and or jamming them a fracture will not heal. the doc told me it takes 6 weeks in a cast to heal a fracture completly. it took 8 weeks for my left one to heal in a cast. my right wrist was never put in one. it still hurt and has been for the last 3 months. i wouls have them checked to be on the safe side.

[beerock]

You wanna hear about bad hands/wrists????

I was practicing at a local track in manahawkin A long time ago on my 1993 cr125. (couches pit- no longer couches pit, but a gravel pit now)

I hit this jump and came down right before the lip of a whoop and spiked my wrists, I completely bottomed the suspension and actually bent my bars down a bit because I hit so hard.

I landed and went around the next turn and slowed down and got off the track.

My hands didnt hurt that bad.

a week later I had put my hand flat on a table and kept feeling like there was a ball under my hand.

It felt this way on both hands, I kept wondering what it was.

then I realized that I bruised my inner hands from the bottoming of the suspension.

damn it hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


anyhow...........

there are two thing to do for your wrists on a quad.

1: houser wrist wrester. ( I dont have one but my friend swears by it)- but he swears by everything on his bike so it doenst say much.

2: +2+1 steering stem (me and my friend swear by these)
regardless if you have a large tank or not. The longer stem reduces fatigue, it also gives you more control of the bike and makes it easier to throw around.

you can also stand up straight and ride the bike without hunching over like you would have to do with a stock length steering stem.

take it from me, the +2+1 stem is the way to go!!!!!!!

it will help you!!!!!!!

it also helped me with my twist throttle.

go for the +2+1 steering stem, you can thank me later!!!!!!

[400MXer]

how do you get a +1 forward steering stem? does it look diff. or are there different mounts?

[MOOCAZEN]

THINK IT DOES THOSE ARE MOSTLY FOR CROSS COUNTRY OR DESERT FOR THE BIG TANKS

[beerock]

The top piece is curved instead of straight and it makes the bars forward an inch

the +2 stem is used by motocrossers to, so they can throw the bike around better, it gives more levrage.....

[BLURR250X]

I have problems with my left wrist. Last racing season I jammed it pretty bad and wore a cast for about 8 weeks. It still hurts sometimes. The doc said if it still hurt after a while i might have to get i operated on but I don't have time for that now that racing is starting again. Now I ride with a brace and it seems to help a little but I still jam my wrist once in a while. I am going to get some better suspension too which could have been half the reason why I jammed my wrist so bad the first time.Just my thoughts don't know if it will help any.