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01-31-2011, 04:32 PM
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SFL Expatriate #2
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Raleigh, NC
Moto: CBR1000
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Someone brought up the cold weather, but wouldn't they be scorching hot in the Florida summer??
On a hot NC summer day it will take a few seconds for the "holy shit, that's hot!" moment to pass when I grab the stock grips. It seems solid metal would prolong that moment quite a bit. |
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01-31-2011, 06:29 PM
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Soul Man
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Everywhere, all the time.
Moto: '0000 Custom Turbo Cross (with jet kit).
Posts: 6,481
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Aluminum grips make about as much sense as Titanium socks.
If I'm not mistaken, the whole idea behind grips, is to provide grip. Rubber? Ok. Leather? Maybe. Aluminum? Not so much. JC
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01-31-2011, 06:46 PM
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Virtual Machine
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: PA
Moto: 2010 Ducati Hypermotard
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01-31-2011, 07:03 PM
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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 14,556
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I have the Driven grips and they work very well for me. They are not all aluminum but have aluminum inserts. I like them. I have also owned the MoMo carbon fiber grips (actually, I still have them) which have leather inserts, also nice grips. Solid aluminum grips are textured to provide grip, btw... I would think that vibration would be a problem.
 Oh and my GF ordered cheap grips from China...yea not good...Driven 
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01-31-2011, 06:38 PM
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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
Posts: 11,351
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Could be a lot worse. At least those have some rubber on them. I have seen some custom chopper guys with no rubber at all.
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01-31-2011, 06:48 PM
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Soul Man
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Everywhere, all the time.
Moto: '0000 Custom Turbo Cross (with jet kit).
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But...What do you do when the rubber bits wear off? How thick is the rubber? Why do they look like ass? That's the problem with a lot of Chinese CNC stuff. The "looks like ass factor". I used to sell these at my shop. Spendy? Oh hell yes. Perfect? Yep. http://www.motostrano.com/rizomaluxgrips.html JC
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01-31-2011, 07:04 PM
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Viff6N Mutated Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N
Posts: 8,704
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I'd recommend them to have some rubber. Sure would suck to slip off the handle.
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02-01-2011, 12:17 AM
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flyin high
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: cali
Moto: 10speed huffy w/cards in the spokes
Posts: 2,318
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I have the driven grips, se as AL, I like em alot.
For u guys that say it would be cold, or hot, don't u wear gloves? I've never noticed grip temp with gloves... |
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02-01-2011, 12:24 AM
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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 14,556
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Does aluminum produce heat or cold? Wouldn't that go for the rest of the parts on your bike made from Aluminum? 
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02-01-2011, 09:06 PM
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SFL Expatriate #2
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Raleigh, NC
Moto: CBR1000
Posts: 2,043
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 The only metal your body touches on your bike is (on some bikes) your gas tank, so I'm not sure what point you're making there. |
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