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New grips don’t look right.

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florence:
I would remove the rubber caps, they are probably just there to protect in transit.  Then, can you not cut off the excess from the end of the bar if you cannot move the switch to meet the rubber?

Murf:
Are the bars genuine Honda bars, if not I guess that’s the problem, cut a bit off them, it will be ok and you will be able to get through narrower gaps when filtering. BTW Take the cuts from each end, not the middle 😂. Sorry couldn’t help that.

K2-K6:

--- Quote from: florence on October 01, 2024, 01:58:08 PM ---I would remove the rubber caps, they are probably just there to protect in transit.  Then, can you not cut off the excess from the end of the bar if you cannot move the switch to meet the rubber?

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The caps are to prevent the bars going through the grip if it's contacted in some way. Also to try and prevent you reaming your own kidney or spleen should you get into and argument with your own motorcycle  :D

Its a more recent thing with H&S and all that.

Many MTB bars come marked with cut line dimensions printed on them for "preferential" cutting to desired width. Just put the bungs back in after cutting normally, then slap the  grips on.

magpie114:
Just put some repro 500 bars on mine with Honda grips and have similar gap after taking the end caps off. I can live with it for the time being but will revisit later.


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SteveW:
Just removed the grips again and removed the bungs.
Refitted the grips and it looks much better, not sure if there should be any gap at all but it’s way better than it was.

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