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Old 10-24-2014, 08:15 PM
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Yeah, so I've got small *** hands... I recently took the stockers off my SGS and put on a set of Kuryakyns. I never have been a real fan of Kuryakyn and I'm not all that impressed with these grips either. They seem fatter and therefore less comfortable to me. But I know the stock grips will get raggedy soon so I went ahead and changed them out. Now I'm thinking I'm not going to have them on for long. What I'd really like is a good quality set of grips that are designed for smaller hands. With reach seats, super reach and all that, I've gotta thing there's something out there like reduced diameter grips. Anyone know of such a thing?
 
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Kuryakyn Kinetic Grips are similiar to ISO's but smaller diamenter.
 
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I went with PM grips, they are for smaller hands on my 07. Not sure if they have them for TBW bikes but Id love to get another set for my 2012 CVO.
 
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We put a set of the Harley "get a grips" on my wife's bike. They make them in a small and large diameter. She loves them.
 
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Originally Posted by Tracker56
We put a set of the Harley "get a grips" on my wife's bike. They make them in a small and large diameter. She loves them.
I don't think the small ones will fit a 2014 touring bike.
 
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Originally Posted by logical
I don't think the small ones will fit a 2014 touring bike.
I just put a set of these on my '12 Road King. I have small hands and these feel smaller than the ones on my wife's bike, only 1.4" diameter. http://avongrips.com/shop/products/C...r-Chrome-.html
 
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Originally Posted by Tracker56
I just put a set of these on my '12 Road King. I have small hands and these feel smaller than the ones on my wife's bike, only 1.4" diameter. http://avongrips.com/shop/products/C...r-Chrome-.html
+1 on the Avons....I have them in black and I also have somewhat small hands and they work great. Plus they are cheaper then the PM version.
 
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I not only have small hands but I had wrist surgery earlier this year so I find that bigger grips put more of a strain on my wrist. I too have been on the search for something smaller in diameter. HD used to have many more choices for smaller diameter grips. But looking through the catalog I only found maybe 2 or 3.
 
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Stock Harley grips are 1.5 inch, magnums are 1.6 inch. Use this information as a guide when you are shopping, and see what you can find in the 1.4 - 1.5 inch range.
 
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FWIW i have small hands and always had smaller grips, but I just bought a bike that has fat grips and had to ride 400 miles home. I found that by just laying my fingers on the grips, lightly without a heavy pressure and not wrapping my whole hand around the grip it was quite comfortable. I even think this is the correct grip method for riding. If that helps.
 


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