Way back in the day, when I first had the bike, I replaced the standard handlebar grips with aftermarket foam ones. My thinking was that they would reduce vibration to my hands, looked fairly hard core and even, and I’m pushing it here, were a little lighter.
They were glued on. At that time I may have assumed that my life would progress in such a magical meteoric rise that the perished and crumbling consequences of my past actions would not trouble me. Time proved me wrong.
I scraped the rotting remains off and got hold of a set of original hard rubber ones.
These are hard to fit at the best of times, especially over the Tomasselli throttle barrel. I could have lubed them up but easy on is easy off. In a flash of innovation I realised that sealing the inside of the barrel with a bung and pumping air in with the aid of football inflator would allow them to float into place on a wave of pneumatic flatulence.
No diagrams while patents are pending.
Le Mans man 