Grips on R1's

[Jim]

so reciently I put an 04 R1 throttle on my gixxer, but having a hard time keeping my grip to stick to the new throttle tube.

i wasnt able to find a good picture of the gixxer vs R1 throttles to show, but the R1 throttle is a smooth tube, where the gixxer one had ridges that would grab the grips (no glue needed).

I had grip glue blue on there, which gave out today on my way home from work. Then used hair spray (worked fine on my left grip), which lasted one wrist twist.

So what are you guys using to keep your grip on the throttles?

[Pittenger5]

Safety wire

[Jim]

seriously?

[Pittenger5]

Yah, I have it on all my bikes, dont move an inch

[Pittenger5]

Wrap it around twice, tighten it as much as you can without breaking it, try to get the point when you wont be grabbing the grip, kinda between your thumb and fingers on the grip, then use something to push the point INTO the grip so you dont stab yourself

[Jim]

wanna send me a picture of how it looks? i cant lose posing points for showing safety wire

[Pittenger5]

You see it, its just wrapped around the grip, but it holds it tight

[akira700]

wanna send me a picture of how it looks? i cant lose posing points for showing safety wire

What if its called chrome colored wire?
Dude you gotta think about leading the trend here!

[akira700]

Seriously though. What if you tried an OEM Yamaha grip?

[R7]

Well at least you have 1 good part on that thing

[Jim]

Not using an OEM grip though, so i'm not sure how good it'll stick

[Pittenger5]

Just use safety wire and pretend you race

[eboos]

I poured denatured alcohol through the grips to lubricate them when putting them on and then safety wired them. No trouble at all racing all season and the bike was left outside all year.

[KB]

Use grey primer spray paint as the lubricant. Let it dry then safety wire it. It will never move again.

KB

[Jim]

anyone nearby that has safety wire & wanna help a gixxah? it's nice out and i wanna ride

[Pittenger5]

I could help ya sometime Jim, though itd be like a lot easier for me if you could make it to newbury or something, lemme know

[Jim]

Dollah, you around now? i could ride a short trip gripless, but just didnt want to ride all the way to a dealer for grip glue

[Pittenger5]

If you can give me like 45 mins to shower and make it to newbury I can do it
GripGlue didnt even work on my 636, thats how I learned safety wire

[Jim]

I didnt realize the time, i have to be in stoughton @ 1. Would you be around in a few hours after?

[eboos]

DB, when possible, safety wire and safety wire plyers would be a great addition to your tool kit even if you don't race.

[Pittenger5]

I didnt realize the time, i have to be in stoughton @ 1. Would you be around in a few hours after?

Most likely, just drop me a PM or somethin

[ThisBitch]

He has me on ignore, but hairspray actually works really well.

[The Snowman]

He has me on ignore, but hairspray actually works really well.

Depends on what kind. The pump kind doesn't work as well as aerosol ones do.

Of course, I haven't had to change grips in a long time, so things may have changed.

[Pittenger5]

I dunno, Ive tried all them, grip glue, hairspray, none seemed to work for me.

[Jim]

i went to CVS yesterday and bought a travel sized aerosol spray can. it hekd on for one wrist twist and that was it