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Rubber grips for handlebar heating...

Postby bfisher » Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:48 pm

Can anyone confirm they have tried these & they fit accordingly to r11s?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rubber-grips- ... 35d87a7637

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Postby skiddy boxers » Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:10 pm

No but I've been looking for some alternative replacements for mine. If you go for them let us know how you get on.
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Postby RavensAteMyEyes » Tue May 19, 2015 3:21 pm

Hi guys,

Got these last week and fitted to my R1100S ahead of a week-long Euro trip. Absolutely fine, fit perfectly and almost identical to the originals.

Use a bit of washing up liquid to slip them on and it'll dry out sticky and hold them in place.

Only thing I found is that in near 40-degree heat they expanded and the left-hand one got a bit slippy, but the throttle one stayed firmly attached.

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Postby slparry » Tue May 19, 2015 4:36 pm

RavensAteMyEyes wrote:Hi guys,

Got these last week and fitted to my R1100S ahead of a week-long Euro trip. Absolutely fine, fit perfectly and almost identical to the originals.

Use a bit of washing up liquid to slip them on and it'll dry out sticky and hold them in place.

Only thing I found is that in near 40-degree heat they expanded and the left-hand one got a bit slippy, but the throttle one stayed firmly attached.

Big fan.


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Postby bfisher » Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:54 am

A couple of words of advice re fitting these, particularly with reference to the right-hand throttle grip:

i. They are very 'snug' fit, even if heated in water to soften as recommended in the guide, hence it takes quite amount of pressure to get grips on through twisting & pulling; be careful NOT to twist the throttle grip too hard otherwise you risk damaging the plastic whereby it naturally stops turning. I would recommended taking cover's of the throttle housing to ensure you can avoid it from doing this (enables you to see how it works & also enables you to hold it accordingly to avoid this damage).
ii. Remember you want to leave a small gap between the bar-ends & the grip itself otherwise it won't turn naturally.

Other than this, the grips fit fine, its just a bit of a struggle to get them on. I used hairspray as recommended in this thread however yet to fully test. I also applied a little superglue as originals had something similar at ends however this is probably not truley required.

Good luck... B

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Postby roadburner » Fri Sep 25, 2015 4:49 pm

i always find that spraying a load of brake cleaner in them helps them slip on really easily, but you only have about 30 seconds to get them on before it evapoates.


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