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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 18 Feb 2012 - 16:00 Post title : Losing my grip | | | I'm sure this was discussed somewhere before ,
Without cutting it off, is there a way to get the stock left grip off?
I have a set of the Iso-Grips I need to get put on and unless I have no other choice, would like to keep the old one intact.
Thanks,
| Rick 
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
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| mjgt | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,201 | | Location | : | North Somerset, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 18 Feb 2012 - 17:18 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: RedBird2010) | | | Try using a thin screwdriver as a start and open up the end of the grip enough to allow a good squirt of WD40 in, then just work it in a bit. I did this on another bike to replace the grips and it worked a treat.
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 18 Feb 2012 - 21:48 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: mjgt) | | |
mjgt wrote:
Try using a thin screwdriver as a start and open up the end of the grip enough to allow a good squirt of WD40 in, then just work it in a bit. I did this on another bike to replace the grips and it worked a treat. |
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Thanks, I'll give that a try. I was thinking that might work but wanted to be sure before I made a mess.
| Rick
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 18 Feb 2012 - 22:07 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: RedBird2010) | | | You could save your self a lot of bother and just cut them off. I chucked mine when I changed to the ISO grips. Your not going to want to change back in a hurry.
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 18 Feb 2012 - 22:37 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: mat1600) | | | in days gone past using heat from a hairdryer can sofen them and make them easier to pull off.
if it works for you let us know 
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 18 Feb 2012 - 22:50 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: zolti) | | | I just used a screw driver, worked it in, spun it around a bit, slid the grip off. The throttle side had to be cut off.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 18 Feb 2012 - 23:14 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: Thatch) | | | A new set of Triumph grips will be pennies - they're shit.
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| EnGage | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Feb 2012 - 13:49 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: RedBird2010) | | | RedBird2010 wrote:
I'm sure this was discussed somewhere before ,
Without cutting it off, is there a way to get the stock left grip off?
I have a set of the Iso-Grips I need to get put on and unless I have no other choice, would like to keep the old one intact.
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If you have an air compressor with a blowing nozzle it will come right off. Remove the controls, put the nozzle up to the base of the grip. Squeeze the trigger to start the air flow and the grip will puff up and come right off. This is a time tested method that works well.
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Feb 2012 - 14:49 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: EnGage) | | |
EnGage wrote:
RedBird2010 wrote:
I'm sure this was discussed somewhere before ,
Without cutting it off, is there a way to get the stock left grip off?
I have a set of the Iso-Grips I need to get put on and unless I have no other choice, would like to keep the old one intact.
Thanks, |
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If you have an air compressor with a blowing nozzle it will come right off. Remove the controls, put the nozzle up to the base of the grip. Squeeze the trigger to start the air flow and the grip will puff up and come right off. This is a time tested method that works well. |
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Using compressed air does make sense, I think I'll try heating the grip with the hair dryer first too.
I knew there had to be more than one way to get these off.
Thanks everyone
| Rick
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
"Harley-Davidson; the worlds' most efficient method of turning gasoline into noise without the harmful side effect of horsepower."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask"
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| EnGage | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Feb 2012 - 14:42 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: RedBird2010) | | |
RedBird2010 wrote:
... I think I'll try heating the grip with the hair dryer first too.
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Should be no need to heat the grip.
Here's a video. GO to about 40 seconds in. Note that my air nozzle is not so fancy and does not fit under the grip, but it doesn't matter, the grip still flies off:
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Feb 2012 - 16:18 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: EnGage) | | | That is incredible!! I never thought they would come off like that
I won't be able to do anything on it today but sometime this week I need to try it.
Thank you!!
| Rick
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
"Harley-Davidson; the worlds' most efficient method of turning gasoline into noise without the harmful side effect of horsepower."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask"
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 20 Feb 2012 - 16:27 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: RedBird2010) | | | Just be forewarned... the throttle side is not a smooth sleeve. There are series of offset crenelations that the grip fits over making it much more difficult to pull off that trick throttle side. I'm sure air will still help, but it won't be nearly as easy as that. Left side, it should shoot right off (but then I found the screwdriver trick made a quick job of that.
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Feb 2012 - 20:57 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: Thatch) | | | I got the left grip off using the air trick, that was easy once I got the right end/nozzle on my air hose, tried needle first and it wasn't enough volume of air. On to the other side now.
| Rick
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
"Harley-Davidson; the worlds' most efficient method of turning gasoline into noise without the harmful side effect of horsepower."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask"
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| EnGage | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Feb 2012 - 22:51 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: RedBird2010) | | | RedBird2010 wrote:
I got the left grip off using the air trick, that was easy once I got the right end/nozzle on my air hose, tried needle first and it wasn't enough volume of air. On to the other side now. |
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Awesome
Thatch is correct on the throttle side. I have removed that grip to replace it with the heated variety, but involves removing the whole assembly, which is easy. I have not removed just the grip. Keep us informed.
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Feb 2012 - 23:05 Post title : Re: Losing my grip (Re: EnGage) | | |
EnGage wrote:
RedBird2010 wrote:
I got the left grip off using the air trick, that was easy once I got the right end/nozzle on my air hose, tried needle first and it wasn't enough volume of air. On to the other side now. |
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Awesome
Thatch is correct on the throttle side. I have removed that grip to replace it with the heated variety, but involves removing the whole assembly, which is easy. I have not removed just the grip. Keep us informed. |
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The kit I got is (I hope) a direct replacement of the throttle grip assembly, appears that i just need to undo the cables from the old one and re-install on the new one.
I have a bad head cold today so I haven't tackled too much on it.
| Rick
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
"Harley-Davidson; the worlds' most efficient method of turning gasoline into noise without the harmful side effect of horsepower."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask"
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