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Looking at grips for my Breakout, the vibration has gotten extremely old. I have some Avon Velvet Air Cushion's on my Sporty I kinda like, just wondering what else people like. I'd prefer a wider diameter, my hands get tired with how small the stock ones are.
 
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Kuryakyn ISO's... I know, bland vanilla blah Korean crap and everyone has them. There's a reason for that though; these grips work. They're the best grips I've ever put on an HD; go figure. I like larger diameter grips and these things check off all the boxes; they're one of the first mods I do...
 
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Kuryakyn ISO's... I know, bland vanilla blah Korean crap and everyone has them. There's a reason for that though; these grips work. They're the best grips I've ever put on an HD; go figure. I like larger diameter grips and these things check off all the boxes; they're one of the first mods I do...
 
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I always thought the ISO's weren't as durable/fell apart faster than the Avon's, maybe I'm wrong
 
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I love the Avons I put on my Evo.
 

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I'm not a fan of most of Kuryakn stuff...but I had their ISO grips on my Shovel, they were great for squashing the vibration, and the rubber didn't get gummy on bare hands like lots of grips do.

Only thing is, the inner rubber sleeve 'n collar wasn't overly robust, my right one twisted off, so I wrapped my bar with painter tape and crammed that left grip on.
 
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Originally Posted by burnsy87
Looking at grips for my Breakout, the vibration has gotten extremely old. I have some Avon Velvet Air Cushion's on my Sporty I kinda like, just wondering what else people like. I'd prefer a wider diameter, my hands get tired with how small the stock ones are.
“Whoa! Would you listen at this crap? A 2016 breakout is a softtail and it has a balanced engine, where are the vibrations coming from? An unbalanced engine shakes like a dog trying to crap a peach seed at a red light but is butter smooth in the higher RPMs.
 
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yes you are correct,they are opposite, the B motor is smooth at low speed but it vibbs at high speed, more like a buzz.
 
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“Whoa! Would you listen at this crap? A 2016 breakout is a softtail and it has a balanced engine, where are the vibrations coming from? An unbalanced engine shakes like a dog trying to crap a peach seed at a red light but is butter smooth in the higher RPMs.

Don't fool yourself, the 'B' engine still vibrates, it's just a different type of vibration from the 'A'... and besides, the 'B' is quite gutless when compared to the 'A' too, but that's another topic. My '03 Wide Glide would stomp my '05 NightTrain, I got rid of that NightTrain in 2 months; that sloptail was the most uncomfortable, goofy dog slow HD I've ever owned; my first sloptail and my last...

But otherwise, your post was very helpful to the OP; well done... Why not try and answer his question and not simply try and increase your post count...
 
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Originally Posted by TinCupChalice
Kuryakyn ISO's... I know, bland vanilla blah Korean crap and everyone has them. There's a reason for that though; these grips work. They're the best grips I've ever put on an HD; go figure. I like larger diameter grips and these things check off all the boxes; they're one of the first mods I do...
Agreed.
 


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