I installed my Wild 1's last week and both grips are about 2" over the end of the bars. What the hell? Obviously this is what happens to all your bars too, right? Anyone have any problems with the grips over time and the lack of support for them? I mean 2" is like half the fricken grip.

 

LOL... i thought the same thing. i used to have Chubby Wild1 bars(photos of my bike is still on thier web site)..what my problem was were the controls need to be loosened then pushed further up on the bars. With controls loosened push grips further on then tighten down your controls after that. This was my problem....

 

The problem with the Chubby bars is that they get wider to 1.25" at the start of my controls. So I can't slide a 1" diameter control housing onto the 1.25" part. This is for a Softail so maybe different models have different housings?

 

I installed Chubby 515's on my heritage and don't remember the details of the install, but don't remember having any problems.

 

I thought the same thing believe me. My grips were hung off the ends. I actually called Chubby and asked about this. The guy told me the same thing im telling you. I did it and it worked, no problems. My bike is also a softail. Loosen your controls then slide them up. Push your grips until they bottom out. Then adjust your controls snug to your grips. Bingo no over hang. Give it a try. What do you have to loose. I had Chubby 503's with internal wirring. Here's a pic...

 

Seriously, something doesn't sound right. I briefly had some 16" Wild 1 chubbys on my 04 NT and had no issue? Any chance of a picture to see what is happening?

 

Yeah I can take some pics with my left grip off when I get home.

 

Ok here they are. First pic shows how much of the grip is over the end of the bars. Second pic shows the edge of the clutch housing pushing against the part of the bars that turns into 1.25" diameter. I tried loosening the housing and pushing it up onto the 1.25" part but it does not fit and I ended up scratching some of the black paint. D*mn it.

 

call chubby wild1

 

Did you ever get this resolved?