Wilsons Sandbox

Michael: If your grips are stock, and you are going to replace them, just cut them off with a razor knife. Clean up the left bar end and the throttle grip with a Scotchbrite pad. You are going to need to drill out the end of the throttle grip. I would use progressively larger drill bits and temporarily wrap duct tape around the outside of the throttle grip to prevent it from splitting. I used a rotary tool to clean up the rough edges. Make sure the hole is large enough that the throttle does not stick when you slide the throttle assembly in to expose the right bar end. (Sounds complicated but when you do it you will know what I am talking about) Installing the left grip is easy (make sure you use the grip with the smaller hole). Put grip glue on the bars and slide the grip on. When the grip is fully on, tap the end of the grip with a rubber hammer until the bar end comes through. I use the same rubber hammer trick for the right grip but I cut out the end using a 1" piece of scrap copper pipe before I mounted the grip. Take you time and double-check everything is tight and the throttle is not sticking before you ride. John

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000 23:27:26 -0000, Michael Hoyt wrote: My computer crashed as I hit the post button, so this may be a repeat. I bought some Ralley copies by Hebo, but the instructions were in Spanish only. It looks pretty straight forward, but I'm not sure how to prep the grips. I've briefly searched the archives, but my link is so slow that it became too painful. Any help out there? Thanks. _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html