Topic: faulty gran turismo grips from JC Whitney

[benjamin550]

I ordered my gran turismo grips from JC whitney after seeing a link from this forum and when I went to install them this weekend they basically fell apart for lack of a better phrase. It seems each grip is made in two different pieces; the inside ribbed cushion part, and the outside rubber covering. They are only connected right up by the flange part with a tiny amount of glue. As soon as they were installed and i tried gripping them with any force, the basically spun free and the cover part slipped right off and came free. I'm really glad I wasn't riding down the road when i found this out. SO, I will be sending these back, and just a warning to everyone NOT to purchase these.  I was going to post pictures but i left the grips down at the shop, still can tomorrow if anyone is curious. So now the question is, does anyone know where i can get a good set of these grips that wont come apart? Thanks.

[camelman]

I've been through a number of grips, and it can be a crap shoot at times.  I wouldn't write that brand off just because of one bad incident.  I've had both good and bad sets come from the same company.  I do seem to have better luck at price points of $15 and up.

Camelman

[KingCustomCycles.com]

eBay has a supplier that has been very reliable to me.  I have purchased 14 sets of the white ones with no incidents. All were around $9.00 before shipping.

[madmtnmotors]

Currently using these:

http://www.kuryakyn.com/index.cfm/go/Home.ProductDetail/IMID/1585

Absolutely lov'em. Most comfortable, vibration-quelling grips I've used so far. Little pricey though. The body of the grip is aluminum and the rubber pads extend out from the inner rubber core.

[ekpent]

I have always been a little leery of JC Whitney "quality" when years ago I placed and order for some items. One of them was a set of handlebars that were the most horrible excuse for bars I had ever seen.They were scratched,the chrome was patchy,rough and horrible and they even came pre bent or tweaked. They still make me laugh to this day.At least they took them back and hopefully through them in the trash    Maybe things have gotton better but I'm not checkin'.

[754]

..somrtimes you get what you pay for...

 I like the ad for a certain  brand of allen bolt;
 They  call it the 2nd most expensive available..Then go on to explain, that the cheap one that failed, and then causes additional labor to install, and then replace with a good one, is far more expensive..

[lrutt]

MAP cycle parts. supplier for Brit bikes, but like 6.99 a pair. I just purchased 4 pair and all are good.

[benjamin550]

irutt-

I checked out their website seems like all they have listed is carb and gasket stuff. Did you have to call them and ask for the grips?

[benjamin550]

nevermind- I called and they had the grips.

I found what I thought was the right ones on another site, Lowbrow customs, and ordered those. They are very well made and really nice, but unfortunately they are only 4.5 inches. Hopefully 3rd time will work. Anyone wanna buy some really nice 4.5 inch granturismo grips?