Wife's left foot falls asleep?

[kbert777]

While my wife Denise loves riding on the back of my 1st Gen she has one constant complaint:

 

After about 50 miles her left foot falls asleep. At first I thought it was due to the position of my big riding boots on the left peg, forcing her to move her foot in an uncomfortable position on the back left board, but the same thing happens when I have my feet on the front highway boards. She usually wears a real comfortable pair of riding boots but the same problem appears when she is wearing high top sneakers.

 

I inspected the rubber mounts of both rear boards and they seem appropriate.

 

Has anybody heard a similar complaint or encountered a similar problem?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Klaus

[BuddyRich]

Watch her during a ride and see if she consisently looks over your left shoulder. Maybe she is leaning that way so much that all her weight is on her left side.

Do you fell and more vibration in the left floorboard then the right?

[Guest ReinyRooster]

Ya, like Buddy said, I would think it has something to do with her seating position. May even be something she is doing without realizing....maybe she doesn't sit totaling upright and cocks herself toward one side without knowing it. Might be a pinch in the nerve running down the left leg from tense muscles in the upper leg, butt area from the seating position.

[Guest StevieMac]

Ya, like Buddy said, I would think it has something to do with her seating position. May even be something she is doing without realizing....maybe she doesn't sit totaling upright and cocks herself toward one side without knowing it. Might be a pinch in the nerve running down the left leg from tense muscles in the upper leg, butt area from the seating position.

 

 

Yeah, I'm thinking sciatic nerve myself. I used to get the same thing driving my wife's car and that was the cause.

[Eck]

DITTO...........sciatic nerve ..............

 

perform a seach on it, and then check out the workout / stretchs she can do to help eliminate it.

 

 

I have it myself...numbness in right butt cheek..thigh and behind my shin aches and foot goes to sleep...

[Snarley Bill]

DITTO...........sciatic nerve ..............

 

perform a seach on it, and then check out the workout / stretchs she can do to help eliminate it.

 

 

I have it myself...numbness in right butt cheek..thigh and behind my shin aches and foot goes to sleep...

i ain't even gonna touch this one.only eck would have butt cheek problems. :rotf: :rotfl: :rotf:

[Cinderella]

wonder what hes got in in his lil tool bag of tricks for that one.........

 

 

I tend to always have my head turned to the right and this is the side on which I have more trouble with my leg getting tired or feeling the need to be stretched out.

[Eck]

 

i ain't even gonna touch this one.

only eck would have butt cheek problems. :rotf: :rotfl: :rotf:

 

 

 

 

Hey, I've told you before I am a PITA.......

 

 

Cant believe you didnt offer to rub the pain out.....

[GeorgeS]

Chiropractor ??? might be able to fix the problem

[Guest Swifty]

While my wife Denise loves riding on the back of my 1st Gen she has one constant complaint:

 

After about 50 miles her left foot falls asleep. Thanks in advance,

 

Klaus

 

Tell her she doesn't have to have her toes in your mouth ALL the time.

[kbert777]

Thanks Guys, just wanted to make sure that I had the same impression. It does not seem to be a bike malfunction, more a personal issue.

 

Anyway, I have an original '83 seat laying around, thanks to Deltarat's generosity, going to try that one next. Maybe this is going to change the seat position enough to make a difference.

 

Klaus

[EasyRider]

Put her on a 2nd generation. The pain should not return (unlike a first gen) where the pain keeps on going and going and going:stirthepot:

[Eugene]

Put her on a 2nd generation. The pain should not return (unlike a first gen) where the pain keeps on going and going and going:stirthepot:

 

 

I was thinkin' this - glad you brought it up!!!

[kbert777]

Put her on a 2nd generation. The pain should not return (unlike a first gen) where the pain keeps on going and going and going:stirthepot:

 

Well, she doesn't like the looks of the 2nd Gen and I don't like the way they feel, so I am going to stay with the 1st Gen for a while. Once my bike becomes unfeasible to maintain or too unreliable I will look into a nice BMW...

 

Later,

 

Klaus

[Snarley Bill]

maybe chrome underwear. :rotf: :rotf:

wonder what hes got in in his lil tool bag of tricks for that one.........

 

 

I tend to always have my head turned to the right and this is the side on which I have more trouble with my leg getting tired or feeling the need to be stretched out.

[Guest HdHtr]

Put her on a 2nd generation. The pain should not return (unlike a first gen) where the pain keeps on going and going and going:stirthepot:

 

I am beginning to think that you Rick are the pain that returns!!! Oh, how much that dealer charge you to fix that RSV of yours?

[Yama]

My wife falls asleep on the back of the bike:no-no-no: .Told her not to do it and she should ask me to stop to stecht out.

That's why I don't let her drive!!!!!!