Grip question.

I apologize if this has been covered somewhere and I have missed it. If there's already a post, please direct me and I'll check it out.

What I'm hoping for is some help with replacing my original hand grips (gripes to me) with some I bought that my husband thinks won't hold up. I'll try to attach the link JC Whitney

What we're trying to figure out is just how to change them. We're both super new to doing anything to a bike that we're afraid of tearing it up. Mine has the old flaired end, small hard rubber grips.

My thinking is that on the clutch side, you just pretty much muscle it off and clean up the metal. Then I've read about using hot water on the inside rubber part to get the new one on. Do you glue it on or will it fit tight enough.

The throttle side has me stumped even more. Muscle the grip off the inner sleeve? It looks like there might be some glue between the two. Will the new one fit tight enough that there won't be any play?

I really really really (can you tell I hate my current grips) want the new ones on there and I don't want to spend the big bucks that my hub thinks we need to wait for to buy another type.

Can anyone help me with the replacing how to and whether or not you have any experience with this type of grip material and how it holds up?

Thanks for any input.

 

:roll: I just read the reviews for the grips :roll:

Am I right about how to change them?

 

If you have access to a compressor, you can stick an air gun nozzle into one grip end, and hold your finger over the hole on the other one, the air pressure will "lift" the grip off of the other grip and you can back it off.

Then once that grip is off, you can move the nozzle to the open side and repeat.

Or, on the clutch side, go ahead and carefully cut a longitudinal line along the old grip and peel it back.

You can do the same on the throttle side, but you have to be careful not to cut the inner throttle sleeve.

Good luck!

Oh, and when putting the new ones on, spray some hair spray on the handle bars before you slide the new one on. This will give them temporary lube, but will then dry and "glue" them in place.

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If you have access to an air gun:

Loosen the switch assemblies so you can move them out of the way. Stick the nose of the air gun against the edge where the grips meet the bar/sleeve. They'll likely fly off.

You can always cut the old ones off if you don't want to save them.

I push new grips on as far as I can then use the air gun as above to swell them a bit while I finish pushing into place. Sometimes a bit of soapy water is required.

I've never had to glue grips on.

 

I just carefully cut them off.

Then I clean up the old glue with some goo b gone, or oops. then, this is the best, spray hairspray into the grip, it lubricates, is really easy to slide on, then in like 5 minutes, solid as a rock

 

The left side requires no finesse.
Box cutter with new blade.
Slice it and peel it off.

Throttle side.
Same deal.
But you have to take care not to damage the Grip Sleeve the Throttle Cable attaches too.
Slice the old grip and peel it away from the Handle.

 

Thanks to all for your input . You've given me the confidence to get out there and get those puppies changed.

 

And remember the hairspray trick - I've been using that for years, and it works perfectly. Specialized expensive Grip Glue be damned - hairspray works better at a tiny fraction of the cost.

 

so does a quick shot of spray gasket sealer...