Gripping stuff...

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:16 pm

Opps! wrong link

It was suposed to be a page on all thier different grips and different circumferances

I put some foam ones with chrome tips on my old XJ some years ago and it made a vast improvement

Pete.l

Girlie_Biker · Post by **Girlie_Biker** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:25 pm

Pete.L wrote:Opps! wrong link
It was suposed to be a page on all thier different grips and different circumferances

I put some foam ones with chrome tips on my old XJ some years ago and it made a vast improvement

Pete.l

s'ok, I won't tell.... too many people!

bet you've a Hardly hiding in the garage too.......

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:47 pm

Girlie_Biker wrote:
bet you've a Hardly hiding in the garage too.......

Did you mean one of these

http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/displa ... ctorbiker)

Chris.

Girlie_Biker · Post by **Girlie_Biker** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:59 pm

sirch345 wrote: Did you mean one of these
http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/displa ... ctorbiker)
Chris.

Now that's just cruel!

Naw I meant one of these... http://www.wilmette39.org/wjhs/staff/lo ... %20048.jpg

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:13 pm

Girlie_Biker wrote: Now that's just cruel!

I'm only joking, my brother has one and this is it

http://img285.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 1ka1tn.jpg

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:42 am

Girlie_Biker wrote:
sirch345 wrote: Did you mean one of these
http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/displa ... ctorbiker)
Chris.
Now that's just cruel!

Naw I meant one of these... http://www.wilmette39.org/wjhs/staff/lo ... %20048.jpg

Close...
Mines in a prettier colour
http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/gallery/1269.jpg

Girlie_Biker · Post by **Girlie_Biker** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:55 pm

ah huh... well so long as you like it!

I think I want something like the 707 model here

http://www.mayhemmotorcycles.co.uk/acat ... Grips.html

it's just a shame they can't seem to string English together to explain it! (click on the product to see what I mean)

They're quite local to me so a trip down might be in order to have a feel...

Sharpe1

how difficult was it to get the RH grip off the throttle tube? any tips?

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:54 pm

yeah ok they would suit the Storm better.

Getting the old one off is easy.
This little old guy in the custom shop said "Kid, you know the best way to get those suckers off?"
"Uhh No" I replied. whilst he sat there with a burger in one hand and picking his nose with the other.
"Grab yourself a stanley Knife and a tin of your mums hair spray. Slit the old rubber length ways and peal it open like a bannana. Then cover the bar with hairspay until it's dripping wet and shove your new grip on as fast as you can before it dries. That way it slips on nicely and when the hairspay dries it wont slip around the bar when you twist the throttle"
Well, as you can imagine I was in awe of this bugga picking, burger muching, aging old hippy, so I mumble thanks, took a wide berth of him and left the shop.
I could see the logic of what he had said so I thought what the hell and gave it a go. Worked great,only took five minutes, they never slipped, and Mum never found out I'd pinched her hairspray, so jobs a gooden.
Give it try see how you get on

Pete.l

Girlie_Biker · Post by **Girlie_Biker** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:39 pm

Pete.L wrote:yeah ok they would suit the Storm better.

"Grab yourself a stanley Knife and a tin of your mums hair spray. Slit the old rubber length ways and peal it open like a bannana. Then cover the bar with hairspay until it's dripping wet and shove your new grip on as fast as you can before it dries. That way it slips on nicely and when the hairspay dries it wont slip around the bar when you twist the throttle"
Well, as you can imagine I was in awe of this bugga picking, burger muching, aging old hippy, so I mumble thanks, took a wide berth of him and left the shop.Give it try see how you get on
Pete.l

What an image! With guys like that is it any wonder so few women get into biking

Actually I was hoping to get it off without damaging it as, if I don't like the new ones I might want to change back....

I've actually used washing up liquid in the past to put new ones on (as I don't have hairspray and haven't seen my mum in years to nick anything!) - has the same effect, dries almost sticky and holds the new one in place (if you don't use too much!) but I ended up damaging my throttle tube in the process.... hence the question.

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:42 pm

Girlie said

What an image! With guys like that is it any wonder so few women get into biking

Ha!
That was nearly twenty years ago and I still haven't forgotten it

( kids today are probably thinking the same about me (except the nose pickiing bit,I only do that in private or with mates

)
Good old fairy liquid will work a treat, like you said, just dont use too much. I suppose you could try a little penatrating oil and apply it like you would wd 40 with the little nozzle stuck between the tube and the grip other than cutting it off I can't think of an easier way .
Have fun
Pete.l

Sharpe1 · Post by **Sharpe1** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:25 am

As far as I know, the only way off is to cut it. I only ever use water to fit them. If you use WD-40 to remove the old one, make sure you clean it thoroughly before you fit the new one. I like the yellow ones on the bottom of the page.