Grip Change
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RE: Grip Change
ORIGINAL: Biggzed
PM Renthals for me. Not a fan of the Kury stuff.
PM Renthals for me. Not a fan of the Kury stuff.
Iso Grips but it seems a lot ofpeople must likethem because there's a ton ofbaggers out there with the same identical Iso grips.
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From: Birmingham, AL
RE: Grip Change
Kuryakyn ISOs with throttle boss on both my bikes. Was fortunate enough when I bought my DWG they were already on there. Never realized just how comfortable they were until I got my Road King and had to ditch the grips on it because they were so uncomfortable.
Unless you want to save the left grip, just use a razor blade and slice it off. Right side is to remove but tricky to reinstall because the little brass throttle cable bushings always either drop to the ground or fall into the housings. Overall it's a very, very simple task though.
P.S. Don't try to change them out in the parking lot of your rented condo in Florida right at dusk. Results are much more sketchy this way...
Drel
Unless you want to save the left grip, just use a razor blade and slice it off. Right side is to remove but tricky to reinstall because the little brass throttle cable bushings always either drop to the ground or fall into the housings. Overall it's a very, very simple task though.
P.S. Don't try to change them out in the parking lot of your rented condo in Florida right at dusk. Results are much more sketchy this way...
Drel
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From: LexVegas, KY...home of fast wimmen & beautiful horses
RE: Grip Change
Wanting to save a buck or two and change ur own grips out? Sure its EASY.....unless u pinch a wire.Then u'll blowseveral headlamp fuses and prolly need to make a trip to the service dept only to find out "whatever it was" that itwasn't covered under warranty. Don't ask me how I know this.
All totaled it added an hours labor charge for me to install my new grips.
All totaled it added an hours labor charge for me to install my new grips.
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From: Ellenwood, GA - The Ghetto Part
RE: Grip Change
ORIGINAL: sportyrider1
Same here I had the grips 6 months worring about installing them, it was simple just be careful about the little brass ferrules and the brake lever
ORIGINAL: SoCal_Pappy
KURAKYN ISO Grips W\Throttle Boss!!
KURAKYN ISO Grips W\Throttle Boss!!
Oh, yeah, and they cost $2.75 EACH if you have to buy one(or 2).
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Louisiana
RE: Grip Change
Has anyone tried the "egrip" available at J&P Cycles?? Here's a link: http://www.jpcycles.com/productgroup...B-0129B3895BBF
Jon
Jon
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RE: Grip Change
You can find the iso's at www.kuryakyn.com . I went with their pilot grips. Mostly because I didn't love the other iso grips, and because everyone had them on their bikes. I wanted to be a little different. I liked them so much, when I changed out my bars, I had them switched to the new bar. I also bought a second throttle boss, for the left grip. It is nice to have a larger area to rest the left hand, plus it balances out the grips. IMO
As far as removal goes. Do the throttle side first. It is a bit tricky, but easy enough. I didn't place any cardboard between the brake lever, and I was lucky enough to not brake the little brake tab. And for the left grip, I just grabbed it, and gave it a hard twist. It came right off. get the right side done, and then align the left grip to match. if you do it correctly, it looks really good.
Billet grips look really nice, but that is where it stops. if you do any amount of riding, those billet grips will kill your hands. A buddy an I have gone on a few rides, he has billet grips. You can see him shaking his hands out every five minutes. LOL Get some type of grip that has a vibration reducing insert, like the iso's or the pilot grips.
As far as removal goes. Do the throttle side first. It is a bit tricky, but easy enough. I didn't place any cardboard between the brake lever, and I was lucky enough to not brake the little brake tab. And for the left grip, I just grabbed it, and gave it a hard twist. It came right off. get the right side done, and then align the left grip to match. if you do it correctly, it looks really good.
Billet grips look really nice, but that is where it stops. if you do any amount of riding, those billet grips will kill your hands. A buddy an I have gone on a few rides, he has billet grips. You can see him shaking his hands out every five minutes. LOL Get some type of grip that has a vibration reducing insert, like the iso's or the pilot grips.