Best thing to remove rubber handlebar grips?

American site suggests "rubbing alcohol" [1] and lots of twisting but am
open to suggestions.

I'm planning on reusing it afterwards, otherwise i'd be reaching for the
stanley knife


[1] Is this surgical spirit?

 

A little bit of heat, and perhaps some strong all purpose cleaner?

Pretty much.

 

Hot air gun or a decent hairdryer, should soften it nicely

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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

WD40 with the red straw stuffed down the inside of the grip
has always worked for me.
Steve

 

+1

 

Yep.

 

That's always been my trick with bicycle grips.

 

With bicycle grips the handlebar is a single long, curved tube. Usually
the grips have a small hole in the end as a vent. The best way is to
push compressed air into the opposite end of the handlebar and put your
finger over the hole in the grip. The compressed air slides it off quite
cleanly.

 

or Fairy Liquid

 

And me, and I also have a very long thin bladed screwdriver to slide
between bar and rubber and wiggle all the way round to break the
glue/seal.

 

Warming with a hairdryer helps too .

 

Once removed, clean bars & new grips with brake / clutch cleaner aerosol or
summat that acts as a very good degreaser. Otherwise you'll end up with
slowly turning grip syndrome. I always lube with a cheap superglue to slip
the new grips back on.

 

Never forget a big bag a swear words takes you a long way.


Or else WD40, but don't deprive yourself of the relief. ;-)

 

If you can get the switchgear off leaving a bare handlebar then just
stick the end with the grip in a bowl of boiling water and it'll be
off in 5 minutes.

 

Use an airline. Get the nozzle of the blow gun between the grip and the
bar, pull the trigger and you should be able to just pull the grip off.

Same for replacement.