Stock grips glued on?

[dremmick]

I want to change my grips to odi or Rsi. Are the stock grips glued in? Can they be successfully removed without disturbing the heating elements?

 

[RobWarrior]

I believe they are, I hade RSI and liked them but wore through after 2000 miles. have ODI now they may be the same?

 

[Ethan_Messinger]

I replaced mine, I just sliced them at the ends with a razor blade, and then tore them apart the rest of the way. I just made sure to pull apart instead of up, so that the heating elements don’t come off with it... oh and make sure to drill out the 2 rivets as well.

 

[dremmick]

I believe they are, I hade RSI and liked them but wore through after 2000 miles. have ODI now they may be the same?

I think I might go with ODI. Not sure if I need 7 or 8” grips

 

[dremmick]

Awesome! The glue must not be that strong then if your can tear the grips off.

I replaced mine, I just sliced them at the ends with a razor blade, and then tore them apart the rest of the way. I just made sure to pull apart instead of up, so that the heating elements don’t come off with it... oh and make sure to drill out the 2 rivets as well.

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[jason22]

The grips aren’t glued to the bars. Hence the pop rivet.
Only the heating element is glued. And yes. The glue is accually really good . Took me awhile to get all heating element off and rest of glue off bar and when I had to replace a faulty element.