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Interesting observation. I have original drag bars on my Speedie with Rivco risers to pull them up and back but have kept them flat angle mostly due to the length of the cables. Tweaking them down a little might help although a straight bar may be just as beneficial as it is the slight turn out of my wrist that bothers me more.



The issue of Ergonomics is of course very subjective and there is never a "one size fits all" solution to these kinds of things Paul, but from my experience anyway, I found handlebars that go straight out and at a horizontal level will after a short while cause what seems to be a carpal tunnel like pain in my wrists...the right/throttle side one especially.

I first noticed this back in the late-'90s and after riding my '95 Triumph Sprint which came stock with clip-on bars that had little to no downward angle to them. After I installed a handlebar conversion mount and bolted a "superbike" style handlebar on it and which had ends that bent down at about a 30 degree angle, I never suffered this pain again.

I also found that the pain returned while I rode Thannassis' '96 BMW R1100RT around Europe 7 years ago, and which had bars very similar to those that originally came on my Sprint.

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)