Nate, how did you install those ISO Kuryakan grips? Instructions say that you need to cut off old grips, or something?
do foam grips kill vibration?
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They just slide on like any other grip. They give you a glue to use but I just used wd40 or maybe I used hair spray.Nathan
KD9ARL
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1978 XS1100E
K&N Filter
#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
LED Dash lights
Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
Green Monster Coils
SS Brake Lines
Vision 550 Auto Tensioner
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I use hair spray because it dries. Does WD40 dry as well? Was afraid to try it for fear the grips would not stay put.Rob - 79 SFComment
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you'd have to go out and buy hairspray and writhe with embarrassment at the boutique's sales counter.
Or worse, borrow the wife's stuff and live in fear of discovery.
But WD40? Everybody's got that.
FWIW, although WD40 ain't the universal fluid it's hyped up to be it does work for getting grips on and off.
Remove grips by shoving a skinny screwdriver between the grip and the bar and squirting WD40 into the gap then wringing the grip off.
Squirt the bar with WD40 and the grip slides right on. The grip slithers about at first but sets up solid overnight.Fred Hill, S'toon
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Yeah wd40 dries to a sticky goo. It is a lot slower to dry though.Nathan
KD9ARL
μολὼν λαβέ
1978 XS1100E
K&N Filter
#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
LED Dash lights
Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
Green Monster Coils
SS Brake Lines
Vision 550 Auto Tensioner
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore RooseveltComment
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Hi motoman,
you'd have to go out and buy hairspray and writhe with embarrassment at the boutique's sales counter.
Or worse, borrow the wife's stuff and live in fear of discovery.
But WD40? Everybody's got that.
FWIW, although WD40 ain't the universal fluid it's hyped up to be it does work for getting grips on and off.
Remove grips by shoving a skinny screwdriver between the grip and the bar and squirting WD40 into the gap then wringing the grip off.
Squirt the bar with WD40 and the grip slides right on. The grip slithers about at first but sets up solid overnight..
81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.Comment
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Hi motoman,
you'd have to go out and buy hairspray and writhe with embarrassment at the boutique's sales counter.
Or worse, borrow the wife's stuff and live in fear of discovery.
But WD40? Everybody's got that.
FWIW, although WD40 ain't the universal fluid it's hyped up to be it does work for getting grips on and off.
Remove grips by shoving a skinny screwdriver between the grip and the bar and squirting WD40 into the gap then wringing the grip off.
Squirt the bar with WD40 and the grip slides right on. The grip slithers about at first but sets up solid overnight.. Same going back on with a shot of hairspray on bar/throttle tube. By time it 'farts its way back on, the spray is fairly dried.....wa-la
. Final Net, keeps the grip stable in windy conditions!
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