Gang,
Well, we've owned our new-to-us '18 Tour DCT Airbag now for about 2 weeks. I love this bike more and more each time I look at it and ride it. So, one of the first things I needed for my comfort while riding are a set of cruiser or freeway pegs.(They're labeled differently by different riders) I asked on here as to which brand/model might be of preference for the '18n and up Wings. It seems the Goldstrike set was pretty popular. Soooooo, I ordered up a set and received them yesterday. Well, the packaging was great. Everything was secure and for the most part double wrapped with plastic and a layer of foam.
But, the very first part I unwrapped had/has a couple of nicks in it. It's one of the angled arms. It's not noticeable from farther away but, when you unwrap somethign and notice right off the bat, my very first thought was this is a return unit and had been re-packaged. I don't have pics of those markss but, I'll get some for your judgement. The second, and to me, much worse problem was the teeth of one of the splined connectors. I have a pic or two of those for you to see. These are Cast pieces, not machined.
So, they cast the teeth into all the adjustable parts. Upon opening more of the components, it seems ALL the MALE parts (there are a form of male and female sections, sort-a) had almost FLAT teeth. The female sections seemed to be considerably better in casting. But the males, THEY SUCK! I'd opened all of the pieces to this Goldstrike kit to inspect each and every part and also to check the part count to match the list of components. They were/are all there.
I came very close to re-packaging it all up and send it back. But, I'd bet just about everything I own, that if I were to get another set, the parts in question would be in the EXACT SAME condition, almost FLAT TEETH. Now, I mated them up to their female counterparts and while they would SORT-A lock, it was very, very easy to rotate them and skip over the teeth due to the poor mate-up. I know and realize that there will be bolts to tighten and secure the teeth/adjustment but, one also has to realize the amount of strain that your legs and feet place on those rotateable/adjustable, splined components. Not to mention the wind/turbulance and pot holes which exhibit jerky movements.
So, I thought well, I'd really like to get some freeway pegs on and I have these in my hands so, lets see what can be done. I took all the male parts out to the shop and found a small triangular file. I proceeded to carefully file a more precise groove in between the peaks of each tooth. It took me about 10 minutes to clean up the teeth in each component. But, in the end, the mate up was SEREIOUSLY improved. I would place the male to female and even without a bolt to secure the mate-up, It was tough to try and spin the splined sections. So, that meant the bolt-secured components would be considerably stronger and way more resistant to mishaps of teeth sliding.
Now, is all this being a bit picky? Well, possibly. But, when you pay over $350 for what SHOULD be quality components, and get what I got, it's a bit of a let-down. It's highly possible that most of you that have purchased these Goldstrike freeway pegs:
Amazon.com: Goldstrike 3-Way Adjustable Highway Peg Mounts with Twin Rail Footrest (pair) for Gold Wing : Ciro: Automotive
have never had any issues with the teeth in the splines slipping and or rotating out of adjustment. I probably wouldn't have either. But, to be on the safe side, I did what I did to satisfy myself. I will go ahead and mount all of this system today and check out how I like it. The paperwork/instructions that come with them state that they really care about quality control of all their products. Well, someone needs fire their quality control people. Ok, enough ranting. I'll go to work now.
Scott
Well, we've owned our new-to-us '18 Tour DCT Airbag now for about 2 weeks. I love this bike more and more each time I look at it and ride it. So, one of the first things I needed for my comfort while riding are a set of cruiser or freeway pegs.(They're labeled differently by different riders) I asked on here as to which brand/model might be of preference for the '18n and up Wings. It seems the Goldstrike set was pretty popular. Soooooo, I ordered up a set and received them yesterday. Well, the packaging was great. Everything was secure and for the most part double wrapped with plastic and a layer of foam.
But, the very first part I unwrapped had/has a couple of nicks in it. It's one of the angled arms. It's not noticeable from farther away but, when you unwrap somethign and notice right off the bat, my very first thought was this is a return unit and had been re-packaged. I don't have pics of those markss but, I'll get some for your judgement. The second, and to me, much worse problem was the teeth of one of the splined connectors. I have a pic or two of those for you to see. These are Cast pieces, not machined.
So, they cast the teeth into all the adjustable parts. Upon opening more of the components, it seems ALL the MALE parts (there are a form of male and female sections, sort-a) had almost FLAT teeth. The female sections seemed to be considerably better in casting. But the males, THEY SUCK! I'd opened all of the pieces to this Goldstrike kit to inspect each and every part and also to check the part count to match the list of components. They were/are all there.
I came very close to re-packaging it all up and send it back. But, I'd bet just about everything I own, that if I were to get another set, the parts in question would be in the EXACT SAME condition, almost FLAT TEETH. Now, I mated them up to their female counterparts and while they would SORT-A lock, it was very, very easy to rotate them and skip over the teeth due to the poor mate-up. I know and realize that there will be bolts to tighten and secure the teeth/adjustment but, one also has to realize the amount of strain that your legs and feet place on those rotateable/adjustable, splined components. Not to mention the wind/turbulance and pot holes which exhibit jerky movements.
So, I thought well, I'd really like to get some freeway pegs on and I have these in my hands so, lets see what can be done. I took all the male parts out to the shop and found a small triangular file. I proceeded to carefully file a more precise groove in between the peaks of each tooth. It took me about 10 minutes to clean up the teeth in each component. But, in the end, the mate up was SEREIOUSLY improved. I would place the male to female and even without a bolt to secure the mate-up, It was tough to try and spin the splined sections. So, that meant the bolt-secured components would be considerably stronger and way more resistant to mishaps of teeth sliding.
Now, is all this being a bit picky? Well, possibly. But, when you pay over $350 for what SHOULD be quality components, and get what I got, it's a bit of a let-down. It's highly possible that most of you that have purchased these Goldstrike freeway pegs:
Amazon.com: Goldstrike 3-Way Adjustable Highway Peg Mounts with Twin Rail Footrest (pair) for Gold Wing : Ciro: Automotive
have never had any issues with the teeth in the splines slipping and or rotating out of adjustment. I probably wouldn't have either. But, to be on the safe side, I did what I did to satisfy myself. I will go ahead and mount all of this system today and check out how I like it. The paperwork/instructions that come with them state that they really care about quality control of all their products. Well, someone needs fire their quality control people. Ok, enough ranting. I'll go to work now.
Scott
