Grip Gripes

[Hook#3287]

Ok, so who's got the tried and true method to getting the dang grips to stay on after removal?

Over the years I've removed a grip or two for some reason or another and just can't get the dang things to stay put after re installment.

I used the spray can stuff, 3M super 77, both on the bar and in the grip and waited till tacky, then pushed on, but they still slide down when riding.

Help me out, I'm sick of hitting the grips back on at the stop lights.

[bikerboy1951]

Buy grip glue.  Any motorcycle dealer stocks it.  Be ready to position the grip if necessary immediately as it is very fast setting.

Brad

[Hook#3287]

Buy grip glue.

There's such a thing?  Whoda thunk it.  Thanks

I don't spend much time in motorcycle shops, maybe I should start?

[Chrisj CMA]

Also it helps to scuff the chrome real good with some course sandpaper and also for new grips to clean the inside with isopropyl alcohol to get the release agent off the rubber.   

[Jess from VA]

I use clear RTV silicone sealant.  It does not get rock hard but sort of turns to rubber, in case you ever need to get them off again, it is not like fighting Gorilla Glue (and I think it helps with humming type vibration on long rides).  The left never moves, but after a year or two the throttle starts to move a little bit, and I can push it back into place (it's not just sliding around or coming off).  After a few years, when it moves too easily, I take it off and glue it back on again.  The trick is to scuff up the bar and squeeze more goop down in the grip than on the bar.  Then clean up the excess so you don't glue the throttle to the control box.  It needs to be left overnight or 24 hours to get cured, esp in hot weather (longer than glue).  The RTV also gives you plenty of time to line up your grip (like my Kuryakyn Iso Grips), so the rubbers are under your palms and the spaces match up on both sides.  Some of the tougher glues, you only get a few seconds and they are locked in place (may not matter with stock grips), or glued to the throttle-side control box. 

Gorilla Glue is supposed to be more permanent if that is what you want.

[six2go #152]

I use HONDA Grip Cement. Those puppies ain't goin' nowhere.

[Hook#3287]

Also it helps to scuff the chrome real good with some course sandpaper and also for new grips to clean the inside with isopropyl alcohol to get the release agent off the rubber.   

Good tip, I'll use it, thanks.

I use clear RTV silicone sealant.

Another good idea. Thanks.  I've only got about a dozen tubes of silicone hanging around.  Although, I don't know or have RTV.

I use HONDA Grip Cement. Those puppies ain't goin' nowhere.

Hmmm, that would require a trip to my local Honda shop 30 miles away.  I'm trying to stay out of there for fear I'd walk out with a F6B or 2014 Valk.

[big poppa pump]

Tried everything including silicone, golf tape, grip glue and gasket adhesive. None worked. Used Gorilla glue as my last option. The sucker hasn't moved ever since!!

[h0race]

I just put grips on my bike... I used the method I have used for years... clean the bar (no sanding) and use good old fashion hair spray... I used my wife's extra hold.  All I needed to do was spray enough to coat the inside of the grip and slide it on.  It works like a lube to slide it on but evaporates quickly to set.  
When I checked it, it was setting within 10 minutes but gave it over night and a rainy day to make sure it was dry all the way through.  I anticipate if I need to pull it off in the future, I wont have the same issues I had pulling my heated grips off.  The PO use gorilla glue unnecessarily to glue the show chrome heated grips on.  I was changing bars back to stock and I had to destroyed grip to remove the choke ring or I would have left it on for one of my other (older non valk) bikes. 

[hubcapsc]

I compressed-air-removed the left grip from my 1800's original
bars and lubed it up with rubbing alcohol to push it
onto the new bars. Did the same kind of thing when I
removed the chrome grips from my 1500 and installed
OEM grips. They don't seem loose.

Maybe a different removal process would stretch the grips?

Maybe there was still "Honda glue" down in there that
took over after the alcohol evaporated?

-Mike "only twist the right side  "