Installed new grips today

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My Honda bar end screws came in today, so I was able to switch to my new Oury grips. These are about 5 mm longer than the Pro Grips, which provides a better length fit on both sides. Especially, though, on the throttle side the white PVC or nylon piece is hidden from sight unless you pull outward (to the right) on the grip -- there's a little bit of left-right movement in the throttle which can expose some of the white if you pull out (to the right), but in normal use, no white shows.

These grips are close ended, and I thought I would be clever and use a drill to make a center hold to get my knife started. I used a 3/16ths inch bit and this almost proved a disaster as the rubber is soft and it quickly grabbed the drill bit and ripped rubber out past the diameter I had intended to cut. This doesn't show too badly under the bar end, but I would recommend a sharp pointed knife to start the hole, or maybe an ice-pick, and no drill.

The two Honda replacement screws, even though in original packaging, were just as bunged up on the end as the ones I took off the bike, so no gain there. When I say bunged up, some of the finish was removed.

These grips were advertized as 4 1/2" diameter, but the left came out 4 1/4" and the right 4 3/8", but that's better than the smaller Pro Grips, and should be nice for me.

The only downside to the Oury's is that you have horizontal stripes on them and the name "Oury" that have to be lined up from end-to-end and also matched from side to side. If you are OCD, this would probably drive you crazy getting it right. Fortunately, I'm not.

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That was result of turning on the drill and turning it off as fast as I could.