Which isogrips for RIIIR? 6236 or 6240?

[cr0ft]

Yeah, I've been looking at options - Avon makes some nice grips, with built-in heat. But keep coming back to Iso-grips with the contoured throttle boss and the optional bar-end weights.

 

[Chris Kelley]

The model that uses the stock throttle sleeve is not going to fit right, I believe. Do some searches here, the search function works well, but as I recall someone bought the black one that goes over the sleeve and it is so tight the sleeve deformed causing the throttle to bind.

http://www.kuryakyn.com/products/3798/iso-grips recommends the 6236 for the R3's.

I haven't actually installed one, but with a built-in sleeve it should be a matter of opening up literally two bolts, disconnecting the stock grip, putting the Iso-grip in there, hooking up the cables and tightening the bolts.

Of course, you may have to peel the bear claw and assorted other bits and bobs off the side of the bike and loosen the throttle cables to do that... not hard, just takes a little time and it's a bit cramped to get in there.

But since the one that reuses the stock sleeve is probably too tight, your choices aren't many.

This is how I went about it. I'm not mechanically inclined but I managed to get everything back together. Made the throttle return a little too tight the first time and so I had a trip or two where I got some weird throttle behavior when I hit bumps, but a quick adjustment of the cables again fixed it up.

 

[Robm422]

Cool, i ordered the bar end weights with mine, what does the throttle boss do for you?

 

[Chris Kelley]

Throttle boss a little lever that allows you to use the palm of your hand to maintain throttle location rather than the normal clench and twist. That way your hand wont get tired as quickly...

Never tried one myself, but I've heard people who ride mostly dense urban areas don't care for them or take them off in the city because the device can make frequent throttle adjustments difficult.