Sore feet

[Chrome]

Hi All I have a 99 I/S that  I use on my longer trips. After 45 minutes on the highway, my feet hurt , almost burning. I just got a new set of E3s on that replaced a set of cupped tyres. I took the bike to my local dealer  and they found nothing wrong but without going inside the bike to find out. They even had another I/S there and they did an A/B  and found my bike to be smoother. The vibration that I feel is like when I tie my boot laces up and use my running lawn mower as a foot step.(I cut lawns for a living so it happens)
 Going this weekend to do my own A/B test with my other I/S to see if its me or the bike.
Any thoughts? I thought the beginning of a U Joint going bad?
Happy Trails Adrian(Chrome)V

[Jess from VA]

I've had my right (throttle) hand go to sleep (and get painful) on long freeway rides, quite a few times (esp with thin summer gloves) (Kury grips).  I do not have significant cervical spine (neck) problems or carpel tunnel.  But I do believe it to be a neuropathy.  (I have to lock the throttle and drive left handed to make it go away, but once it starts, it returns quickly.)

I have had chronically sore feet and achillies tendonitis for many years, but only from standing, working on my feet all day, never from riding.  I have had sore feet on narrow foot pegs in the distant past, and this is why I always run floorboards (better foot support, for the last 20+ years on all bikes).  But it was a soreness in the middle of my foot right over the peg, not a generalized numbing-burning of my feet.

Since the bike is so smooth and there have not been previous reports of your foot symptoms, I would be more inclined to look at lumbosacral spine (low back) issues (radiating down), or peripheral neuropathy, or even blood sugar (DM; which is known to often first manifest in symptoms of the lower legs).  I'm no MD, but read and evaluated extensive veteran medical records for 20 years.  It does sound more like a medical issue than a bike issue.

I suppose it could be footwear related (because of my feet/ankle issues, I add Spenco Polysorb inserts to all my footwear, even house slippers), and always ride in good 8" boots.  

Ujoints and rear wheel bearing failures are more of a bunch of bumps, grinds, thumps, esp at certain speeds or rpms, than a constant vibration.  I've lost both and did feel them in the pegs/boards first.  Taking the bike out in the neighborhood at slow speed and bumping the throttle moderately in 1st or 2d may reveal any excess driveline slop or mechanical failures (besides tearing things apart).  
 

[Firefighter]

I have always had my hands go to sleep on any bike I have rode. I tried different grip pressures and never made any difference. I always used a throttle lock but now I also have a real cruise control and I use it all the time. No more problem. Two best added accessories Center Stand, and Cruise Control.

My feet don't get too tired but probably about 30 to 45 minutes I am moving one foot or another to the hiway peg. Alternate back and forth. Helps alot with back pressure and leg pain for me anyway.  The only vibration I usually note is road surface, with my new out of round Metzler, I can feel certain road types in the foot pegs.

Hot Texas weather and sweaty bottom is the most uncomfortable for me. I switch from an airhawk seat pad, to beads on longer rides. Never tried the sheepskin. Firefighter

[The emperor has no clothes]

Hi All I have a 99 I/S that  I use on my longer trips. After 45 minutes on the highway, my feet hurt , almost burning. I just got a new set of E3s on that replaced a set of cupped tyres. I took the bike to my local dealer  and they found nothing wrong but without going inside the bike to find out. They even had another I/S there and they did an A/B  and found my bike to be smoother. The vibration that I feel is like when I tie my boot laces up and use my running lawn mower as a foot step.(I cut lawns for a living so it happens)
 Going this weekend to do my own A/B test with my other I/S to see if its me or the bike.
Any thoughts? I thought the beginning of a U Joint going bad?
Happy Trails Adrian(Chrome)V

If I understand correctly you are saying you get vibration in you pegs comparable to a lawnmower ? My feet would be friggin numb too. 

[DK]

On long trips, I put a piece of foam "noodle" over & around the highway pegs and secure it with a couple of cable ties.  (A noodle is a pool toy the grandchildren play with - similar to the split foam insulation used on air conditioners)

You have to cut it longitudinally to fit it over the peg.

It soaks up nearly all the vibration.

Dan

[art]

On a Valkyrie? Trade it in for a Cadillac. 

[RonW]

yea, you can't do that to a Valk.

[Karen]

Adrian, maybe try gel insoles in your boots. I had numb hands both on the bicycle and motorcycle, and gel gloves helped for both.

[rugguy]

Lawnmower-like vibrations through the footpegs??? I would suggest that you DO have a problem somewhere. My '00 I/S is the smoothest running and riding machine I have ever owned. Yes, you could get insoles, and tie pool toys to your pegs (vanity would keep me from doing that even if it worked) to reduce the vibration. But I would have another Valk rider ride YOUR bike to see if you have a mechanical problem or hyper-sensitive feet.

Try the "nickle test". If your I/S cant pass that you may be on to something.

I certainly don't want to make light of your situation. But if vibrations made parts of my body hurt like that I could never ride my 2nd love.... my '02 FLHRSEI. EVERY part of that bike vibrates....

Good luck and please report back.

[BobB]

Thank you, thank you, thank you...  I thought I was getting soft in the saddle at my age, needed help for butt burn.  But after reading the above posts, I realize that it is all relative...   

[westnek]

Hi All I have a 99 I/S that  I use on my longer trips. After 45 minutes on the highway, my feet hurt , almost burning. I just got a new set of E3s on that replaced a set of cupped tyres. I took the bike to my local dealer  and they found nothing wrong but without going inside the bike to find out. They even had another I/S there and they did an A/B  and found my bike to be smoother. The vibration that I feel is like when I tie my boot laces up and use my running lawn mower as a foot step.(I cut lawns for a living so it happens)
 Going this weekend to do my own A/B test with my other I/S to see if its me or the bike.
Any thoughts? I thought the beginning of a U Joint going bad?
Happy Trails Adrian(Chrome)V

hey Adrian   west from Brantford   too bad  about feet  I'd try a set of arch supports if the trouble isn't the bike --let me know  how you make out= if a u joint is that bad to effect your feet  id think it  have fell out on the road by now== hope you get it sorted out =take care