- Hello everyone, I am Chase at Rocky Mountain ATV/MC
giving you a closer look at
the V2 Emig Pro Lock-On Grips from ODI.
All right, so today we're giving you a closer look
at the all new Emig Pro V2 Lock-On Grip coming from ODI.
Now if you're grip shopping, you know as well as I do,
we have a lot of different options
when it comes to grips at Rocky Mountain.
But chances are lock-on grips on your radar,
probably know somebody that has a set.
I myself personally, I've been riding Lock-on grips
for years.
I'm a huge fan for a couple of reasons.
One, I love the durability of a Lock-on grip,
I'll explain a little bit more about that.
But also, ease of install.
There is no grip that is easier to install
than a set of Lock-on grips.
I'll talk about that a little bit more.
But those are a couple reasons that I love them.
Now the Emig Pro Lock-on Grip, this is all new for 2019.
Now a few riders out there that maybe have
the old Emig Lock-on grip, that is not going away,
it's going to stay here, so if you're a fan of that grip,
you can still continue to buy it,
but, my opinion, there's a couple things with that grip
that I felt need to be a little bit better.
They've addressed those issues
and I think that this new Emig Pro is a whole lot better
and I'll explain why here in just a moment.
But with Lock-On grips, let's just talk
about these real quickly.
So the way these are constructed is pretty unique.
You've got a plastic sleeve on the clutch side
as well as the throttle side,
and then you have the rubber compound or the grip
that is molded on,
so like I said earlier,
how easy are these to install?
Honestly, it takes you a couple minutes.
You don't need any grip glue, no safety wire.
So on the clutch side, all you're going to need to do,
take the grip that you have on right now,
take it off, clean off your handlebar,
slide the clutch side on,
and once you've done that, rotate it where you want it.
You'll notice on the inside here,
you've got this aluminum cap, or this aluminum ring.
All you're going to do is just taken an Allen key,
tighten that down get it nice and snug,
and the grip's going to be locked on, in place,
it's not going to go anywhere.
I've never had a Lock-on grip slip on me before,
so that's a concern that you have,
just throw that out the window.
So that's how easy it is to install the clutch side.
As for the throttle side, you're going to notice, same thing,
you're going to have a plastic sleeve with a grip molded on.
But what's unique is that this side, the throttle tube,
you're just going to slide it on,
and install it the exact same way you would
any other stock throttle too.
So you're going to see you got multiple cams are going to
come included with these grips.
So these aren't bike specific, so you're going to enter
the make, the model, and the year
of your bike when you're picking up your set,
because like I said, you're going to have a lot of different
cams come included in the packaging.
They will tell you, take your throttle side,
and just pull out this little instruction packet here
inside of it, and this will actually tell you
what cam you will need to install
in order for it to work for your bike.
But now let's talk about this grip
and what they've done to improve it.
I had a long conversation with Jeff Emig about these,
he was heavily involved, took him a while
to get these exactly how they wanted it.
But overall, the end product, like I said,
I think they did a fantastic job.
So with the grip itself, here's the big improvements
that they have made that I think make this grip
a lot better than the previous version.
They're now utilizing a softer rubber compound than before,
so the previous Emigs I felt, like they had great durability
but just a little tough on the hands,
so now using this softer rubber compound,
if you're familiar with the V2 Lock-on grips
or half waffle design,
to me has a very similar feel as the rubber
that they used for the V2 Lock-on.
So, softer rubber compound, also the diameter has gone down.
That was another thing for me with the standard Emig
that I wasn't a huge fan of, to me the diameter felt
just a little bit large.
I'm a rider, I have pretty small hands,
so they have decreased the diameter of this new Emig Pro
to be about the same as their V2 half waffle Lock-on,
which is the grip that I run,
that I think has a nice thin feel to it.
So I'm glad that they improved those too spots.
Also, what's cool is that if you look close,
it's going to be hard to see on camera,
but this grip actually has a convex shape to it.
In other words, it's only about a millimeter,
but what it does, is it actually comes up
towards the center, and then tapers down.
And the reason that they do that is to have it fit
the shape of the rider's hand just a little bit better.
Now up on the top here, you can see you've got the Emig logo
and what's cool about this logo
is you can see you've got these rivs
that are going the same direction as the grip.
While the purpose for that is that when the rider grabs it,
it's actually going to help fit right there in the palm
in the contour of the rider's hand.
So, I can actually feel those rivs when I grab this grip,
so I like that pattern that they have there.
The knurling is going to be a little bit deeper
than the previous Emig as well,
so a little bit better feel there,
that's where you're getting a little bit
of that softer feel.
And also you'll notice, you've got these traction rivs,
so what's cool about these three rivs
that you have here going across,
is that these two upper ones
are actually undercut.
So they kind of slope down in the same direction
that should be gripping it,
but because they're undercut,
as you're pulling back on the grip,
that undercut is going to offer a little bit more traction.
So I just like everything that they've done,
just improved the overall feel of it.
Now when I talked about earlier,
I talked about durability, that's another thing
that I love about Lock-on grips,
is I think they're just more durable, and here's why.
When you look at the end of this grip,
you'll notice you've got this hard plastic piece
on the very outside,
but what's new with the Emig pro,
is that now they're actually using an aluminum end cap
versus just plastic.
So underneath this black plastic piece,
you can see that aluminum there,
it's got that bronze color, that's something
that ODI I think does really well.
Lot of cool color ways, cool look to the bike.
But you have their aluminum end cap
which is actually molded to the plastic sleeve,
and what's cool about that end cap,
is it actually goes over the handlebar
just a few millimeters.
So, that means that if you have a crash
or something as simple as a tip over,
while you're much, much less likely to damage
the grip or even tear the rubber
because you'll notice here
that the rubber comes to the very end
but it ends where it comes up,
so you don't have any rubber on the very outside,
so you don't have to worry about that tearing
when your bike does fall over.
Overall, like I said, the durability is awesome.
Now one thing with these you do need to keep in mind
is that with the previous Emigs,
you can knock out the end caps on those
to run full wrap around hand guards.
They've really designed this more
with off road motor cross riders in mind,
so these aluminum end caps are not designed to break out,
so if you buy these grips,
just know you're not going to be able
to run full wrap around hand guards with these.
But that is it, that is the all new V2 Emig Pro Lock-On grip
from ODI, like I said, all new for 2019.
I am a big fan, I honestly think this
is going to be my next personal grip.
I think they did a great job.
If you guys have any other questions or comments
about these, we're happy to answer those,
so leave those below.
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I am Chase, we'll see you on the trails.