I use one of those rubber magnetic car door signs (giant fridge magnet) to catch those little unexpected departures. I tell ya, parts stop where they drop!

 

Only if those parts are magnetic... I think the throttle cable ferrules they were talking about may be brass or aluminum... I think I've seen them a couple different colors.

 

They are brass and the little boogers run away the minute they get the chance.

However, I also use and like a magnetic tray to hold my nuts and bolts. But I learned a lesson I'll share - When I swapped heads on my car I got worried when I was done because I was missing one bolt for the front accessory drive...and I'd had a bunch of friends hanging around when we swapped bs'ing with me, I was worried that someone had dropped the bolt where it didn't belong. I finished up for the night and started cleaning up... picked up my magnetic tray and lo and behold the bolt was stuck to the bottom of the tray somehow. Whew!

 

Joe, at least you don't have a hole friends that hide **** on you just to see you get all wound up. Yeah

 

I had to get rid of the damn sticky, stock ones on my last bike and looked at a You Tube video. It made it really easy. So much, when I changed them on my BO, it went a lot easier.

 

lmfao...when they drop they usually hit the fender or something and then bounce 2 feet away and roll another 3 feet into some damn place ya never expect. Use the friggin towel or sheet idea when workin on small objects...
Edit: Speaking of grips I finally got around to pluggin that 1/2" hole on the end of my nostalgic grips today. I was at ACE pickin up wild bird seed and it dawned on me plugs. Less than a dollar, 2 black vinyl plugs. A little gorilla glue and done, no more water into the handle bars.

 

Changed them and it was no big deal. Thanks all.