911radioman
Ex Member
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Well, the Kuryakyns are on. Pretty effortless installation overall, but there was one glitch...
I did run into an issue on the throttle grip. About 3/4 way up doing the final glue on, the rubber around the end rolled under and the rubber two of the rubber grips poked up through the hole. Bad news!
Tried to twist it to seat it back down, no go. So I made sure I was still in line the way I wanted it and slammed it on up there. Made things a bit worse.
So, here I sit on the stool in the garage staring at the grip and thinking "I've just wasted $50!" Then, I had a flash of genius...
Wife went in the house and retrieved the hair dryer for me. Had her start working the length of the grip on hyperscorch. I put on some leather gloves and started massaging the rubber while she kept pouring the heat to it.
Guys, I'm here to tell ya, that glue is tough stuff! However, the heat worked extremely well. I kept massaging the rubber and after about a half hour of heat and massage, everything fell back into place.
Even though the glue is instant setting, it WILL soften up enough to allow you to rework things a little. I didn't take it to the point of trying to move the whole grip, as I had it aligned the way I wanted it to match the clutch grip, but it did soften the glue enough to reseat the rubbers and get everything looking good.
After the scare, and after the repair, I have to say the grips look fantastic, and they feel great on a test run.
I managed to grind the tip off my left index finger with a grinder that I used to take the ridges off the throttle sleeve, so that drew some blood (actually quite a bit), but all is well once again in Savageland.
I'll snap some pictures here after I woof down a bit of lunch to show you how things look now.
Tom
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