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| | | Duty_First | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 15/03/2013 | | Posts | : | 64 | | Location | : | Adelaide, SA, Australia |
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| | Posted : 28 Mar 2013 - 08:22 Post title : Hand Grips | | | I am looking at getting either Kury Iso's or Avon grips and seen a couple of threads/posts on them both. I have read that the Iso's Grips crack/ break. Can I have a bit of feedback on them both from anyone who has either fitted to their bikes?
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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 : 28 Mar 2013 - 08:52 Post title : Re: Hand Grips (Re: Duty_First) | | | I have the ISO grips and done 23000 miles with no problems. Although my mate had the same grips on his TBird and they only lasted a few Thousand miles. 
I do carry a spare throttle grip if touring.
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| | | bnz433 | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/06/2011 | | Posts | : | 1,843 | | Location | : | Clifton Park (Upstate), NY, United States |
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| | Posted : 28 Mar 2013 - 13:18 Post title : Re: Hand Grips (Re: Duty_First) | | | I had the Black Kury ISO's, and loved them. But I was one of the unlucky ones that suffered the busted cable attachment. I'm pretty sure it's the same failure mode that those with Triumph Heated Grips suffer....same location, etc. I could have gone back to the ISO's, because they were very comfy, but wanted to try out something different. I went with Arlen Ness contrast cut black grips for the looks, and comfort (on par with ISO). They are the same part number used for the Star (Yamaha cruiser line) bikes. Others have given a try for "all metal" (meaning no plastic insert to snap) aftermarket grips that fit Star cruisers as well. Essentially, knowing that Star grips will fit ours really opens up your options to any aftermarket grip.
Like the ISO's, however, my Arlen Ness' suffered with a little bit of "lateral play" (or "slop", as some have called it). Easy fix, though...simply cut down a piece of PVC pipe/tube of the same OD as your bar end, and it'll eliminate the lateral movement of the throttle-side grip.
Good luck!
Jamie
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| | | Noladuck | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 05/06/2011 | | Posts | : | 260 | | Location | : | Portland, Oregon, United States |
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| | Posted : 29 Mar 2013 - 00:29 Post title : Re: Hand Grips (Re: bnz433) | | | My ISO's broke a couple weeks ago, while I was on the freeway. That was interesting trying to get to the shoulder with out getting creamed by heavy traffic. I was able to get the cable to stay with some creative use of electrical tape. I was only a couple miles from home, so I was lucky, but that was it for the Kury ISO's for me. The plastic piece holding the cable broke. I agree with others that it's a design flaw, and should be either much stronger plastic, or just machined metal for the fitting. I'm trying Avon grips this time. We shall see. The Avon grips are fine so far, but are still a little sloppy like the Kury. I wonder if the sloppiness is just contributing to the the fittings breaking. They aren't as fat and soft as the Kury, and have a grippy texture to them.
Chris
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| | | bnz433 | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 10/06/2011 | | Posts | : | 1,843 | | Location | : | Clifton Park (Upstate), NY, United States |
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| | Posted : 29 Mar 2013 - 11:49 Post title : Re: Hand Grips (Re: Noladuck) | | | I did a little "root cause analysis" after mine broke. I think the sloppiness has nil effect. Rather, the tbird throttle appears to use the switch housing as it's "stop" when the throttle is released. If you look inside the switch housing, where the cable goes into the cable guide, there's a sharp edge (metal). That makes contact with the plastic grip's cable holder (where the cable's metal "barrel" sits in the plastic groove). My gut tells me that, over time, the constant banging of the plastic holder against the sharp metal edge weakens the plastic until it snaps (even with the Triumph heated grips). The stock, non-heated, plastic grip has a bit more "meat" to it, but not much.
Fix - take a dremmel and "ease" the sharp edge of the switch housing. It should eliminate, or minimize the damage the housing can do to the plastic bits.
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