Got my pegs back in July, noticed the purple tint then but installed them anyway because I liked the built in concept design that Rivco came up with. After 4 months, purple tint is till there and I guess I will have to just live with it! I believe I can!
He Said I had a choice return for another set of Black, or get Chrome for 10% off, I'm going to have them Powder coated, Satin Black, should match the Color perfect, so says my Power Coater....Will post pics when there done!!!!Originally Posted by JimBob1
I have a set of the Rivco pegs on my Gold Wing installed in 2009, set full back. I have a 30" inseam and the stock saddle. The only problem I seem to have with them is my feet keep sliding off. Perhaps the early models had a shorter stirrup. Haven't seen the current generation except for photos which seem the same. The only other real complaint is the inability to deploy them on the fly. I liked the idea I read on another thread of installing a nut on the bottom in order to hook your boot sole to open while riding.
In reading about the new Ultimate saddle herein, I understand it seats you about an inch closer to the tank which may solve the problem of shorter inseamed fellers being able to effectively use the Rivco Aero pegs. I plan on ordering the Ultimate soon and will install the Gold Wing set on my F6 for a test comparison. I'll let you know.
The NEW 2013 Rivco pegs are approximately 2" inches longer than the first ones produced 5 years ago.
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Yoda, I have an idea for you on that. Pretty much, by accident, I discovered that a small "dot" of 3M Dual Lock material solved this problem. I'll explain...rather than having to drill and tap a hole to screw in a bolt, I decided to try some Dual Lock. If you're not familiar with it, it's an industrial-strength hook & hook material made by 3M. I stuck a dot of it on the underside of the peg tip and also stuck a small rubber tab on another dot of Dual Lock and pressed them together. This resulted in something that looked akin to the bolt with acorn nut approach but was a rubber tab instead. Unfortunately, the rubber tab side fell off and that left me with just the small dot of Dual Lock on the peg. To my surprise, that was all I needed to be able to open and close the peg with my shoe. Apparently, the hook surface alone of Dual Lock provides enough friction to enable opening and closing with just the top of your shoe. Sometimes, our best ideas are the result of an accident and that's exactly what happened here.
The pegs have grooves machined on the underside. Pegs are designed to be opened and closed while riding, I do mine all the time. The trick is to reach under the peg with your toes and pull them outwards.
This isn't very intuitive. I asked the Rivco Owner at Wing Ding this year and he showed me how to do it. Now, it is a piece of cake.
Are you referring to the long slot that runs the entire length on each peg? Otherwise, I see no "grooves" on my pegs.
Yes, that 1/4" groove is what you are supposed to flick with your toe.It doesn't work for me either. Maybe if pound a finishing nail in the toe of my boot. To me it is no big deal to reach down to deploy the pegs. I love my Aero Pegs! They look cool and work as they should.
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