Hello:

I am going to be restoring my Mag grip on the handlebars to a left hand twist once I get the proper item on Monday.  Does anyone have any advice on how to get the rubber grip off of the twist part without hurting the rubber?  The only thing that I can think of is some heat gun heat to try and soften up and expand the rubber so that it will pull off.

Thanks,

Bob

Half a chance of getting a Little siliconH style lubricant likeGT80 in there to help, won't damage the rubber. Once a lttle bit of movement, you can try getting a very thin screwdriver or similar in, not to lever off, but to open up slightly to get more lubricant in. Gently does it, easy to take a bite too much and split grip.

Interesting. I "restored" my 1928 101 to RH shift, RH MAGNETO ADVANCE, LH throttle. All the Indians I have owned came to me as RH shifters with LH throttle (putting the magneto control on the right).

Not only was that what I became used to, I believe it was the original or originally preferred arrangement. Its been the joke that Indian set the throttle on the left (therefore shifter on the right) so right-handed police officers could shoot and so, of course, HD had to do something completely opposite.

I have a 1948 HD Panhead with a LH shifter (RH hand throttle, LH magneto) and  I can not change the shifter - I find it very uncomfortable to control the bike with my RH alone while shifting. 

Bob