Grab on grips (some help please)

[thebigdog]

Are there different types or are they all foam?

Are all black ones rare?

[thebigdog]

Are these "Grab On MX3's" in the picture below? I am guessing they are as it looks like they say it on the end    Did they do a Grab On MX2 and if so would NOS all black one be rare?

[The Burner King]

Were these considered good grips them Back in the day?

[selfpreservation]

Were these considered good grips them Back in the day?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not by me anyway i wouldnt have liked to have performed too many "stunts" with them anyway

[gt0733]

i didn't mind them. they were comfortable but wore out quickly. here's my quicksilver from 1981 and you'll see it has got black mx2's on it.

[billstup]

Are there different types or are they all foam?

Are all black ones rare?

Have you got any pics ?

[MartyC]

I ran MX2's for a while they were OK but wore out very quickly.

Never got on with the MX3, didn't like the way they looked  .

[gt0733]

let's see. the original grab ons were just a foam grip with a plastic end cap. mx 2's were 2 piece, they had a nylon tube with a foam sleeve that slid onto it. the mx 3's were 3 piece, similar to the 2's but had a removable end cap and were a bit more robust. BITD you could buy the foam sleeves on their own to replace the torn ones.
colours were: red, yellow, blue and black. all foam sleeves were black.
time line is: originals and mx 2 pre 1981, mx 3 were after 1981.

[gt0733]

here's a scan i did of April 1980 bmxaction mag grip comparo. check the prices 

[thebigdog]

Are there different types or are they all foam?

Are all black ones rare?

Have you got any pics ?

Not a very good one 

[thebigdog]

here's a scan i did of April 1980 bmxaction mag grip comparo. check the prices 

Thanks for that, thats them in the first pic    Worth about £3 then 

[magna13]

i dont like the grab on grips at all, ye sure they are comfortable but they do wear out quickly... why didnt bob haro use A'me Or Oakley??

[gt0733]

i dont like the grab on grips at all, ye sure they are comfortable but they do wear out quickly... why didnt bob haro use A'me Or Oakley??

i'd say sponsorship.............same for Greg Hill, he used them for a number of years.

[mark 2]

And you can't beat a full head of hair too


While photobuckets open I'll sling in some more good ad's , don't mean to thread hijack  lol ....

[gt0733]

while the scanner is out......... here's Greg Hill in early 1980




and again in June 1982