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Firebolt_man09
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 08:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Can anyone tell me how to take the grips off a firebolt.

Thank you
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Jramsey
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 09:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I use a long skinny flat blade screwdriver.

Pull the plug or bar end and carefully work the blade between the grip and bar/throttle tube then squirt WD-40 in the opening then work the screwdriver blade around the bar.
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Spiderman
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Are they heated grips? If so the clutch side is screwed on...
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Glitch
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 09:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I use a sharp knife, I don't have heat in my grips
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Vospertw
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 11:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Firebolt, haven't done it on your bike before, but this has worked on others - heat them up a bit with a heat gun/hair dryer (carefully!) and then shoot some compressed air under the grip. Once it's loose, you can start to wiggle it off as you hit it with air.
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Iman501
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 11:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

heck i just took a razor blade to it and cut my right one off since i didnt need it i replaced it to match the left one
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Jbolt
Posted on Friday, August 06, 2010 - 06:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I agree with the kid. If your replacing them, cut'em off.
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Delta_one
Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 04:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yup cut 'em off

last season I was going through a set of grips every month, needless to say I stopped using glue too. I still have bits of grip on there and its a pain to get the new grip over the bits of glue and rubber that I couldn't get off, I work at it each time I swap grips but there is still enough to cause a wrestling match when I put my grip on the clutch side.
windex is what I use to help lubricate the grip when I slide it onto the bar and throttle tube but some use hairspray because it acts like a glue when it dries but comes of easily.
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Brightbuell
Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 03:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You can also use rubbing alcohol to lube new grips for putting them on. Once it dries there is no soap or slippery chemicals left behind. SMART!
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Radioelasais
Posted on Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 07:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I got rizomas. You just slip them onto the bars and secure them with a screw (which I lost riding today ...)
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Dancing_dogs
Posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 - 10:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Locktite that screw on the Rizomas......
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