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04-02-2012, 01:14 AM
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Adventurer
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Location: Mt. Pocono Pa
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R100RS grip help
Does anyone know if these will fit on a 1977 r100rs? I have the original grips on my bike that are beyond worn out.
http://www.mgcycle.com/product_info....oducts_id=1972 
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04-02-2012, 09:06 AM
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ShadeTreeExpert
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Location: Silver Spring, Md
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Try them. If they don't fit then you have to get some real grips right away anyway. They will probably work.
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04-02-2012, 10:03 AM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jun 2008
Location: S.E. Michigan
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oury road grips
Please dont install those. Please install Oury road grips. Ourys are the best grips ever.
They even come in grey like the bmw grips 
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04-27-2012, 03:30 PM
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Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: Mt. Pocono Pa
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Just in case anyone else stumbles across this thread. The grips fit well and feel comfortable.
Those Oury grips are funny looking and who would want gray grips? Seems like a lighter color would show dirt too easily. |
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04-27-2012, 04:31 PM
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A GPS? Huh?
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Location: Vermont
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The grips you installed are on the style of the famous "Grand Touring" grips (not manufactured anymore, so far as I know). I ride with 'em and love 'em too. Good choice.
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04-27-2012, 05:11 PM
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because I can
Joined: Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay area
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They are a copy of the Grand Tourismo's. I have tried a lot of copies and they are no where close to the awesome grip that the originals were. I few years back I found some short real GT's but we need the long ones. Man I wish someone would make them again! Especially since the next best thing in the American made Grand Touring USA grips are no more.
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04-27-2012, 07:12 PM
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Stay Horizontal
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: Oz, Australia
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I have the GT's and love 'em. I also have a set that copy them, advertised as ol' Brit bike grips, but they're for a slightly bigger handlebar as they're too loose on our 22mm bars.
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04-27-2012, 11:08 PM
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Further...
Joined: Nov 2009
Location: Seattle, WA
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I enjoyed GT grips for a couple of decades too. Funny how something as simple as decent grips created such as fan base.
After I wore the last set out I replaced them with BMW grips and found that I'm entirely happy with them. Maybe I'm just easier to please now. 
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04-28-2012, 07:19 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
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I have a set of the original rubber GTs on my B44 and like them.
But when I recently ordered a set on Ebay for the XT600 I received a solid plastic copy which were horrible. The identifier is raised ribs- the plastic copy have two ribs close together then a slightly larger gap to the next pair. And a price much less than the real article. The vendor reversed the transaction as soon as I complained, but he is still selling them as replica GT grips. And Steve, any dirt bike shop will have grip adhesive - I think having the grips adhered is a competition requirement, although some I have seen are lock wired too !
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04-28-2012, 03:18 PM
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'Burghherfer.....
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I'm not sure if my grips are real GTs or replicas.....they're smoother and shinier than those pictured by the OP. I put them on the bike shortly after I bought it back in '86 and they still look like new.
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04-28-2012, 04:33 PM
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because I can
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Real GT's have the logo and Made in Italy on the donut.
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04-28-2012, 04:51 PM
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'Burghherfer.....
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Thanks for the info Billy.....I just checked them--Mine are real GTs. I see why they're so well-liked.
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04-29-2012, 08:19 AM
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Stay Horizontal
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Location: Oz, Australia
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Mine has Made in the USA on them....or sumfin' like that.
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04-29-2012, 12:30 PM
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Coyote's Brother
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Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. 
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04-29-2012, 04:52 PM
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because I can
Joined: Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay area
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What about red or yellow? Blue? They come in black too.
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