Another Heated Grip Question!

[sedwards]

I have a 2012 Tenere with the factory heated grips. I'm currently in a "refresh my ride" mode! New Ohlins suspension, some updated 2014 parts on a 2012 including handlebars, RokRisers, extended clutch and brake lines etc. Yesterday, i began pulling the controls off the stock 2012 handlebars. I have the new aluminum 2014/15 bars ready to install and realized that the very expensive Yamaha left side grip is probably not going to come off the old bars without destroying it. I just bit the bullet and ordered a new set of heated grips (it's just money, right ) Now it looks like i'll need new bar ends as the new bars are threaded and the old bar ends screwed into a threaded insert in the steel bars. This is getting expensive quick!

Is there anything else i will need? Any more parts i need to order? I know that aluminum bars absorb more heat than steel. Is this going to be an issue on the left hand side? Any special glue that Yamaha recommends to hold the left grip on? Good ole Renthal grip glue ok? Does the right side heated grip come installed on a throttle tube? I'm used to working on dirt bikes, not big street bikes so sorry if this sounds elementary.

Appreciate any insight. Thanks.

 

[JBB]

Looking at the post date, this may be too late, but don't un-package your new grips yet. Yes, that left one is a bear to get off, but I didn't destroy mine.

 

[TimLaw]

Pretty easy to take off the left. Lift up the rubber with a small non sharp tool and shoot some WD-40 in there. Take the tool and work around the rubber in a circular motion until it comes off. Then clean the bar. Takes about 90 seconds.

 

[JBB]

Pretty easy to take off the left. Lift up the rubber with a small non sharp tool and shoot some WD-40 in there. Take the tool and work around the rubber in a circular motion until it comes off. Then clean the bar. Takes about 90 seconds.

This is similar to the advice I received. I'm not saying these instructions won't work, but they didn't for me. I started with compressed air, working from different points, both on the right side and left side of the left grip. Pretty soon I was also using a small flat bladed screw driver. I started off very gently, gradually getting more aggressive as the frustration grew. By the time I got to the end, I had a larger screw driver, and I was hitting it with a hammer! I was hitting it hard enough to drive a nail, then squirting WD-40, then more hammering. Near the end, I was paying little attention to saving the grip- I was just trying to get it off. I spent well over an hour, just on the one grip! When I got it off, there were some minor chafe marks on the inside of the grip, but nothing serious. Maybe when they assembled my bike, they accidentally spilled the glue into the grip? ::025::