K11 Owners Group

Shoganai · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: Grip Improvemenet Suggestion

I did this on my R1200ST.

At Hungry Mother I saw Neoprene wraps.

I suggest these work better.

1. Better grip.
2. Very good heated grip heat transfer.
3. No water logged wraps.

First and foremost you must use Viton O-Rings. Don't be fooled by anything else. They go by other trade names such as Fluorel, Technoflon, and Dai-el. They are highly UV and Chemical resistant.

This is where I bought mine. But they are widely available on the net.

This is how I put them on.

I measured the grip circumference to determine what I.D. O-rings I needed to buy. The tapered K11 grips will prove a little more challenging but I bet you will find it rewarding.

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Flying Duck · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

ProGrip Model 699 - open ended version. $6.99. Gel grip that does fine with HGs. I have had these on every K I've owned. When tooling around National Parks, I often ride without gloves - these are even very comfy without gloves.

(I think the same guys who designed the stock seats designed the factory grips. Twisted Evil

)

You can get colors too - to match your red seat. Laughing

(Sorry, Jim, couldn't resist.)
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owrstrich · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:22 am Post subject:

grip puppies over 699s here...

gives them massive girth... thats what im used to gripping... massive girth... so they seem confusingly familiar in a peculiar way...

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rydor · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject:

Save it for The Dungeon Johnny! Laughing

Flying Duck · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:07 am Post subject:

owrstrich · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:50 am Post subject:

no comment...

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Shoganai · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: