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Somewhere over the past year, I have noticed that my hands are starting to get a numb feeling when I ride. Sometimes its a prickly numb feeling, if that makes sense. It starts about a half hour into the ride. It goes away as soon as I move the hand around but returns within 10 minutes or so. I don't have cruise control, so moving the right hand is tricky. My next bike will definitely have cruise control but for right now it is getting uncomfortable.
I don't notice this in any other aspect of my life. No problem driving, golfing, keyboarding, ..etc.
I do a fair amount of times. Most of it is your sensitivity to the bikes vibration, and some to your sitting position. One possible solution is to put on some "grip puppies". Basically foam that goes over your grips and helps dampen the vibes.
Most of my problems went away when I brought the bars up and back slightly to help with my sitting position. I have a throttle lock on my bike, and it works and helps. Last bike had a real cruise control and was heaven (next bike will have cruise control). This is on an adventure bike, not sure what you are riding.
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If they're tubular handlebars you might want to consider adding bar-end weights if there are none and/or filling them with a mixture of lead shot and silicone rubber.
I had to sell my Honda Ridgeline because of this. Steering wheel had low amplitude vibration it it that will cause hands go numb in about 20 minutes. I even tried antivibration gloves.. nothing worked.
I have none of this issue with any other of my cars. even my 2005 RAM, being an old truck with 170 000 miles, does none of this.
It's vibration in handle bars, my friend. Every time I sit next to a Harley during red light stop, and watch that thing going berserk vibrating, I have only one thought - how in the world do they not have vibration caused nerve damage?
On long rides my left hand was fine. My right hand was always the problem. I just assumed that it was because of the play in throttle mechanism itself, adding a bit more vibration.
Hands going numb are often caused by handlebar height or angle, Try changing the angle slightly forward or backwards, then possibly a set of risers or bar setbacks, If usually only takes a small adjustment for major improvements.
I find the wrist angle can aggravate this. If your cruising throttle position results in a slight bend to your wrist, you can pinch your carpal tunnel nerve and cause this. I stopped riding one of my bikes when my hands started going numb after about 10 mins. The bike I still have takes a bit longer but it still happens.
I also use one of those paddle things that you strap to the throttle to allow you to modulate the throttle with your palm
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