Hmmm - after picking up Luke today, we wound up fighting 40-50 mph winds blowing off the cornfields on our way home. About 10 miles from home, I noticed that I'd broken the left grip loose. Whenever I've replaced grips in the past I always had one of those small tubes of glue that was provided just for that use - but not now. What do you folks use? Obviously, I want it on tight, but not impossible to remove should I want to at some time down the road..
Thanks,
Ron
A little bit of the wife's hair spray. Makes the pipe slippery to put it on and ten minutes later it's stuck tight.
Mike - REALLY????? I'm not sure what that says about that stuff! Will it make my grips curly? 😉
Ron
No, but they'll smell good. :0)
That's what the dealer used to recommend. I've been using it for thirty years on both rubber and foam ones.
Oh, foam and rubber... mine are those nice metal Kuryakyn Iso Grips. That's different story - right?
Ron
Aren't they rubber on the inside? I guess I've never used any that weren't.
Ooops - you're right. They are metal on the inside. My wife doesn't use hair spray, guess she'll have to buy the cheapest one out there unless someone else wants to chime in here with other ideas.
Thanks Mike,
Ron
Get a small tube of the adhesive. It's very cheap, it lasts forever and can be used on wheelbarrow grips, bicycles, broom and tool handles, to glue small rubber spacers on metal, lots of stuff.
Lonnie
I learned the hairspray trick from a buddy who owns a bicycle shop. That is all he has used on customers' bikes for 30 years. Also, you can later use the hairspray as a solvent to break the grips free when it is time to change them or install new handlebars. One thing I do before using the hairspray is spray some brake cleaner on a paper towel and wipe the bars down to make sure there is no oil on them. Makes for a extra solid bond.
Sarge
Originally written by Sarge on 10/31/2006 6:09 PM
I learned the hairspray trick from a buddy who owns a bicycle shop. That is all he has used on customers' bikes for 30 years. Also, you can later use the hairspray as a solvent to break the grips free when it is time to change them or install new handlebars. One thing I do before using the hairspray is spray some brake cleaner on a paper towel and wipe the bars down to make sure there is no oil on them. Makes for a extra solid bond.
Sarge
Thanks Sarge, I never thought to use it as a solvent.
That stuff called 'son of a gun' works well to remove pesky old hand grips too. Pry them up enough to get a little space to spray it in there and they come off like magic.
If you have those fancy Kuryakyn grips with metal ribs,as I do, be very careful. Hair spray doesn't work. I'vw tried regular grip cement, works good. Kuryakyn reccomends Instant glue, maybe, maybe not. What's needed is something that will fill up the voids insde. I am a little worried about the grips coming off now especially with the increased effort on the handlebars because of the sidecar. Mine have come off twice in the past (the left one). If mine come off again, straight rubber grips will go on.
As far as getting old grips off, an airgun with a small copper tube attached, pushed between the grips and the handlebars works great.
