[backbeat]

Great advice on removing grips, but what's the trick to installing them. Seems like the throttle side stops half way every time. Do you have to use grip glue, or is there another product that works? Is there something you can spray inside the grip that won't affect the glue?

[oldtimer]

Grab your wife’s hair spray. Spray a little in the grip and on the tube and quickly jam it on. Never had one come loose.

[BigOL3]

I know they have special adhesive now to use on gripes, but I have always used 3M weather strip adhesive. It is yellow, and normally called gorilla snot.

[MauiMoto]

the renthal glue works really good makes em easy to put on and never come loose with renthal grips

[crfscrambler797]

i use spray paint, it dries like glue and it makes it easy to install them, ive tried everything and thats the best ive found and i also put the tie wire on 3 to each side

[chas]

What ever glue you decide to use is fine I like Renthal but what I do works great try Puting 3 or 4 ty-wraps equally spaced aroud the grip inside and slide on then pull ties out with pliers use a good 1/4" tie. works great. You get a little glue on your ties and might have to throw them away but they are cheap compared to my labor at pushing them grips on without them.Teflon ties slideslideslide

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[124]

Brakecleaner (non-chlorinated ofcourse). Melts the rubber and slides on "no problemo".

I've found glue makes them a biiiaaatch to get em off.

[GhostX]

Chas, I don't completely understand the zip ty method

I have used the hair spray method with success. Just make sure the grips dry in sunlight for a few hours before riding, and they do come off with fair ease later.

[crf538kid]

flush the grip out with gasoline before putting it on the bars with rubber cement and it works great

[mxrider1972]

Start the grip on the bars then apply compressed air between the bar and grip while pushing the grip on. the compressed air expands the grip . never had one come loose yet.

[motoracer710]

I use a fast drying clear spray paint. Spray a little on the bar ends (careful on the throttle side) and inside the grip. Let it dry and then spray a generous amount inside the grips and slid them on. Got this tip from MXA magazine. . .it's how they do all their test bikes and they learned it from a factory Yamaha mechanic. Never had a grip come loose. Getting them off is easy. Just use a utility knife with a new razor and carefully cut the grip down the center and peal the grip off like a banana.

[RAZ]

Plain and simple; use an air compressor with a blow tip, You blow air into the open side and it blows up while you pull it on. Just an old trick from many years ago.

[Dirtclod]

I put my grips in the dryer for ten min or so they'll expand.Just before I pull them out I put the grip glue on the throttle side 1st depending on the grips sometimes I fire up the aircompresser and shoot air through the bars and the throddle side slides right on

[Serp]

If you use hair spray, like I do, make sure you use one with an alchohol base (some types have slippery stuff in them).

[JAWS]

If you use hair spray, like I do, make sure you use one with an alchohol base (some types have slippery stuff in them).

AquaNet used to be a good brand. Don't know if they even make that stuff anymore.

Joe