Well life and motorcycling go on even after lower back pain hell. What I want the bike for is a trip to Alaska, which I don't think I want to subject my ST 1100 to. I find I have no trouble at all on the ST, even making a 900 mile day this summer on a month long cross country. Problems with bad discs (if you ever get one which you might off road riding) happen when you 1) bend over forward 2) bend over forward while trying to lift of tighten something 3) try to carry heavy objects. If you bend over forward and have pain to your lower back this is the classic indication of a bulging disc. Be smart and start taking it easy because if you ignor the symptoms as I did, some day you may get a RUPTURE which will really cramp your style. You see, the disc in your back itself has no nerves in it to tell you it is being abused. Abuse it and it will swell or bulge which normally happens in the rear of the dics because thats where all the wear takes place from bending over. Then you begin to feel pain because the swelling presses on the spinal cord which has mucho nerves in it, iin fact these nerves can make you feel pain in the hip, legs, and feet even though there is no dammage there. But resting the bulged disc will make the swelling go down...just start modifying your lifestyle! Of course almost no one does that because we think we're going to live forever and someday WHAMMO you get that rupture. THAT really presses on the spinal cord and unlike a bulge a rupture is nearly permenant, although some people (most people?) like me do adjust to it. (But sex with your girl friend and one or more of her girl friends is out of the question) So...be carefull! Paul Kneisl Message: 11>
in> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:12:43 -0400 > From: "Chuck Tanner" > Subject: Re: How Do You Get The Seat Height Lower? > > I normally would not think about interfering with ones right to chose but
not> your case I have to ask: what the heck is someone with three > ruptured/bulging discs doing on a dual sport motorcycle anyway?? I am
_______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html> trying to be mean just concerned. The KLR is a nice ride as dual sport > cycles go but even on the road the vibration and potential for repeated > vertical jolts is not therapeutic for your condition. Please tell me you > are not going off-road any time soon. > > A concerned KORGian > A14 >