Handle Bar Grips...

[zxr-rob]

So i've ordered some new handle bar grips, I thought I would ask the best and easiest way of putting them on? I remember my dad changing his grips about a year ago (there was a lot of swearing from the garage)
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ZXR400L - Pocket Rocket
Maidstone, Kent

[Rookie]

Bar ends off, obviously, pull or cut the old grips off, and lube up the handlebar with a small amount of washing up liquid, if it needs it. They will be slippy on the handlebars for a little while, but then they'll bind onto the handlebars and they're sorted.

[syl]

Hairspray, apparantly. Slippery when wet but helps the new grips stay on when dry.

Same for getting the old ones off - or use an air hose.
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Current bike: Kawasaki Z750S

[phantomtek]

Use petrol to put them on. Just a small amount though.

[zxr-rob]

OK thanks guys, will try that soon. I've heard of the washing up one but not the hair spray.
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ZXR400L - Pocket Rocket
Maidstone, Kent

[ram_doom]

Hairspray method worked for me
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TL1000s, KDX200

[KLR600]

The best stuff I've discovered that works for this (I work in a mountain bike shop) is the rubber solution in mountain bike puncture repair kits. Put a bit on the bar and a bit in the grip and twist the grip when you put it on so it goes all over the bar and it'll set really well and won't budge in the rain. (You have to be quick and do it before the rubber solution goes off though!)

But saying that, the twisty throttle body thing on a motorbike is plastic so I don't know if it'd be as good but I do know it's the best stuff I've used for mountain bikes.

HTH
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[stinkwheel]

Another vote for hairspray.

Best way to get the old ones off it to cut them off with a stanley knife.
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[proximity]

I want my heated grips off but i dont want to ruin them.
I think Its a plastic inside and i had to hammer them on it was really tight, any idea how to get those off?

The only way i can see is by using force but it will just break the slider.
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2004 Aprilia Tuono

[stinkwheel]

See if you can slide the straw from a WD40 can between the grip and the bar. Then give it a healthy scoosh. If the grip has a solid end, make a hole in it to break the vaccuum.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[proximity]

Unfortunatly the inside of the grip is just a solid plastic tube so there will be no vacuum, i think its just been stretched over the slider by me hammering it.
Is there any really penetrating stuff that might get in even though its tight.
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2004 Aprilia Tuono

[tonyyzf]

I've heard of someone using paint, works the same as hairspray I suppose

[syl]

Use an air hose to shove air under pressure between the grip and the bar. It'll act a bit like a hovercraft and slide off easily, so I'm told.
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Current bike: Kawasaki Z750S

[DukeRed]

Have you tried turning them on to full power and trying it then?

I've tried to get heated grips off twice and have had no luck without breaking them. If you're fitting other heated grips I would say only glue the one on the throttle tube so you can take the other one off.
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[spinglass]

[Simple]

My dad just pulls them off and pushes em on,

but thats what you get for being a farmer type - oo ar

beware when pulling the throttle grip off that it may be glued on, and that you may rip the throttle body off if you share heman tpe strength like my dad


washing up liquid... isnt that bad for rubber?
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Insta - FemFeral

[syl]

[Simple]

Yes

but there are many additives that can be added to a compound (tyres are a good example of this)
I thought washing up liquid was bad for cellulose based paints/finished and rubber.
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Insta - FemFeral

[Cillit-BANG]

I've always been pro hair-spray but last time I used it, it was crap. It's possibly because it was still quite cold and wouldn't evaporate properly. After 2 days the grip was still spinning on the throttle side. I whipped it off, cleaned it, rubbed some white spirit in it, popped it back on and within 5 mins it had dried out and was stuck solid.

OFF Slip under thin screwdriver blade, then push wd40 tube alongside. Spray and twist. Easy.

ON Clean off any residue from bars, lube grip with a drop or two of white spirit, slide on, wait 5 mins.