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1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars?
04/06/17 at 13:13:15

I apologize that this isn't a LS650 related question but my hands are killing me. I got a new bike (Ducati) and I'm finding the smaller size handlebars + grips to be torture on my poor abused old mitts.
I searched google and could not find any grips for the 7/8" bars that are as big as the 1" bars grips on my Thumpy.
Do they not make anything?

If not I guess I need to perform some more back-alley engineering. suggestions welcome.

I read someone used many wrappings of grip tape for skateboards and such to build up the bars to fit 1" grips.
Any other ideas?

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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2630 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" bars? Reply #1 - 04/06/17 at 13:20:49 Any gel-filled grip will help cut down on vibration. A set of Pro Taper bars would help as well.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28846 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" bars? Reply #2 - 04/06/17 at 13:23:50 look for iso grips for 7/8" or sports bike The iso grips are huge... so they'll make the 7/8" feel like 1" plus take out all the vibes.
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Re: 1" grips on 7/8" bars?
Reply #3 - 04/06/17 at 13:33:06

vibration isn't a problem. The ducati engine hardly makes any. It's that I probably have carpal tunnel though I've never had it checked by a doc.
The smaller size of the grip is a problem in that it aggravates the condition quite badly.
I don't get this with the 1" grips on my LS650. It's a size issue...

I'll look up the iso grips.

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hotrod Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 326 NC Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" bars? Reply #4 - 04/06/17 at 13:54:32 Be careful, as I have bars sold as 1 inch ,but are 7/8 at the grip area.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" bars? Reply #5 - 04/06/17 at 15:19:37 theremust be some sort of nylon tube in 7/8 id, 1" od available you could bulk it up with. or some of those oversized biltwell or Posh grips maybe? how good is the smoothness of that engine? mine feels like an electric bike after swapping over from the cabbage.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28846 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars? Reply #6 - 04/06/17 at 15:34:18 Being it was in RSD, everyone assumed it was for a savage. But it's for a duck... hense the move to the cafe.
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars? Reply #7 - 04/07/17 at 08:49:14 Quack quack quack quack
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" bars? Reply #8 - 04/07/17 at 09:43:57 verslagen1 wrote on 04/06/17 at 13:23:50: look for iso grips for 7/8" or sports bike The iso grips are huge... so they'll make the 7/8" feel like 1" plus take out all the vibes. So these guys? http://www.jpcycles.com/product/zz50586?utm_term=%5B74945927770%3Aproduct_typ... The 1-5/8″ outside diameter sounds promising!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28846 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars? Reply #9 - 04/07/17 at 10:20:47 Yep, there's a cheap knock off too that you could try before getting the good stuff.
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Re: 1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars?
Reply #10 - 04/07/17 at 10:42:44

Here's a cheap, easy, effective, ugly solution that works great on skinny, slippery Jap dirt bike grips:
https://www.amazon.com/Sportouring-Handlebar-Grip-Puppies-Grips/dp/B00CP9ADD8
I had them on a XT225 for years. Skinny plastic no-grip grips, and a too-tight throttle spring left me with wrist pain, because I rode on the road mostly, not on trails. Not so much up and down on the throttle. Added Grip Puppies, pain went away.

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Rodger Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 256	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars? Reply #11 - 04/07/17 at 10:53:19 Go to Amazon, search for "gran turismo grips".... $12.99, free shipping. Kind of a retro look grip. I had them on my Honda CB350 twin and they were easier to grip than the OEM "waffle" grips and deadened out some of the high-frequency vibration at highway speeds.
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars? Reply #12 - 04/07/17 at 12:14:14 These look good. https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/oxford-fat-grips Also 1 5/8" and the price is nice
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars? Reply #13 - 04/09/17 at 04:53:24 I ordered those Oxford grips. I'll let you all know how they work out.
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: 1" grips on 7/8" Ducati bars? Reply #14 - 04/13/17 at 06:20:35 Not happy with the grips I ordered. Not large enough around. Sending back... Anybody use these ones? https://www.biltwellinc.com/p305/buy/parts-amp-accessories/grips/recoil/-reco...
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