I ordered up a set of the Black PM Contour Grips and stored them in the tool box until I was ready to do the wiring on my Handlebars. The day finally came and I removed the Handlebars and pulled me very tired HD Skull style grips off the bike. They were worn down pretty badly. One season and my HD grips were completely worn out.

The PM grips were un-rapped and just held in my hand. The Renthal rubber is soft with a pointy type of bumps feel in the hand. I'm assured after one ride that they will fit my hand perfect. If the rubber becomes worn down you can replace it for 14.95. That point alone was a major selling point. Installing Grips is a very simple project. The only thing different is no Glue. You have 2 set screws on the left hand side and you're done. That grip is never going to move. We tried like hell to make it move. Throttle side was the same as any other. Just reconnect your cables and adjust per the HD Manual.

The look on the Bars is like a Custom set of Grips. They're a Machined grip and the only thing not metal is the Rental rubber. The PM Logo in white lettering gave my mostly black theme setup a nice pop in the middle of all the Black. Plus everyone will know I have PM Grips on my ride.

I haven't been able to ride the bike with the new grips. This is a New England region web-site and I'm just waiting on a new pipe so I can ride my rebuilt Road Glide. I'll comment on feel and ware latter on this season.

Okay we're about a month into the riding season here in good old New Hampshire. I've ridden with full on winter gloves to my normal summer gloves. I've also ridden with no Gloves at all. I think my longest ride this season was about 220 mile so far this season. I've already logged 1200 miles total on the bike so far this year.

So I'd say the grips were worth the money. No hand cramps yet! The Renthal Rubber still looks great. I've never lost my grip from the handlebar s when holding onto these Grips. The looks are second to none.

I do have one complaint! The grip is all metal no plastic. Every once in awhile when backing off from full throttle. I hear a metal to metal grinding sound. The fix is lots of white grease lube. After I wash the bike I half to apply more grease. Not the end of the world.

Even with the Numbers of PM contour grips now on friend's bikes. I still find not many people have these grips yet so the cool factor is still pretty high when around other bikes who still run the stock grips.

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