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Gripping the bike hard or overly firm is very taxing. Believe me when i say if something is happending and you really need to hold on, you will.

Gripping the bike hard or overly firm is very taxing. Believe me when I say if something is happending and you really need to hold on, you will.

silentx wrote:My hands dont hurt any more, but my back hurts now jk

I got this from somewhere else - might be helpful:

Master Yoda's Riding Position


1. Slight arch backward of a straight back, shoulders back.

2. Forward lean of the torso appropriate to the control and contact position layout of the kind of bike being ridden - more forward on sportier bikes.

3. Forward lean by bending at the hips, not the waist. Actually, the bend is at the hip/leg joint. Some help can come, especially initially and for the portly, from spreading the knees farther apart than usual.

4. Continuously applying some downward pressure of the feet - to help provide support for the large back muscles that are slightly arching the back and holding it upright in its amount of forward lean.

5. Using the muscles at the sides and backs of the thighs, more so than the front of the thighs to provide that downward pressure and back support. These are larger muscles (as are being used in the back when it’s held properly too) and are the predominantly slow twitch muscles that endure better because they tire less easily.

6. Moving the butt further aft on the seat than common so that the body center of mass is as nearly over the foot pegs as possible. This a position of balance, and allows the big muscles of the body to hold the body up without resource to using the hands and arms as support devices.