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    Helibars are arriving tomorrow!!!

    Well I bit the bullet and order helibars last Wednesday. They are arriving tomorrow and I am hoping to have them installed by next weekend to try them out. The only thing that concerns me is getting my heated grips off without damaging them. That can get expensive quick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Av8er View Post
    Well I bit the bullet and order helibars last Wednesday. They are arriving tomorrow and I am hoping to have them installed by next weekend to try them out. The only thing that concerns me is getting my heated grips off without damaging them. That can get expensive quick.
    Special tool.
    Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Av8er View Post
    Well I bit the bullet and order helibars last Wednesday. They are arriving tomorrow and I am hoping to have them installed by next weekend to try them out. The only thing that concerns me is getting my heated grips off without damaging them. That can get expensive quick.
    53Driver said it... special tool.
    It comes in the box with the Helibars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixol Phaane View Post
    53Driver said it... special tool.
    It comes in the box with the Helibars.
    Ride safe, amigo.
    The special tool works perfectly, you provide the patience.

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    Quote Originally Posted by F6B1911 View Post
    The special tool works perfectly, you provide the patience.
    +1

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    The instructions say to turn the grips on to help loosen the glue. Does the bike have to be running for this to happen?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Av8er View Post
    The instructions say to turn the grips on to help loosen the glue. Does the bike have to be running for this to happen?
    NO!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Av8er View Post
    The instructions say to turn the grips on to help loosen the glue. Does the bike have to be running for this to happen?
    The heated grips will turn on; with the key in the ON position. However the Helibar instructions say to turn the grips on HIGH. It's best if you start the bike so the alternator is supplying that juice to them... instead of pulling it off the battery exclusively. The battery by itself will realize lost capacity if powering everything exclusively.


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    Yes......#8 is in red letters. The key must be turned on and the grips need to get HOT before using their clamp tool.

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    But it only take a few min to get hot on high and unless your battery is old the time needed to heat them up should not bother a good battery and remember the lights are on too, but there again a good battery will withstand this kind of use for for 5 min easy and once they are hot and you have started the removal process you can turn them off, that is what I did when I did mine.

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