I think these things are gonna help my hand pain. I put them on last week, but that afternoon I injured my thumb when I broke a wooden Louisville slugger in a batting cage. Just got back from a ride after waiting all week for the swelling to go down. My right hand still hurts due to the thumb, but my left hand was much better. Hope that is a good sign.
For what its worth, on my 2013 non abs model, I definitly had to reposition the cables...i know some folks have reported that they did not have to, but I did.