Wipser 905SE Owner Review

[rog_london]

I guess it might be, but thought I'd leave myself the option of putting the old ones back on in case the new didn't fit You also might damage the throttle itself doing this. Oh, btw, be careful not to try to pull the wrog bit off, where the grip meets the part with the red button, there is what looks like a thin plastic disc that moves with the throttle - this is actually the end of the moulding underneath, and so stays on. Oh, yes, the other part is that the new grips are actualy two different sizes (slightly), and the bigger one is the thottle side.

That's why I suggested motorcycle grips - they're all made like that, i.e. a larger internal diameter for the right hand grip (good pun, that!). A motorcycle throttle twist grip works in the same way as the Wisper pre-2009 one except of course it pulls a couple of cables rather than having a Hall effect sensor.

I know not everyone on here has ridden motorbikes.

I suspect that if/when the new-style half-grip needs replacing you'll have a more obvious path, as this is similar in construction to the twist-shift gear controls on a mountain bike.

Rog.

 

[Wisper Bikes]

Gripping stuff!

Thanks for your comments everyone, you are correct the new handle bars which have a mat finish do not grip the grips o) as well as they could. I have found that simply putting some Bostic on the handle bar and sliding the grip back on solves the problem.

Due to your input we are just about to commission some leather grips to be made up for us, does anyone have any thoughts regarding the use of leather on handle bar grips?

All the best David

 

[Mussels]

Thanks for your comments everyone, you are correct the new handle bars which have a mat finish do not grip the grips o) as well as they could. I have found that simply putting some Bostic on the handle bar and sliding the grip back on solves the problem.

Due to your input we are just about to commission some leather grips to be made up for us, does anyone have any thoughts regarding the use of leather on handle bar grips?

All the best David

Leather saddles need to be covered to protect them from the rain, are leather grips going to deteriorate if they are left exposed?
Apart from that I'm a bit dubious of the benefits, why leather?

 

[Wisper Bikes]

Leather

Hi Andrew

A couple of reasons, one they are far less expensive to tool up for, and I heard some one raving about a bike withe leather grips at Presteigne, not very scientific I know.

All the best David

 

[torrent99]

Hi Andrew

A couple of reasons, one they are far less expensive to tool up for, and I heard some one raving about a bike withe leather grips at Presteigne, not very scientific I know.

All the best David

Leather? Yeaaa, can we have tassles on the end too ? And a chopper seat?

 

[Mussels]

It's not quite the tooling up I need for my ride through east London.

 

[Wisper Bikes]

Wot no fluffy dice!

Leather? Yeaaa, can we have tassles on the end too ? And a chopper seat?

Brilliant Torrent!!

We will call it the Wisper Easy Rider

Regards David

 

[flecc]

Puncture repair rubber solution is a good way of securing rubber grips to handlebars. Often used by the cycle trade, the grips shoot on easily in an instant and if left for a while for the solution to set, the grip is very secure.

This has the advantage that the seal can be broken and the grips removed undamaged at any future time.
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[the_killjoy]

Just received and fitted my new mudguards from Norman, excellent. I personally think they are more suitable for the bike than the sports ones, but everyone to their own.

They fitted without problems, once i made things easier for myself by deflating the rear tyre to give myself room to work ~ although I did have to drill a small hole to clear the protruding bolt which holds the battery box on.

As someone who can be mildly OCD I would have preferred the loops in the stays to have bent in the same sense so I could have had a 'closed' loop up on both sides, but as they say a blind man on a galloping horse ........

 

[Wisper Bikes]

Ahhh gluuuuu

Puncture repair rubber solution is a good way of securing rubber grips to handlebars. Often used by the cycle trade, the grips shoot on easily in an instant and if left for a while for the solution to set, the grip is very secure.

This has the advantage that the seal can be broken and the grips removed undamaged at any future time.
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Of course Flecc brilliant as usual!

Talk of glue reminds me of those wonderful rainy Sunday afternoons spent at the kitchen table with the latest Airfix model of a Lancaster Bomber or Spitfire..... completely zonked on the glue fumes. It has only just dawned on me why the wings always fitted perfectly by the end of an Airfix session but look bloody awful the next day!

All the best David

 

[Django]

Of course Flecc brilliant as usual!

Talk of glue reminds me of those wonderful rainy Sunday afternoons spent at the kitchen table with the latest Airfix model of a Lancaster Bomber or Spitfire..... completely zonked on the glue fumes. It has only just dawned on me why the wings always fitted perfectly by the end of an Airfix session but look bloody awful the next day!

All the best David

Not sure I should admit this but, when bored of the old aircraft, we used to light them on fire and throw them out the window to simulate them being shot down. Alternatively, build a banger into the fuselage, light the fuse and fire it into the air using a catapult.

I guess kids these days do it all with computer games. In essence, times don't really change.

 

[Wisper Bikes]

Airfix

Hi Django

Yes it all comes flooding back, my brother and I used to hang them from the tree by the shed and shoot them with an air riffle, or if we were really up to no good we would buy lighter fuel, fill every cavity there was and set light to them, happy days!

But a banger in the fuselage is inspirered...... respect!

No wonder we don't have an ozone layer anymore!

All the best David