How to dry/stop throttling grips?

thealexbuffery

Gold Member
does anyone have their own method or know a way to do this? i get it quite alot but i have it atm on my dirt scoot through the whole of the grips after extending the bars, cant take the grips off either cause my barends wont come out haha

any help would be appreciated, ty
 

Beck Dobrzanski

Steel Member
I usually just roll my grips back slowly, and as I do that I just wipe the inside of the grip and the bar down with a rag. It usually works but if that doesn't work try it with a wet rag then dry after. Hopefully that helped cause it usually helps me.
 

Chrispy

Silver Member
Easiest way ever. Go to local bike shop and have em put an air compressor under your grips. Free and best solutiom
 

Beyond16

Bronze member
I am using "3M Yellow Super Weatherstrip and Gasket Adhesive" + wire. E-6000 glue from (from Walmart or craft stores) might be a suitable lower cost substitute for the 3M glue. The wire is essential because water (sweat) will eventually find its way in and slowly work its way around until all of the glue is undone. The wire stops water from going under. I should have put wire in more than 3 places, but I was in a hurry to ride. I need to switch to stainless steel wire because the outer two are rusting. Stainless steel wire of the needed diameter (1.0mm or .040 inch) is easy to find and not expensive. I know Oury is not a common choice for scooter grips, but I like them.

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Chrispy

Silver Member
This is the shittiest idea i have ever heard how would You remove your grips? And if your grips always throttle you probably suck at putting them on
 

Beyond16

Bronze member
This is the shittiest idea i have ever heard how would You remove your grips? And if your grips always throttle you probably suck at putting them on

To remove the grips, first remove the wire. Then break the glue loose using compressed air or soapy water. Next, clean the grips and bars using acetone or some other solvent. Now your grips are ready for reinstallation. It is important to an easily removed glue such as 3M Yellow Super Weatherstrip and Gasket Adhesive. Something like superglue will bond too tightly and require cutting the grips off.

I don't think a lack of grip installation skill is the cause of throttling, at least in my case. I always clean the grips and bars thoroughly with acetone before installation. When I pull them off after throttling ruins my ride, I find water (sweat) inside. In my opinion, the cause is the steady stream of sweat pouring down on the grips when riding in the hot weather. It was 103F and sunny yesterday when I was riding.

Wire + glue has been the standard grip installation method in motocross since the 1970's or maybe earlier. There the use of gloves limits the sweat problem, but water crossings and rain races give enough water to loosen grips. I remember once my brother leading the pro class at a local race only to lose it due to grip throttling. Honda CR (motocross) grips have a special groove that allows a cable tie to be used instead of wire. I used to re-glue my grips before every race.
 
Easy guaranteed fix:

Wrap electrical tape or paint tape around your bars, get the grips super wet with hairspray and force those bastards on over top of the tape. Surprised no one has suggested that yet.
 
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