Throttle grip lifespan
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Road Captain
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From: Seminole County, FL
Throttle grip lifespan
So I just finished my latest round of mods and was going out to find a decent spot to take some new pics to post.
I stop at the ATM, go to leave and WTF no throttle!
This was my second pair of Kury Iso grips. The first throttle grip snapped in half and came off the bars in my hand. I was able to ride home by jamming the broken halves together while twisting.
I called Kury, they promptly sent me a new pair. That was about two years ago.
The replacement broke at the hole where you insert the cable barrel.
I like the style of the Iso grips as they do dampen the vibration, fill up my big mit, and look good. After two epic failures I won't go back for a third try, but would like opinions on similar grips, especially with chrome.
For those of you using the grips, if you hear an unexplained snapping sound you should remove the grip and look for cracks before you end up pulling on the throttle cable by hand to get home!
I stop at the ATM, go to leave and WTF no throttle!
This was my second pair of Kury Iso grips. The first throttle grip snapped in half and came off the bars in my hand. I was able to ride home by jamming the broken halves together while twisting.
I called Kury, they promptly sent me a new pair. That was about two years ago.
The replacement broke at the hole where you insert the cable barrel.
I like the style of the Iso grips as they do dampen the vibration, fill up my big mit, and look good. After two epic failures I won't go back for a third try, but would like opinions on similar grips, especially with chrome.
For those of you using the grips, if you hear an unexplained snapping sound you should remove the grip and look for cracks before you end up pulling on the throttle cable by hand to get home!
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From: New Braunfels, Texas
Another option would be to use the stock grips (which seem to last forever) and cover them with leather. I bought a pair on e-bay and they even have some padding on the back side to help with vibes.
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From: Phoenix '53, '88, '09 Big Twins
the failure of the Krapkin items has been an ongoing issue.
on the TBW version, the inner gear can break away from the grip, causing the throttle to work, not work and/or jam in any position.
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mike
on the TBW version, the inner gear can break away from the grip, causing the throttle to work, not work and/or jam in any position.
Krapkin...a world leader in advertising
mike
Haven't had a problem with either ISO cable or TWB grips. The TBW only have 30000 mile on them the cable ISO have 80000+ mile all is good. Did you lightly lube the the throttle side I do.
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2014
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From: Texas
i had some knockoff ISO grips off ebay on my old suzuki, they costed $30/pair. the only issue i had with them was the throttle tube came unglued from the grip shell. after about 2 months, fixed it with some gorilla glue and never had another issue with em. i dont trust kuryakyn. everything they sell seems low quality and high priced
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