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I just tried to install Oxford Heated Grips on my '09 VFR, and what a fight they are putting up! I had a set on my old '99 CBR600, and they went on with no problems. I got all the electrics in no problem, cables routed etc, but I just can't get the grips to go onto the bars! They are far too tight for the bar size (I have the touring grips that came in the kit), and just won't slide on. I have ended up shaving material out of the inside of the grips to get them to even slide on at all, and even then it's not as easy as the last set I installed. After much scraping and sanding, the grips did slide on. Then I tried to put the throttle grip on, applied super glue, the quickly tried to slide the grip on. Fail. It made it 80% of the way and the glue dried. I'm sure the superglue wasn't this rapid before. I wasn't slow putting it on. Am I the only problem who seems to have trouble putting these onto a VFR? ...and does any one think I can get the grip off with acetone or superglue remover? I suspect I'll have to cut the grip off, and, of course, you don't seem to be able to buy spares here in Aus, so I have to buy a whole new set. Bugger. (I can get spares from the USA, or cheap sets, bet I need the bike on the ride, it's my daily transport, so I don't a have a week to spare)