Modern Vespa

Hi All and Any,

I find regular, stock grips a bit too slim for my comfort. I don't have massive hands, but they aren't small either, so the feeling I get from holding on to my handlebars is a bit like gripping a pencil. Not that bad, but I hope you know what I mean.

Does anyone know if fatter, oversized handlebar grips even exist? Or should I give up on the search and try wrapping my bars with gaffer tape or tennis racket grip or something??

FYI, I'm in the UK and ride a 2001 125 ET4.

cheers,

Grip puppies!

http://www.casporttouring.com/cst/motorcycle/hand_cont_$50/GPSMALL.html

Hopefully someone on your side of the world can tell you who carries them where you are.

Aloha and welcome to the forum. I have chunkier piaggio grips on my vespa. I think they would fit your ET. Wait i see your in the UK so you might already have them on your ET. My LX came with smooth ones and when they got wet they were slippery so i switched to the fatter piaggio ones. The are ribbed. I can shoot a pic of them later for you if you don't already have them on your scoot. Hope this helps

or replace with LXV grips.

These are what I use to help my paws achieve more comfort with the LX. I can't recommend them enough! After 2 years, the right side (throttle side) just developed a small tear, about 3 cm, from the repetitive twisting, so I replaced it. The original left is still fine, so I left it in place and saved the extra new one for down the road.

So here's the pic of the ones on my LT. Got the same type on my LX. If you have bar ends they won't fit. Sorry for the bad pic. I'm not awake yet. Not even 7am here

have you thought about aftermarket grips?
i have a lovely set in the other room which i cant wait to use.
were in london are you? your welcome to see what there like, and they only costed around £6

www.scooterworks.com vintage vespa catalog has a "fatty grip" that is over-sized.

it's aftermarket grips that i'm looking for, but apart from the suggestions above, none are suitable. could you possibly post a photo of yours, please? rather reluctant to meet up only to take a quick look at a pair of grips, if you'll understand...

thanks Judy. i'm very pleased and grateful that you were kind enough to take and post a photo, all before 7am. i usually curse the kettle for taking too long boiling water for my coffee, nevermind being awake enough to reply to a random post. thank you!

too bad those are the exact grips i have currently, which are too thin for me. i'm going to look into the grip puppies suggested and recommended by Masala and Eight (thanks both!).

Masala, do they fit over the grips on your LX? are your LX grips the same as in Judy's photo? then i'll know if they will fit mine...

great responses from everyone, thanks again.
mario

I ordered Grip Puppies from here (they're in the UK):

http://www.sportouring.com/gallery.php?sectionHeaderActive=1000&rangeChoosen=353

SUPA no worries. My stock grips were thinner and weren't ribbed. Good luck in your hunt.

tis fair enoug... i just took a quick pic of them, they feel really rubbery and grippy if ya know what i mean, there not tooo chunky but they feel comfy enough.

thanks for the photo. from it i can tell they aren't what i am looking for, they seem very similar to the grips i already have fitted... i found something else in the meantime anyway. cheers though.

i am pleased to say i went for the Grip Puppies as recommended above and they are working just great! thanks Eight, Masala and MikeO!

they are both softer and fatter than my original grips (they slipped over the originals, so naturally they will be fatter. duh, mario!) and i think are the perfect solution to my problem (got them from sportouring.com).
i can't imagine regular grips (the kind that fit onto the handlebar, rather than fit over existing grips, like said grip puppies) will be able to match them in terms of comfort as well as girth.

thanks for everyone's input. much appreciated and will be remembered.

now, i just hope my CrampBuster still fits...!!