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egschade:
Recently installed my favorite Biltwell grips on the Carbon and found that the OEM grips are molded to cover the end of the throttle tube. The Biltwells leave an unsightly gap as I suspect others will. Any suggestions on how to fill / cover the gap?

DoubleGuzzi:
Cheapo foam/soft grip, cut to the right length? I had one on the opposite side of the grip 'ledge', to ease my throttle grip on the Bonnie.

Pop it in some warm/hot water to soften.

Dirk_S:

--- Quote from: egschade on February 08, 2025, 04:06:25 PM ---Recently installed my favorite Biltwell grips on the Carbon and found that the OEM grips are molded to cover the end of the throttle tube. The Biltwells leave an unsightly gap as I suspect others will. Any suggestions on how to fill / cover the gap?




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Wow, those grips are really that short?? Any chance the grips just aren’t quite all the way on? Or, maybe if there’s an end cap on the grip, trim the end cap to allow it to slide on a little further?

Otherwise, I would just throw the bike away and get another one that the grips fit.

egschade:

--- Quote from: Dirk_S on February 08, 2025, 05:29:20 PM ---snip

Otherwise, I would just throw the bike away and get another one that the grips fit.

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 :grin:

DoubleGuzzi:

--- Quote from: Dirk_S on February 08, 2025, 05:29:20 PM ---Wow, there’s grips are really that short?? ..

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Many times, the 'ledge' isn't shaped to fit over that bit of the throttle tube - I've seen that on a few bikes. Sometimes, it's possible to squeeze it up to that white portion, though I seem to recall just cutting that (superfluous) bit of the throttle tube off.  :shocked:
I'll assume you cut the closed end off, if they are closed, to refit the end weights.

Thanks, @egschade - I'll look out for that, when it comes to fitting my heated grips!

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