Refitting heated handlebar grips

[aetius]

Hi,

The heated handlebar grips on my R1 slip. I guess, over a period of time the glue holding the grip to the throttle bar has worn.

I'm thinking of pulling off the grips and re-fitting. At the moment, I'm using cable ties and some electricians tape, which doesn't quite give enough grip to the throttle bar and the grip sometimes slips, making acceleration harder on the wrist and forearm.

Do you think I'd need to buy new grips? If not, can anyone recommend a glue to fix them back on?

thanks

[Kickstart]

Hi

The grips are faily solid on the inside, hence you would need a lot of force to compress them into staying still.

However the glue supplied with them is normally just a cheap Superglue clone. Grab a tube of that and stick them back on..

All the best

Keith
____________________
Traxpics, track day and racing photographs - Bimota Forum - Bike performance / thrust graphs for choosing gearing

[Martay]

When i bought mine, i didnt come with glue.
I wrapped a small ammount of electrical tape around the bar itself, then pushed and rotated the grip on over the tape. (if that makes any sense!) Before, they were loose and just spun round, but after theyre pretty solid.
Hope that helps
____________________
Eat well, poo hard
Drives: Cavalier 2.0 16v
Rides: Slightly ratted Honda City Express

[lonner]

hi

clean the bars

get the grips nice and hot

then apply glue to the bars (super glue works well) and then set them in the correct position

leave to cool and the job done

[the grim reaper]

I use super glue to do mine, although you have to be quick to slide them all the way on, otherwise you get them stuck halfway. If this does happen, use wd40 and a thin bladed screwdriver to break the glue and slide them off, then try again. Be careful not to flex the grips too much though, as you can break the filament inside.

Cheers

Grim
____________________
Adverts don't always work: Remember that advert, where the army are running across the desert and they have a wounded man on a stretcher. They get to a ravine, the bridge is down and a caption pops up that says, 'What are you thinking?'. I don't know about you but I was thinking, 'Christ, I'm glad I'm not in the f***ing army'.

[Feasty]

When I upgraded from an XR125 to my 650 I also swapped the heated grips. I attempted to use superglue but after several bouts of cold weather and having the grips turned on the glue just gave up and the grips were slipping all over the place.

Instead I bought a tube of heated grips glue from my local bike shop, it's worked well and the grips have been solid ever since... superglue is brill but I'd never use it in damp/wet and excessive hot/cold situations.
____________________
Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[aetius]

Thanks for the info guys, will give it a go, cheers