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Grips....

I have big hands. My favorite is the tag "rebound". I have them on all my bikes right now. The pro taper pillow tops are nice. I haven't ridden with them but I put one on my cane the other day and it feels really good. May have to try them on an actual bike when the cane goes away. I use clear spray paint to stick them on, then some lockwire. The paint has always worked excellently for me other than that one single time on a superbike dual compound pro-grip where the grip shriveled up into nothing. Oops. Cam.
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Pro Taper pillow tops w/Highwaydirtbike vibration dampeners. I use starting fluid/contact cleaner and lock wire.
 
im probably in the minority but the bigger and softer the grip, the more my hands tire/hurt. i like the full diamond medium renthal myself. hard, durable, and thin with great traction from the full diamond. seems i can really relax my grip with them and my hands feel good with them...:excuseme: ive run em for years. im using the klim dakar glove as of late summer and love them!
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justintendo said:
im probably in the minority but the bigger and softer the grip, the more my hands tire/hurt. i like the full diamond medium renthal myself. hard, durable, and thin will great traction from the full diamond. seems i can really relax my grip with them and my hands feel good with them...:excuseme: ive run em for years.
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I'm the same way. My favorite grips so far are the stock ones...trying those renthals next
 
they make em in 3 flavors soft, medium and hard. full diamond and half diamond/half waffle. the diamonds are nice because they feel really tacky with your glove but the grip itself is not. i recommend using the renthal glue as well, my old hairspray trick would not work with them and renthal claims you should use their glue. i use the full hard diamonds on my streetbike as i usually have fairly stout gloves on in that case
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I use the AME Half waffle They say in there add the hardest thing is letting go I really like them As for Glue Here is what I have been doing for years with never a grip coming loose I DO NOT even safety wire



I take a spray can of paint any color most of the time I have a old can of black. Spray some on the bars and some in the grip. Slide it on wait maybe a hour and it will not come off Unless you cut it off I have tried all types of glue and wire over the years but nothing works like a old spray can of paint
 
KXcam22 said:
...I use clear spray paint to stick them on, then some lockwire. The paint has always worked excellently for me other than that one single time on a superbike dual compound pro-grip where the grip shriveled up into nothing. Oops. Cam.
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ajaxauto said:
As for Glue Here is what I have been doing for years with never a grip coming loose I DO NOT even safety wire
I take a spray can of paint any color most of the time I have a old can of black. Spray some on the bars and some in the grip. Slide it on wait maybe a hour and it will not come off Unless you cut it off I have tried all types of glue and wire over the years but nothing works like a old spray can of paint
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After trying some grip glue and then some rubber gasket cement I'm going back to spray paint. I do usually safety wire them on as well.

I've got big hands and a death grip too and have always favored soft, thick grips. I do like the stock half-waffle grips. Installing some cut down Pro Taper bars with Domino dual-compound Diamonte grips which are mostly diamond with a small waffle section. We'll see...they'll at least look good and they're actually made in Italy.

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I've been a fan of the pro taper half waffles. I like the soft compound because they feel smaller in diameter and give me a better feel of the bars. And they're only like $10 at my local shop.
 
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I got small hands and a strong grip these are short wich suits me and firm enough to last a season or two, had progrip renthals and theyre much the same too rubbery or far too hard.
These as goldielocks would say are just right.
 
Oh yeah, cheap spray paint on the clutch side and a few small beads of RTV on a new G2 throttle, 5 hours and flawless so far.
 
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