Installing new grips.

[AzDaven]

A friend of mine this weekend gave me a nice set of Harley grips. I'm not particularly in love with the ones that are on my tripe currently so I'm going to try the new ones. Is this a job I should hire out to the Harley dealership or mechanic to do? How easy is it to install grips? Keep in mind I am completely mechanically ignorant and don't know 99% of anything mechanical.

 

[americanbadass]

A friend of mine this weekend gave me a nice set of Harley grips. I'm not particularly in love with the ones that are on my tripe currently so I'm going to try the new ones. Is this a job I should hire out to the Harley dealership or mechanic to do? How easy is it to install grips? Keep in mind I am completely mechanically ignorant and don't know 99% of anything mechanical.

It is about as simple as things get! You will have to cut or twist the left grip off..take some steel wool to the exposed bar(to get the adhesive off)..or you can scrape it off! Then to reglue the left grip...most on here like old fashion firm hairspray on the bar...slide the new grip on and let er dry overnight. I use a general purpose adhesive-to each his own I rekon!
The right grip involves two screws holding the throttle housing together...take em out... loosen your throttle cables, and fish out the trottle ends.... put it all back and retighten the throttle cables. Any questions...post em... and I am sure you will get an answer.

 

[sprinkman]

A friend of mine this weekend gave me a nice set of Harley grips. I'm not particularly in love with the ones that are on my tripe currently so I'm going to try the new ones. Is this a job I should hire out to the Harley dealership or mechanic to do? How easy is it to install grips? Keep in mind I am completely mechanically ignorant and don't know 99% of anything mechanical.

If its newer bike with throttle by wire make sure the new grips are the same. Then its like americanbadass says hair spray left side. You can use an air compressor to loosen the left grip sometimes.

 

[screwball]

I think you answered yourself in the last sentence of your question. It is relatively easy, but you can mess up your front break light switch, you also have to loosen and move your reverse switch and clutch and break levers. If you didn't get a new throttle sleeve, it can be a major pain getting the old one out. Lots of mechanics on these boards will tell you to do it yourself. IF you don't have a roll-away full of tools, a torx set, and some patients, it is easier and can be a lot less expensive to have someone qualified to do it.

 

[Trent]

I always have the dealer do mine. I could screw this job up big time.!!