Installing New Grips

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My daughter showed up at the house one day a while back and showed me the Biltwell grips she installed on her Sportster. I rode around the hood and once back in the driveway commented that I liked the feel and color. Recently she ordered a Biltwell helmet and picked up a set of grips for me and dropped them off Tuesday of last week. While cutting off the old grips I was really surprised how thin they were looking at them in cross section. The Biltwells on the other hand are pretty thick towards the middle, almost like a palm swell on a nice over/under shotgun stock. One of the benefits of that swell is that I don't have excess glove material in the palm area any longer. I use unlined Deer Leather gloves in the summer .

Riding around with them over the past few days it SEEMS like there may be a little less vibe feedback (although I'm one of those that never thought it was bad to begin with).

Link to the grips below. I had to dremel out the ends so I could reinsert some aftermarket bar weights. Install was straight forward with just a little gap on the throttle side next to the switch housing. Before putting the grips on I painted the throttle housing black with a sharpie. Don't even notice the gap now. I have them in the Ox Blood color.

https://www.biltwellinc.com/p307/buy/par...s-oxblood/

Since my daughter footed the $17.98 plus shipping I'm pretty happy (considering they were a gift and I got them for free).