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Author Message   Jcmgroom Posted on Monday, November 01, 2004 - 07:20 pm:        Yah,guys Im new to bad weather, you guys are GREAT, I have learned more about about my bike then ever talking to any of the dealerships in Houston. For some reason it seems that theses guys out here just dont know , and they tell you that.I have a 03 XB9 ,complete buell race pk.I just bought a set of new gel grips, Can someone please tell me an easy way to take the old ones off and install the new ones. These factory grip I have on are REALLY ON. They wont move. Please Help. Again thanks guys.   Black_sunshine Posted on Monday, November 01, 2004 - 07:36 pm:        Cut them off with a razor knife. Push the new one on. You can glue them with some grip glue or just use a little alcohol. I didn't glue mine and they don't move.   Daves Posted on Monday, November 01, 2004 - 07:40 pm:        Just be careful not to cut thru the throttle sleeve on the right side.   Buells Rule! (Dyna in disguise) Posted on Monday, November 01, 2004 - 07:56 pm:        I have always good luck with using a very thing blade screwdriver & force it between the grip & the bar or the throttle sleeve to break the glues hold. For gluing em on I use a liquid hairspray in a pump bottle. Lubricates the grip so it slides on & once it dries it stays out.   Countryx Posted on Monday, November 01, 2004 - 10:32 pm:        I used some sandpaper to get the glue residue off the handlebars before I put the new ones on. If you have a dremel tool or a grinder it would go allot faster and be easier. The glue Harley/Buell uses on the left grip seems to be pretty good stuff.   Jcmgroom Posted on Monday, November 01, 2004 - 10:34 pm:        Thanks, everyone   Dcmortalcoil Posted on Monday, November 01, 2004 - 11:35 pm:        What Buells Rule said. If you have XBS, however, taking out the left-side grip is very difficult. I had cut it off because it was literally glued to the bar and scraping the remaining rubber with a razer. But using flat head screw driver dipped in Windex or any soap to inject liquid helps greatly. If you have a compressor just give it a blast through a needle. The grip will blast off. Pump hairspray seems to work great as far as holding the grip - also makes insertion easy.   Wardog3187 Posted on Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 01:07 am:        If you bought Buell replacement grips, the throttle sleeve comes with the grips.   Evil_twin Posted on Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 01:14 am:        Buell grips do have the replacement sleeve. JC said he bought gel grips. He will need to remove the throttle grip from the sleeve to use them. Rich   Evil_twin Posted on Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 01:16 am:        I just now realized you weren't asking a question. Teach me to look at punctuation.   Henrik Posted on Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - 08:55 am:        I use rubbing alcohol as lube to get the new grips on. But then, rather than trusting friction to hold them on, I safety wire the grips. I prefer they stay solidly attached to the bars while I'm riding Henrik

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