Thinking about making repop hand grips

[rideahiggins]

grips

I received the grips this week and I am working the tooling drawn up to make the grips. I have one question for for now. What do you think about having the grips say GRIP WELLS instead of GRIP WELL so as to help avoid any legal issues and to help keep them from being passed off as originals?

 

[rideahiggins]

Elgin grips

Would anyone be interested in the pointed Elgin Style grips in different colors such as blue, green, red? Or is that just to much of a stretch?

 

[Lawrence Ruskin]

I have some pictures of CCM grips, they would sell in Canada.

 

[rideahiggins]

pics

Can you post the pics?

 

[sm2501]

I received the grips this week and I am working the tooling drawn up to make the grips. I have one question for for now. What do you think about having the grips say GRIP WELLS instead of GRIP WELL so as to help avoid any legal issues and to help keep them from being passed off as originals?

I would say that would be a deal killer for some of us. I wouldn't use them if not accurate. However, very rarely can you not tell an original from a repop.

As far as making them with and without the hole for the horn, I would only make the closed version. They would be easy enough to convert. The key on the gripwell is the end is about 1/2" thick. (maybe more) The more accurate the repop the higher price it will maintain.

 

[markivpedalpusher]

I'm way late on this thread however if someone reproduced any standard ball end, coke bottle etc grips in a pre-war red rubber they would sell like hot cakes. BUT they can't feel like plastic or feel like a sponge. They would need to feel and look like good ole american made rubber...AND not stink like some of the smelly repop pedal blocks LOL

 

[bentwoody66]

Any progress reports on how things are coming along?

 

[rideahiggins]

Progress

These grips are off to the design department at my buddies, last week he said they could do them within the next month (sigh). Then I have to check there work and then they can cut the steel. It's going just slower than originally planned. Here is what I'm looking at making repops of right now.

 

[rlhender]

I would really like to see you repop these grips..I would buy a pair for each of my bikes.....

 

[Oldbikes]

These grips are off to the design department at my buddies, last week he said they could do them within the next month (sigh). Then I have to check there work and then they can cut the steel. It's going just slower than originally planned. Here is what I'm looking at making repops of right now.
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Nice selection! Anxious to see the final product!