Spread an old comforter or something under the bike to stop those damn things from bouncing when they hit the garage floor. I did this and it saved me throwing my pliers through the wall and about a half hour of searching. Its really not bad at all. Most grips will come with instructions as well.

 

Well...it sounds easy enough. I'm kinda gun shy on this one. One of the first additions I made to the bike was the chrome buttons on the housing. That turned into a nightmare!! However, I do know a considerable bit more about wrenching on a Sportster now than I did at that time. I'm gonna hafta replace my grips soon. The stock throttle grip is just about worn out.

 

use torq 27, and it took me all of 15-20 minutes tops. Use needle pliers like they said and pull up on the cable and then you can get to the ferrill and pull it off without loosing it.

 

Kawsakimx6, that is why I mention it. That was my second beer and 10 minutes was trying to find the ferrule on the first throttle cable when it went flying off. If anyone wants directions, go to kuryakyn's sight. They have installation instructions available online for their grips, which install just like any other brand.

 

I used a Torx 25 last night to remove my switch housings. The T-27 was too big. Try to resist the temptation to grip the cables with pliers, or vise-grips. If you kink the cables they'll fray and break prematurly. It's best to loosen the cables at the other end ie. throttle body or carb. Youll need to remove the air cleaner to get to them.
My $.02.

 

No way 10min Took at least 45 plus an hour to drive to the dealer after dropping the ferrule. Had a white sheet (dont tell wife) on ground and missed the sheet (hit fender with 1 and foot with other).Probably would have been easier with another pair of hands. The front cable was the hardest to hook up more tension Back had no tension .Back together and the bike runs fine

 

Easy job, I did it in about 35 minutes after about 9 beers.

 

OK, put new grips on my Nightster last weekend, the instructions with the grips help you with the left but not the right. ( Says to refer to your service manual)My H.D. parts guy told me to loosen the idle cable ( thats the cable thats returns the throttle back to the OFF position). Went home did the left, then unscrewed the switch housing, took the air cleaner and mounting hardware off and found no way to loosen the cable. After fussing around a bit, looked at the cables and remembered that the throttle adjustment is in the center of the cable. Figured out which cable pulled the throttle and loosened up the opposite one. Cable comes right off ( WATCH THE FERRULES). Before you loosen the cable, measure, make a mark, take a picture, or do something so that when you put it back together you know where to reset it to.Took maybe 45min.s, been faster had I rememered how to adjust the cables. Love my new grips.

 

I just changed mine out tonight. The only problem I had was tightening the throttle cables. After I screwed everything back together the throttle grip was still too loose even setting it to where it was before. Had to make them quite a bit tighter. Plus I was a little nervous cutting stuff off my brand new bike, beings this is the first mod I've done and the first motorcycle I've ever owned! But it was worth it. What a difference!

 

If you take the air cleaner off, you can hold the throttle in the open position to introduce more slack without having to pinch the cable with pliers. I had my gas tank off anyway so I slid a long, thin screwdriver handle down through the top to hold the throttle open. Piece of cake. My throttle tension adjusters wound up in a slightly different position, too. Works fine.
Pics of blacked-out handle bars and relocated turn-signals on '05 883C coming soon. I'm fabricating a bracket to relocate the ignition switch. Hopefully, just a couple more days.