I thought all you needed was love?
I installed the kuryakyn's yesterday. Took me an hour to cut/sand down the throttle sleeve, and when I finally put the throttle sleeve on, I didn't get it all the way on and I ended up with a 1/2" gap between the grip and the switch box.
Overall, they're great! They cut out a lot of the vibrations, though the high frequency vibrations still come through a bit. And, I feel like I get a better grip and better control than with the stock grips. I think that I'll buy a pair of stilleto ends, as bar end weights, keep wearing my gel palm gloves and call it good enough.
The only major complaint I have with them is that I can't use my velcro hand warmers with them. Oh well.
It looks like I was confused about the handlebar/stem cushions. Unless I want to shell out $500, there's no real way to quiet the handlebar.
Jim_R wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:all u need is kuryakyn grips.