Help please! (hot grips)

OK i know there are multiple threads and full fitting instructions for the oxford hot grips but i am still having problems got off old grips easily and started to dry fit the non throttle side grip using wd40 to lube it push it on very very hard a little then using a rubber mallet got it on until was about a cm till properly on however could get it any further and i was hitting v.hard now am i just being a tart and should i hit it harder or does some sanding need done. BTW the bike is a 1999 curvy thanks

sounds like it should go on futher

try isopropyl alcohol

I fitted some to my kwak z750 and although they were a snugger fit certainly no mallets were invloved.

Depending on what you mean by very hard but i dont think the insides of the hot grip are going to love being hit hard.

Stupid question but the insert they give you in the box isn't still inside the grip is it (sorry cant remeber if this is for the throttle or left side)

Also not sure that you want to take any material off the bar, or take any to much off the inside of the grip, you might expose the wiring.

Have you checked to see if the grip looks like it has some sort of manufacturing fault?

They should be flush against the switchgear on you bars/clip-ons.

Don't worry too much about hamering the grip. Personally, I doubt it'd help much to get them on, but it shouldn't damage the wiring inside the grips.

I just used glue & a lot of elbow grease. Minus the glue to remove them again.

eventually got them on sanded the bar and the grip just a little and could get it on with a bit of elbow grease throttle side was a easy in comparison thanks for your help.

how hot are they?

& what bike are they on?

Are hot grips better or would you just use heated gloves i am going to be doing one of the above for next winter.

Originally Posted by ad53ggz

OK i know there are multiple threads and full fitting instructions for the oxford hot grips but i am still having problems got off old grips easily and started to dry fit the non throttle side grip using wd40 to lube it push it on very very hard a little then using a rubber mallet got it on until was about a cm till properly on however could get it any further and i was hitting v.hard now am i just being a tart and should i hit it harder or does some sanding need done. BTW the bike is a 1999 curvy thanks

We also found this a bast**d of a job, did you use the glue that was supplied? I hope not else you are in trouble now! Anyway, pure brut force was reqiured in the end ..... hope to never do it again! (But they are great when working!)

how hot are they?

& what bike are they on?

I find them hot, had them on today but had to switch them off as was too warm even on the lowest setting, they are on an 1999 sv650s

are hot grips better or would you just use heated gloves i am going to be doing one of the above for next winter

I have never had heated gloves but i did have heated grips on my old bike an xj600 and i went up to just North of Aberdeen on my bike late February early march from Lincoln about 450 miles( ok not that far but the furthest i have ridden in my short biking experience!) and my hands were nice and warm all the way even in the heavy rain! heated grips get thumbs up from me

did you use the glue that was supplied?

no didn't use their glue after having it unstick when i was on my old bike i learned from my mistake!!