Hey Sprout - I'm in Kingston. There are a large number of Ontario based members here. Don't have any idea how fast my '07 will go. Have never had it at WOT because I've never had the need to (older and wiser). I always have a lot of throttle left. A throttle lock/rocker is probably the best way to go but there are quite a number of vibration dampening hand grips out there that are far superior to stock. You might want to look at these. Where do you hail from?

had a rocker for about two days ...save your money try the lever lok..
found some padded fingerless gloves @ wally world work real well..cept when its cold!!

sproutjw wrote on 09/21/09 at 15:13:02:


I had mine up to 80mph this weekend, it didn't have much more than that but I ran out of room so I don't know my top speed.

I personally like the throttle rocker.  Adding some weight to the ends of the bars should also help dampen some of the vibration.  I put on some foam sportster grips which are longer than the stockers, so an inch plus piece of steel rod was inserted into the end of the bar and tacked into place.  Epoxy would hold it too.
I like the fact that the bar is slightly wider (05 drag bar) and find that I hold more to the ends of the grips to.

I wrapped the stock grips in cork tape for bicycle handlebars.  Works nicely.  That and a throttle rocker, don't need to grip.  Light touch.  

I would like slightly wider and slightly further back bars.  Need to figure out the reasonable limits of the existing cables & wires.