Removing grips?

**mossy1200** · 14th May 2009, 17:18

Put your new grips in plastic bag tied shut then put the bag in near boiling water.Weigh it down and leave it 10minutes.Spray f3 glue spray type onto bar and throttle tube then work them on.Hot grips go on real easy.

**vifferman** · 14th May 2009, 18:24

You all make it sound so hard.

I fitted some Oxford grips a couple of weekends ago, and it was a piece of piss. I ran the Stanley knife along each of the old grips (Honda, Oxford or Daytona heated grips - not sure which, but the throttle one was apparently 'ted, which meant nothing worked, peeled them off, with a bit more cutting required. The new ones required a wee bit of removal of excess rubber from the insides - I used a round chisel and round file - then I test fitted them a few cm onto the 'bars. Also tested them electrically, to make sure they worked.

The last test I did was to check them for length; the throttle one was too long and woulda fouled the bar-end weight, so I trimmed the end off.
Lastly, I slid them on, and worked out the best positioning for the bit where the cable comes out. They were both fairly snug, so I ignored the destructions, and put the glue (supplied) only on the throttle tube, at the end nearest the switchblock.

The hardest part was working out where to put the cables so they didn't get snagged, and didn't interfere with anything. For that, I took some of the fairing panels off, plus raised the tank and took the seat off, so I could route the wires to my accessory fusebox.

**saltydog** · 18th May 2009, 09:20

Just put some on last week. Removal is pretty much covered here already. My left I pulled off, the right cut with blade.
Assembly was easier than I thought but with the help of some contact cleaner. Smeared 2-pot glue on the bar, sprayed small amout of cleaner into grips and they slipped on like butter. Finished off with a couple of wire tie's.

**CookMySock** · 18th May 2009, 11:55

Don't trust the cyanoacrylate glue they supply with the hotgrips. If you DO use it, then check your grips for tightness before you ride. Yes, they come loose.

Steve

**FROSTY:Me** · 27th May 2009, 09:29

Quick word of warning here. Please make sure once all is tightened down and all glue has dried that the throttle actually woks normally.
Theres nothing Like going into a corner and discovering that your throtle doesn't shut off as its sopossed to

**CookMySock** · 27th May 2009, 09:44

Originally Posted by FROSTY

Quick word of warning here. Please make sure once all is tightened down and all glue has dried that the throttle actually woks normally.
Theres nothing Like going into a corner and discovering that your throtle doesn't shut off as its sopossed to

Ditto with the clutch side. If the grip moves, theres a knobby part of the grips that fouls the clutch lever right in the middle of its operation. You will roll up behind traffic, and uh oh, engine is laboring and no clutch! Kill switch if you are quick, and if you can convince yourself to let go of the front brake! Left hand on the ignition?

I just re-glued mine with F2, and its not good. So thats cyanoacrylate and F2 down the toilet. Which glue are people having success with?

Steve

**duckonin** · 27th May 2009, 09:47

Originally Posted by AllanB

Grab a long skinny screw driver and slowly insert it under the grip. I then like to spray a bit of CRC down the gap between the driver, grip and bar. Then slowly work the screw driver around the grip - it will easily slip off and be complete. Move the screw driver clockwise on the right so the throttle is against the stop.
Wipe off the CRC with meths and allow to dry before putting the new grips on.

If you have a compressor a blast of air down the gap made with the screw drive in works too.

As this post says, makes the job easy..

**mnkyboy** · 28th May 2009, 00:17

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Ditto with the clutch side. If the grip moves, theres a knobby part of the grips that fouls the clutch lever right in the middle of its operation. You will roll up behind traffic, and uh oh, engine is laboring and no clutch! Kill switch if you are quick, and if you can convince yourself to let go of the front brake! Left hand on the ignition?

I just re-glued mine with F2, and its not good. So thats cyanoacrylate and F2 down the toilet. Which glue are people having success with?

Steve

Had the same issue - Brought some grip glue. Just have to ignore the "This product is a known carcinogen" crap