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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Funkyworm on May 14, 2017, 11:54 AM
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Hey,
Apologies no images (photo bucket seems to be down) ....
OK so last year i bought a nos boxed set of ODI Mushroom Grips in Blue from the USA ..
Turns out which was'nt declared in the advert that they were the motorbike fitment ,one grip being the usual 7/8" but the other is a 1" fitment & is too big...
Has anyone managed a successful way of mounting 1" grips to their handlebars keeping the grip solid under riding conditions & if so how did you do it ?
I was thinking of running a thick tape such as (insulation tape) around the bars in order to widen their diamiter ? but will the grips (grip) ?
Any useful suggestions of how this can be done (if indeed its possible) would be appreciated... Unless you have a nos set yourself to sell me
Thanks loads :daumenhoch: :Great_Britain:
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Did this myself on my vitus
(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/oldschoolace/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_2080_zps7bpixwdo.jpg)
Really wanted hex grips and couldnt find what i was after so bit the bullet and got some motorcycle ones. Just carefully built up one side of the bars with bands of black insulation tape (counting the wraps to make sure it was even) :daumenhoch:
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Depending on how much trouble you wanted to go to?
You could cut a couple of bits of tubing to the wanted size place over the bar ends and weld in place.
Hey presto think solid bar ends able to take a larger grip...
I have never done it just a thought
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Did this myself on my vitus
(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/oldschoolace/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_2080_zps7bpixwdo.jpg)
Really wanted hex grips and couldnt find what i was after so bit the bullet and got some motorcycle ones. Just carefully built up one side of the bars with bands of black insulation tape (counting the wraps to make sure it was even) :daumenhoch:
Did it hold ok Clint ?
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Stuck like shit to a blanket :daumenhoch:
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Stuck like shit to a blanket :daumenhoch:
:2funny: :LolLolLolLol:
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Hey,
Apologies no images (photo bucket seems to be down) ....
OK so last year i bought a nos boxed set of ODI Mushroom Grips in Blue from the USA ..
Turns out which was'nt declared in the advert that they were the motorbike fitment ,one grip being the usual 7/8" but the other is a 1" fitment & is too big...
Has anyone managed a successful way of mounting 1" grips to their handlebars keeping the grip solid under riding conditions & if so how did you do it ?
I was thinking of running a thick tape such as (insulation tape) around the bars in order to widen their diamiter ? but will the grips (grip) ?
Any useful suggestions of how this can be done (if indeed its possible) would be appreciated... Unless you have a nos set yourself to sell me
Thanks loads :daumenhoch: :Great_Britain:
I got stung with exactly the same problem when I bought a set of nos Oakley b2 grips off here.
Original seller didn't help out in anyway with the grips which I eventually sold for a lot less than when I paid for them, but sold them as motocross grips honestly.
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I got done early doors into the scene with some.
Kept them in the box till I put them on a mountain bike using the duct tape method.
Worked ok for me.
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