Kuryakyn ISO grips

My Honda VTX1800 is a blast to ride, but the straighter position of
the bars forces my wrist to an angle that makes it a little more
prone to tingling and numbness due to road vibration, depending on the
road. The better interstates don't cause problems, but other roads are
a dif story.

I took off the stock rubber grips and replaced them with a set of
kuryakyn "flamed" ISO grips tonight. I haven't had a chance to road
test them on the highway at speed, but after installation, I noticed a
huge dif in construction between them and the stock grips.

Total cost: $75 - includes the grips and the little lever piece that
acts as a throttle rocker.

The stock grips are fairly thin rubber with plasti-chrome ends. Held
side-by-side, the Kuryakyn are substantially heavier and a bit
longer.

The rubber inside the Kuryakyns feels as thick as the stock grips in
total. Add a layer of chromed metal and the extra rubber pieces on the
outside of the grips and you get a pretty substantial feel.

I'll be looking forward to a true roadtest with these things this
weekend. I'll report back for those of us with a touch of CTS. It's a
cheaper fix - if it works - than new bars, though highly padded
gauntlets will provide relief, too, but who wants to wear those in
100F weather?

Lessons Learned (the easy way, thankfully): there is a right and left
grip in the package. Get it right and they slip on easily. You'll nkow
if you've got the elft grip on thr right side - it won't go on while
the right grip will go on too easily on the left side.

The gluing was interesting... super-like glue sets up the instant you
stop turning the grip onto the handlebar. They've got you emptying 3g
of glue into each grip. The glue doesn't dry inside the grip, but it
sets as soon as you stop twisting the grip onto the bar. So, if you're
the least bit sloppy, you'll be using a rotary tool to cut the doggone
thing off. Do as others suggest and practice putting the grips on w/
out the glue so you get the feel for it. Then add the glue and twist
'em on in one continuous movement.

Oh yeah, if you're the least bit allergic to super-glue as in sneezing
or eye sensitivity if you get glued fingers near your eyes or nose,
this stuff seems worse and you don't even have to spill it on your
fingers to feel the effects. After putting the grips on, do what I
failed to do - wash your hands even if you didn't get any on your
fngers.

Greg

On Jun 9, 12:39 am, Calgary
<actual.rider_remove_the_obvio... RemoveThis @telus.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:19:56 -0700, oasysco <wilderkom... RemoveThis @yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >The gluing was interesting... super-like glue sets up the instant you
> >stop turning the grip onto the handlebar. They've got you emptying 3g
> >of glue into each grip. The glue doesn't dry inside the grip, but it
> >sets as soon as you stop twisting the grip onto the bar. So, if you're
> >the least bit sloppy, you'll be using a rotary tool to cut the doggone
> >thing off. Do as others suggest and practice putting the grips on w/
> >out the glue so you get the feel for it. Then add the glue and twist
> >'em on in one continuous movement.
>
> Actually very few people use the super glue provided with the Kuryakin
> grips simply because it is so permanent and sets so quickly.

That's a good point because using K's glue will make swapping out the
handlebars for new/dif ones much harder. The Honda service manual
recommends some other glue, which I believe is available under Honda's
brand name.

Greg

>
> --
>
> 24 hours in a day
> &
> 24 beer in a case
>
> Coincidence?
>
> I think not