tankyuong
Touring Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 387
Age: 37
Location: Missouri
Points: 1629
Registration date: 2009-07-11
 |  Subject: installing grip puppies  Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:22 pm | |
| Any tricks to installing grip puppies, I installed them today and it was a pain twisting them on anybody trim the excess on the throttle end or leave them alone? |
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Papa Ritch
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 3
Age: 71
Location: DAMASCUS, Oregon
Points: 1043
Registration date: 2009-07-21
| | Subject: Re: installing grip puppies Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:26 pm | |
| Soapy water & trim the end. it will take a day or two to dry and set up. Papa Ritch |
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Miro
Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 101
Age: 43
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Points: 1192
Registration date: 2009-06-08
| | Subject: Re: installing grip puppies Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:18 pm | |
| | Papa Ritch wrote: | | Soapy water & trim the end. it will take a day or two to dry and set up. Papa Ritch |
Exactly what I did. Soapy water works like a dream. I did trim about 1/4 - 1/2" as they come 5" which is too long for SW grips. As far as trimming goes, be a little on a conservative side as grip puppies do compress a little. Oh, and I used regular scisors for cutting them down. Thanks. |
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fournbt
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 32
Age: 60
Location: Southeast Tx
Points: 1132
Registration date: 2009-05-24
| | Subject: Re: installing grip puppies Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:55 am | |
| Where is the best place to order them for. DO you have an internet site. |
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tankyuong
Touring Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 387
Age: 37
Location: Missouri
Points: 1629
Registration date: 2009-07-11
| | Subject: Re: installing grip puppies Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:07 pm | |
| | fournbt wrote: | | Where is the best place to order them for. DO you have an internet site. |
http://www.casporttouring.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GPSMALL&Category_Code=grips |
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matthew
Touring Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 315
Location: near Madrid/Santa Fe, NM
Points: 1616
Registration date: 2008-12-24
| | Subject: Re: installing grip puppies Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:01 am | |
| Or try DennisB's idea and buy a $1.50 (+/-) length (6') of foam pipe insulation from any hardware store. This'll give you several replacements of grip "puppies" for next to nothing. |
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DickO
Silver Wing Rider
Number of posts: 480
Age: 67
Location: Harveyville, Kansas (SW of Topeka)
Points: 1777
Registration date: 2008-12-23
| | Subject: Re: installing grip puppies Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:41 pm | |
| I tried DennisB's homemade foam insulation grips and found that, while they are a good, cheap remedy for some of you "big-fisted" folks out there, that they simply made a grip that was too fat for my short stubby hands and fingers. Think I'll try the Grip Puppies that have a wall thickness of only 0.15 inches. Might be easier for me to grip. |
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