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I put on the Black Kuryakyn ISO-Grips, a regular black Throttle Boss on the left, and the larger black Countoured Throttle Boss on the right.
If you click on the pic to expand it you can get a better view of them. I'll try to get close-ups of them tomorrow.
 

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Those are Saddlemen Rigid Mount Cruisn' bags, Large.

The throttle side grip is easy, just unscrew the switch assembly and use needlenose to disconnect the cables. Remove end weight (they screw in) then reverse the process with the new grip.

The clutch isde is more complicated and I nearly screwed it up. You remove the end weight, and run a flathead between the grip and bar, or shoot compressed air to release it from the glue that bonds it to the bar. Get the old glue off the bar, seriously get it all! That nearly ruined the rubber on the new grip by me going "good enough". You then test fit the grip so you can get an idea of the alignment of the rubber and your hand. Now remove it, put some of the supplied glue on the bar, not too much, I'd suggest spots around the bar, then QUICKLY twist the grip on while lightly tapping the end with a rubber mallet. Get it rotated to the fit you want and by then it's bonded.

On one of my old bikes I actually reused the end weights with my ISO grips and it looked great, and less vibration. I might look into black chroming my end weights and try it out.
 

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Saddlemen makes a quick release, or Ghost brackets would probably work too. The back is flat and hard plastic so drilling is easy.
 

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The vibration isn't bad at all. Not any more noticeable than before.

It's fairly easy to do even for inexperienced person. The trick is the left side (clutch). Don't use too much glue and slide it on quickly. And by all means COMPLETELY remove the old glue.

It might be possible to add the old end weight back on. The ends of the ISO Grips come off, and you might be able to spin the end weight back on. I did it on my old Volusia, but didn't look at it for this bike since the grips are black.
 

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When I installed my grip,s I put on the grip end weights that Kuryakyn makes in
both chrome and black. In addition, before putting the grips on. I found some
lead weight in strips and wrapped it in rubber and jammed into the handlebar
ends. The mass really dampens the vibration.
 
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