Fitting Heated grips

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dyzio · #1 Post by **dyzio** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:54 pm

Hi,
Just had a little fettle, I'm at the stage where I've got a power feed sorted via a relay, the controller is mounted, bar ends and old grips are off.

Now for fitting the grips.
The left hand one slides on without any problem. The throttle side however is a bit of PITA

How did you guys manage to fit yours? Did you trim the plastic tube? By how much or is it a case of try and error?
Second thing, what would you suggest as an adhesive? I heard about hair spray but not sure it'll be up to the job :/

Cheers
dyzio

Aladinsaneuk · #2 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:20 pm

which model and make of grip?

and yes you do need to trim them

and hairspray is good - ask d-rider - his hair spray is used both as a weave and as a colur....

me, i use it to secure bar grips....

dyzio · #3 Post by **dyzio** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:26 pm

Oxfords, these ones:

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:18 pm

A Heated Grips Thread ? ..... Today ?

Is it cold up there near the north pole

Think I stuck mine with evostick or pva or something

dyzio · #5 Post by **dyzio** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:24 am

Hehe, I'll need them where I'm going pretty soon :)

Dusty · #6 Post by **Dusty** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:44 am

Ah, dyzio! You're going up to John o' Groats aren't you? I popped up there a couple of years ago with my tent. It rained and blew a gale all night so I lay awake frozen....in June!

Aladinsaneuk · #7 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:04 am

dyzio

those are what i have fitted to my bird

pm me your mobile number and i will photo mine in situ so you can see how much i took off

dyzio · #8 Post by **dyzio** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:20 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:dyzio

those are what i have fitted to my bird

pm me your mobile number and i will photo mine in situ so you can see how much i took off

Thanks, but I had a go at it and the grips are on now. Just waiting for the Evostick to grip properly. If that doesn't work I might give epoxy a go, kinda dont trust hairspray :/ The LHS grip is pretty loose and the RHS doesn't have a smooth surface.

Dalemac · #9 Post by **Dalemac** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:56 pm

contact adhesive.

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:50 pm

Dalemac wrote:contact adhesive.

LOL I'd like to watch that .... trying to force the grips into place along the tubes when the first contact they had started to adhere ....

Dalemac · #11 Post by **Dalemac** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:37 pm

i dont see the problem, i have done it to mine before. although not to a falco admitably.

Dusty · #12 Post by **Dusty** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:17 pm

EvoStick is contact adhesive, is it not? As long as you slide it on when wet, it should be OK. But as D-Rider suggests, if you wait till it gets tacky, you'll have VERY wicde handlebars!

Willopotomas · #13 Post by **Willopotomas** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:18 am

I've always put bar grips on with that girly hair spray stuff. Spray loads, shove um on while the bars wet, then when the carrier evaporates, the grips stick. An old trick i learnt years ago that.. works well too..

Aladinsaneuk · #14 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:48 am

agreed will

trouble is that most here have long since lost their hair - indeed, some of them even have grey pubes....

dyzio · #15 Post by **dyzio** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:13 pm

Had a nice 80 mile bimble :)
I like how the new grips feel, the wider diameter means I don't get numb right hand when going slow (towns/villages). Grips work perfect as well, although despite the drizzly weather, they were not necessary.

And I can post a pic of the bikey :)