Muffing help needed!!!

[PIGGLET]

How do you breath through your ea...
Actually it's the ones on't bike i need help with, honest.
I find they move forward (away from me) at the bar end end. They're still ok to use but when i pull them back against the handguards there is more space around the controls. Is this normal or is there a method of holding them tight against the whole of the handguard.
It's an 1100 with 1100 bars but 1150 guards.
TIA

 

[Timolgra]

Self adhesive velcro

 

[muzvmc]

Zip tie round hand guard near bar end.

 

[The Slow Granger]

Me too..

Same problem here Pigglet.

Please can Tomo and Muz expand a bit more on their fix.

Sounds obvious but it would help to get it right without getting glue everywhere. I need to remove muffs daily so any fix / release has to be quick. I will try the velcro on the hand guards, but what have you done inside the muff?

I am also going to make a plastic bar coated with velcro to assist the centre wrap ties as the fixing rods need pulling together on the centre bar, which in turn pulls the bar ends backwards. As the bars are already coated in the velcro loop material its just a case of self adhesive velcro 'hook' side.

Off to the haberdashery.......... anyone want a knitting pattern...........

Steve

 

[Packer]

I had the same problem with Oxford muffs.

I positioned them correctly and then drilled a 3mm hole through the muff and the hand guard about 30mm forward of the centre of the handlebar-end guard fixing. I then used a white plastic number plate screw head cover on the outside and inserted a cheese head machine screw through cover, muff, hand guard, flat washer and finally a thin nut. The plastic cover is fairly inconspicuous and neat and in the summer the 3mm hole in the guard is barely noticeable.

They stay in place perfectly, I've used them for the last two winters and am about to go fit them now for the coming winter. The nut is very close to the bar end and doesn't snag my gloves or cause any other problem. Shorten the screw so that it is flush with the top of the nut when tightened.

The advantage over velcro or a zip tie is that it is a positive location. If however any force great enough to damage your hand/wrist is put on the muff it would simply tear around the fixing.

 

[PIGGLET]

Couple of options to try there, cheers guys

 

[The Slow Granger]

Velcro solution

The very nice lady in the 'heberdesherie' sold me some heavy duty sticky velcro.

I thought 6'' was long enough but needed a stiffener in the middle

Result - perfect.

Easier to remove than the elacky jobs, keeps the bar end pulled back, provides a clip to keep muffs together and 'hangable' to dry, and provides a wedge of velco to stick other things to - might put a bit on gloves to stop them falling on the floor when fueling, visor washer bottle, etc etc.

...off to find some things to stick to now..... 'little things' and all that...