Help.  Me.  Before I go nuts.

I'm trying to get sorted out before spring riding.  I have three things left to do, and they are driving me nuts.  

First, grips.  I threw '05?  Maybe?  -era drag bars on my machine.  It had stock grips.  Loved 'em.  I replaced them after they got dirty.  Now, perhaps my bars are drilled funny for the controlsor, something, but the throttle sleeve doesn't cover the bar all the way to the end.  The bar hangs out.  So, rubber grips grab the bar and do not allow the sleeve to snap back to idle position of its own accord.  I keep ordering sets and getting ones at the local MC, and they all fit funny.  Also, in addition to being two different diameters (Throttle sleeve side is bigger than the non-drive side), my bars appear to require two different LENGTH grips.  Could someone who has run into this problem please shed some light and offer me the part number of something that fits, no questions asked?  The dealers, even Ron Ayers, is gonna charge me over fifty dollars for GRIPS!  (granted, they have the thrittle sleeve, but my throttle sleeve is just fine, thank you.

SECOND:  Footpegs.  Ditto above situation.  I keep getting ones that don't actually fit.  Part number, please?

THIRD:  The local MC shop wants 6oo bones to mount some Metzelers.  Wholly unacceptable.  They will not price me anything else, as "nothing else fits".  I know for a fact that 100/90-19 is a sportster size... I suspect I can find something other than metzeler to fit one of those...anyone have a good recommendation for obtaining cheapy tires?  I ride a po' boy redneck rod...I ain't puttin' six hundred dollar tires on a twenty five hundred buck bike.  Idears?

Thanks in advance, my loyal Savage family.

-Liam

PS...CT is alright.  It isn't going to be bike weather until June, but I am adjusting.  The wee one is a blast, and the Missus is good, for those of you who followed my moving adventure.

600 was with them doing labor...I'm fine with that.  W/O a motorcycle jack, my hands be tied a little.  I get nervous watching my little tramp teeter on an AC Delco automotive jack...

Hey Gov.Glad to see you're alive,and doing well.Been wonderin'
1)For grips:Loosen your right switch assembly a little slide the whole thing over until you throttle barrel is flush with the end of the bar or just slightlt before,for stock controls.For 1 piece grips slide it a little past the end of the bar.
2)Pegs:Unless you're putting stock ones on,they're kinda universal(aka)make'm fit.
3)Tires:Are they f..in' nuts Dunlop,Kenda(decent tires,cheap)IRC,the list goes on.My IRC Wild Flares are under $200.00 retail.
4)Go to tech:Low budget jack(or whatever the title is).Bike jacks are cheap anymore,check Pep Boys,etc.Buy 2 tie downs to go with it.Take the wheels off yourself,alot of bike shops don't charge,or very little to mount them if you buy their tires.
  Good luck, Good seeing you again.

When I bought my tires, Cheng Shin  (or however it's spelled and pronounced) it cost me all of 150 dollars for the tires tubes and liners themselves and the Suzi dealer installed them for free because I bought the rubber from them.

Grips and pegs I don't know about.

file the little peg off, or put it on and whack the bottom of the control box with a rubber mallet.

My throttle sleeve was to long for after market grips, and all I did was cut the sleeve down shorter and the grips slid right up tight with out the ugly space. As far as pegs, any Harley pegs(original,or aftermarket) will work. All you have to do is drill the hole larger in the new pegs for the stock Suzuki bolts. I used custom Kuryakin pegs for a Harley. They are nice and wide. Someone is nuts trying to charge you that much for tires. I will post pic of my custom pegs. I did have to add one washer on the left peg to make it set level.   Hutch

Demin wrote on 03/27/08 at 17:20:57:
Denim,I won them on e-bay. A new company was selling them for advertising purposes. I found them, only due to a member here on this forum. They are called coffin bars, but got the nickname "Savagalope bars" because they look like antlers to a lot of people here.. I liked them due to the fact that I named the bike ELVIRA(the misstress of the dark) and it reminds me of her big tall black hairdo.They come as bare metal, so you can chrome them or powder coat like I did. Very strong built, double thick metal is used, with good strong welds. I did have to put thinner wall steel inserts in the stock handlebar dampers to allow me to use Harley risers and bolts. The bolts are larger for the Harley risers. They are very comfortable bars, and only come up to my shirt pockets, as I explained in another post. They were made by Rocks Chops. (812)-457-0046 or nicholas@webcrawley.com
Hutch