After reading Ouray`s idea...... I went and got the tennis tape. Took it a step further, and after wrapping the bars with the grip tape.... I pulled this sleve over.......
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I know that it absorbs moisture..... But I`m in the desert southwest...and although hard....the rains are brief in nature.... It feels absolutely fantabolistic....
Interestingly.... the throttle seems a little tamer now...on the takeoff... Perhaps the larger gearing......
Erling