grip gluing becomes so much more...

[metric]

what started off as a five minute mission to glue the grip onto the throttle tube of my zxr became a half day off work & $70 down

I had mr skid over the other night to help me with gluing teh throttle grip on to the throttle tube, but with an extra twist to see how 'grippy' the grip was, SNAP - there goes teh throttle cable

turns out the throttle cable was well rusted - I'm thinking... shit - this is going to be a mission

however, it was kindly pointed out that if this had happened to me mid-corner @ high speed it could potentially have been a lot messier

anyway, not much else could be done at that point so it wasn't

next day, I called in for a half day off (as I'm not particularly mechanically minded), pulled the faring (sp?) off the bike, tank, and other bits to get at the throttle cable...

eventually got the guy at Atomic to make up a new one for me *much thanks* , replace the broken throttle tube and sell me some new grips

an hour later bob's your uncle and I was back to work

I'm pretty much back where I started, with an old grip that needs replacing... however am a little bit wiser and thankful that the old cable broke here, and not out there somewhere...

[SlowHand]

...I had mr skid over the other night ...

There in lies your problem, he must have looked at your throttle cable for it to jandal out like that. I heard he was developing his Jendalie mind tricks.

[metric]

I heard he was developing his Jendalie mind tricks.

...now THAT explains a lot

he definitely had a funny look in his eyes when it happened

[Gremlin]

Don't worry... used to keep happening to me. As you are busy fixing something, something else is busy breaking

I wouldn't have let skid near it either...

[Holy Roller]

What sort of glue are you using?

[metric]

What sort of glue are you using?

scott grip stick... care of skid

seemed to work ok

now will have to use it again on the new throttle tube & grip

[R1madness]

What brand of grips are you trying to fit? Several brands (like PROGRIP) should not be glued. Just spray the inside of the grip with contact cleaner to activate the factory gel and slide it on. let the grip dry conpletely before twisting it and you are done.

[thealmightytaco]

Use a bit of hairspray they used to tell me, for puttin' grips on that is. Slippery when it goes on, freakin' loctite effective once it's there.

This was an old bmx/mountain bike trick but I don't see why it'd be any different. Other than the increased jandalling speed of course.

[metric]

Use a bit of hairspray they used to tell me, for puttin' grips on that is. Slippery when it goes on, freakin' loctite effective once it's there.

This was an old bmx/mountain bike trick but I don't see why it'd be any different. Other than the increased jandalling speed of course.

hmmm I like the sound of this...

however I did get Progrip grips...

hmmmm

still haven't sorted it yet

need to find the time

oh well - might have to be a mission for this weekend

[R1madness]

Progrips should be sprayed with contact cleaner because they already have the glue inside them. The contact cleaner just activates the glue. I think the instructions are inside the box.
With scott grips the scott glue works best. Things are odd like that, the designers know (or at least think) if they make it work best with their other products they will sell more.

[Brian d marge]

I used to use Hairspray/ paint But I had a grip come loose on a fast jump. I hit the ground with a full throttle, and had to bail.
That one had lasting impressions. Now I use a anearobic ( dries in the absents of air ) glue, Progrips follow the instructions,

ALSO I wire my grips and Occasionally renue the wire as the rubber underneath cold sets and the tension in the wire lessens,

Stephen