OverHillAndDale
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I love the Kuryakyn clamshell grips, but they are shorter than the Spyder grips so the rubber insert was always loose on the end. Also, the Spyder grips are curved which also caused the insert to be irregularly shaped. Further, mine were broken recently when a dealer or towing service pushed the bikes by the grips and they snapped.
So I bought another set, and installed them a bit differently. I found a piece of 1.25" thinwall drainage pipe, cut off two 5" pieces and slit them down the middle with a Dremmel.
I slid the rubber insert over the slit pipe, and used a wood block and hammer to slide the assembly over the old grip.
LaMonster recommended grinding on the shift lever a bit to make it fit with this but, but I hated to grind on the bike. I used a bench grinder to take out part of the lower left clamshell.
You have to remove a fair amount of aluminum. Working the clamshells over the rubber insert wasn't easy. I got one side hooked over the raised part of the insert, then rotated the clamshell until I got the other side done. This part requires some patience.
I read somewhere on this site that someone used hose clamps to squeeze the grips together until the nibs attached, so I tried it and it worked.
I put an ISO throttle boss on the end of the left grip, and capped both ends with LidLox made for these grips. The steel insert causes the rubber inserts to stick out uniformly, and provides extra strength if some pushes the bike from the ends of the grips.
These are really fat grips that some people may not like. I like them because my hands cramped on the skinny grips. I often ride with my thumb on top of grip and the friction these offer makes that very easy. They reduce the effectiveness of the heating, but when the grip heater is on high these warm up to the heat you'd normally get with the low setting. Living in the warm southeast this will not be much of a problem for me.
So I bought another set, and installed them a bit differently. I found a piece of 1.25" thinwall drainage pipe, cut off two 5" pieces and slit them down the middle with a Dremmel.
I slid the rubber insert over the slit pipe, and used a wood block and hammer to slide the assembly over the old grip.
LaMonster recommended grinding on the shift lever a bit to make it fit with this but, but I hated to grind on the bike. I used a bench grinder to take out part of the lower left clamshell.
I read somewhere on this site that someone used hose clamps to squeeze the grips together until the nibs attached, so I tried it and it worked.
I put an ISO throttle boss on the end of the left grip, and capped both ends with LidLox made for these grips. The steel insert causes the rubber inserts to stick out uniformly, and provides extra strength if some pushes the bike from the ends of the grips.
These are really fat grips that some people may not like. I like them because my hands cramped on the skinny grips. I often ride with my thumb on top of grip and the friction these offer makes that very easy. They reduce the effectiveness of the heating, but when the grip heater is on high these warm up to the heat you'd normally get with the low setting. Living in the warm southeast this will not be much of a problem for me.
