eian31 said:
Do you guys ISO grips turn your hands black?
Mild soap, water, towel... give them a good wash - you'll be fine afterwards. Do the same to the passenger footpegs to get the white **** off of them so they are nice and shiny black (if you haven't already).
TOPIC:
TRU - the grips, since longer than stock, will feel like they wobble a little bit more than the stock ones. The ISO's have the same bore - but due to the extra length - you'll notice it a LOT more.
Simple fix I did: I used the clear cover plastic from a Christmas card package - as it is SUPER thin (washer fluid or milk gallons will be too thick) - i simply cut a 3" length out and matched the width exactly to the inside diameter of the ISO - making sure the two ends met without overlapping.
Then I simply used white lithium grease to lube the inside of the grip - slid the "shim" inside just until it was flush with the grip - lubed the bar with some lithium grease and then slid the sucker on.
Still moves freely without sticking - but now you won't have that "wobble" or looseness in the grip.
I did this mainly because when I take my left hand off the bar when riding - I won't feel like I'm not in control of the bike from the throttle being so loose.
I'm sure you can shim the grips with anything thin - but DO NOT tape the end of the bar with anything. Grease WILL deteriorate the glue on ANY kind of tape and you don't want that stuff getting all over your grip and inside the throttle cables.