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changing grips - 12/8/2005 10:00:43 PM    NINE2NINE Posts: 1495 Joined: 10/6/2005 From: Indiana Status: offline alright, ive got a question with a hopefully simple answer. ive never replaced my stock grips and wondering what tips you guys have to make this easier. Post #: 1

RE: changing grips - 12/8/2005 10:21:18 PM    05Tribal Posts: 919 Joined: 5/23/2005 Status: offline If you have an air compressor and the proper fitting you can cut off the old grips and blow air in the end of the new grip and slip the grip on bar on a cushion of air then use your new grips right away. Or you can cut off the old grips and use soapy water to fit the new grips on but then it is suggested you wait 24 hours to let the soapy water dry. The new grips you buy should come with directions describing the soapy water method. _____________________________ 2006 Red & Black CBR1000RR Street Bike With a few mods 2007 White & Silver CBR600RR For the wife 2005 CBR600RR Totally for the track! Columbus, OH (in reply to NINE2NINE) Post #: 2

RE: changing grips - 12/8/2005 11:40:34 PM    NINE2NINE Posts: 1495 Joined: 10/6/2005 From: Indiana Status: offline i replace the grips on my dirt bike and quad a few times a year and they both need to have the grips glued and/or wired on. are you telling me that the grips on streetbikes are held on by the resistance from the rubber and nothing else? (in reply to 05Tribal) Post #: 3

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 12:10:29 AM    sirlimpzalot Posts: 1404 Joined: 8/24/2004 From: Roseville, CA Status: offline The grips (if blown on) are not given a chance to relax and stretch and stay put for the most part. If you want to use a dab of glue that will be fine as well. I have used the air compressor method for years and the grips would stay in place for about 8 months and about 10,000 miles before they started to rotate a little _____________________________ That sure was a FAST BIG GREEN TRUCK!! (in reply to NINE2NINE) Post #: 4

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 12:26:05 AM    Ride till I Die   Posts: 110 Joined: 12/1/2005 Status: offline when i replaced the grips on my 4 wheeler i cut the old ones off and sprayed the new ones with hairspray inside to get them to stick and it worked well and they havent come off since with some pretty serious riding on old coal hills. not sure if this will help but figured i would say something anyhow. _____________________________ 96 Honda cbr 600 f3 K & N air filter Jardine Rt One slip on (in reply to sirlimpzalot) Post #: 5

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 12:39:49 AM    NINE2NINE Posts: 1495 Joined: 10/6/2005 From: Indiana Status: offline just for my own knowledge, are the stock grips glued on? if so, i will probably use some grip glue on the new ones. (in reply to Ride till I Die) Post #: 6

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 1:27:52 AM    shraz Posts: 684 Joined: 11/12/2005 From: CA Status: offline no glue they just are tight so its harder to put on when I replaced my grip I cut off the old one and I used alchool for the new one to slide in better and waited few hours than they were all tight :D (in reply to NINE2NINE) Post #: 7

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 1:30:04 AM    NINE2NINE Posts: 1495 Joined: 10/6/2005 From: Indiana Status: offline thanks for all the responses. ill try the alcohol or air blow techniques. (in reply to shraz) Post #: 8

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 1:40:54 AM    05Tribal Posts: 919 Joined: 5/23/2005 Status: offline Unless I really grip and try to turn them they don't move at all using the air method. I guess my motorcycle novice ness is showing because although I know racers wire tie their grips I thought the idea was to have a "positive controlled" grip on the bars not a death grip. That way you can feel what the bike is doing better like feeling the front start to slide out. I surely never envision gripping or pulling/pushing left or right hard enough to the point that the grip will start to slide off or rotate. I don't know maybe I am doing something wrong? What kind of glue is recommended if anyone uses it? _____________________________ 2006 Red & Black CBR1000RR Street Bike With a few mods 2007 White & Silver CBR600RR For the wife 2005 CBR600RR Totally for the track! Columbus, OH (in reply to NINE2NINE) Post #: 9

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 7:29:43 AM    doncollins Posts: 6259 Joined: 7/21/2005 From: OH, KY & WV Status: offline I've always used the soapy water trick.... after it dries, it acts likes a glue. (in reply to 05Tribal) Post #: 10

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 8:53:58 AM    GRUNT_Jarksbro   Posts: 145 Joined: 7/27/2005 Status: offline Although I have never tried this; What about double sided tape and gasoline. Thats how I put grips on my golf clubs. Tape on the bar..a little gas for lubricant,slide the grip into place and the gas evaporates leaving the tape sticky again. Has anyone tried that? The gas might melt the grips tho..thats my only thought. Golf club grips are not afffected. Just a thought _____________________________ Does this rag smell like chloroform to you? (in reply to doncollins) Post #: 11

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 12:16:16 PM    BB 600f4i Posts: 213 Joined: 11/8/2005 Status: offline I'v always used the soapy water trick as well. My grips have always stayed tight and in place afterwards. The only downside to this method is waiting for the water to evaporate. _____________________________ Erion Racing Exhaust - LED Tailight w/ T S - LED T S Pegs - Mesh Grilles - Polished Rims, Bar Ends, & Stator Cover - DB Windscreen - CF Brake Fluid Cover - Colored Tach Face (in reply to GRUNT_Jarksbro) Post #: 12

RE: changing grips - 12/9/2005 6:33:21 PM    shraz Posts: 684 Joined: 11/12/2005 From: CA Status: offline I actually had to use WD40 on the end of the grip because it was sticking too much on the bar where the throttles doesnt move (in reply to BB 600f4i) Post #: 13

RE: changing grips - 1/21/2006 12:25:48 AM    ImmaSquashYou Posts: 172 Joined: 9/19/2005 Status: offline i use the hairspray trick. I bought the glue cause the guy goes oh, and what happens if it gets wet, n i went uhhh...n bought the rubber cement glue. Worse thing i could of ever done in my life. I couldn't get the hold grip on cause the grip glue was drying so fast that i couldn't.........used hairspray for the other side, worked fine...... (in reply to shraz) Post #: 14

RE: changing grips - 1/27/2006 8:56:48 PM    joker   Posts: 128 Joined: 10/15/2005 Status: offline honda sells hand grip cement for $6.00 if you cut your old grips off and use rubbing alcohol to clean the surface then cut the ends of the grips off put a thin layer of glue on the inside of the grip and on the plastic throttle sleeve then slide it on. you shouldnt have to work that quick,just make sure to clean the excess off so it doesn't bind the throttle. it will take a day to cure but after all that the grips will never move.sucks bad when grips rotate. (in reply to ImmaSquashYou) Post #: 15

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