Frankly, the 2018 shakes pretty horribly at the bars compared to all the other 2t austrian bikes I've had.
Both the bike I test rode and the one I bought so it wasn't just one.
I cleaned out quite a lot of it by replacing the grips with Emig2 grips.
I feel these stiff Renthal bars carry a lot of it straight to the upper body too. I am ready to replace them with some ProTaper EVO that I used to take some of the jarring out of my older KTMs & Husky but am holding off for now after I put on the Mako 360 mounts. Over the last 6 hours of frozen ground riding with the Mako 360 (IE, the ones always the harshest for me) I eliminated most of the joint pain I was getting from my shoulders, elbow, and wrists.
I had been a fan of the Mako 360 on my previous bikes so I broke down and put them on the GG. Man, I don't regret spending that money at all.
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