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The first thing I did was remove the clear plastic handle. It was uncomfortable and I wasn't using the ammo that it was meant to store.
I attempted a paracord wrap, but I have no skill at cord-weaving and I quickly became dissatisfied with my results. It was better than the plastic, but not
great by any means. I didn't bother with a pic of this intermediate step.
After seeing what Tex did with the foam cycle grips, I thought about the rubber grips I pulled off my mountain bike when I swapped them out last year.
It took a little cutting, and I had to put a few wraps of duct tape around the frame, but I got it to fit decently. The rubber handle is comfortable and very grippy.
I got to thinking that I liked the look of the tubing you see on the forks of Dankungs so I found some 1/4" ID black fuel hose to serve that purpose.
I picked that and some RR-T bands up a couple of weeks ago but, obviously, I had to wait until I pulled the existing bands off to install it.
The original bands on my S9 began showing wear much faster than I expected. Could be that it spent a long time in the package waiting to be bought?
So, yesterday I finally decided I'd gotten enough shots out of them and I didn't want to get slapped in the face if one of them broke.
I installed the tubing (it took a heat gun and some oil) on the forks and cut it to size with a razor blade. Then I slid on the RR-T bands and trimmed the handle material a bit more to clearance it for the new 'fork protectors'.
After giving it last night to set, here's what I have.
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Edited by adeptus_minor, 07 February 2012 - 10:46 AM.
