Rivco Floorboards, Heel-Toe Shifter and Lamonster highway brackets
I've been looking for a better riding position since getting my 2015 RS.
My first attempt at more comfort was to install Lamonster highway brackets with black Trident pegs. This is a very well made product. The install was simpler than I expected. Removing the pans for clearance as the instructions say, seems to be the best thing to do, although I have heard some comments to the contrary. I figure, I'm not riding it in the rain on purpose and it does give me access to spray the internals out a little better. As good as the pegs are, shifting my body from the RS sport seating to the pegs gave me hip cramps. For me, it a major change in position. I actually had to pull over to get over the pain.
The next step after reading lots of advice was to go with the Rivco floorboards and a Heel toe shifter. I finished installing them last night. I spent a good 5 hours playing with the setup. Most of that spent trying to figure out the shifter. The part was sent to me installed backwards. Also, I haven't figured out how you can tighten the shifter without impeding the arm from working correctly. I installed washers on both sides of the center fulcrum bolt to make it slide easier. It took me hours to figure out what the issue was with the binding. The floorboard install was a little frustrating. You can't access the heads of the engine mount bolts. They need to be fished through, I used a telescoping magnet to pull them through. The instructions are not very clear and make the job seem more complicated than it really is.
The boards are surprisingly high quality as is the shifter. The boards drop the foot position to something more ST like. I'm not sold on the shifter yet but time will tell. It's really a heel shifter, you are not getting your toe under the new peg either. You really can't use the original shifter with the Rivco boards, you can't get your toe under, there isn't enough clearance. The break ends up mid ankle, my initial thought is I will be using my heel to break and my other heal to shift.
My next step it to take it out to ride and test it out. I'll have to get used to the heel shiftier and the position of the break.
I've been looking for a better riding position since getting my 2015 RS.
My first attempt at more comfort was to install Lamonster highway brackets with black Trident pegs. This is a very well made product. The install was simpler than I expected. Removing the pans for clearance as the instructions say, seems to be the best thing to do, although I have heard some comments to the contrary. I figure, I'm not riding it in the rain on purpose and it does give me access to spray the internals out a little better. As good as the pegs are, shifting my body from the RS sport seating to the pegs gave me hip cramps. For me, it a major change in position. I actually had to pull over to get over the pain.
The next step after reading lots of advice was to go with the Rivco floorboards and a Heel toe shifter. I finished installing them last night. I spent a good 5 hours playing with the setup. Most of that spent trying to figure out the shifter. The part was sent to me installed backwards. Also, I haven't figured out how you can tighten the shifter without impeding the arm from working correctly. I installed washers on both sides of the center fulcrum bolt to make it slide easier. It took me hours to figure out what the issue was with the binding. The floorboard install was a little frustrating. You can't access the heads of the engine mount bolts. They need to be fished through, I used a telescoping magnet to pull them through. The instructions are not very clear and make the job seem more complicated than it really is.
The boards are surprisingly high quality as is the shifter. The boards drop the foot position to something more ST like. I'm not sold on the shifter yet but time will tell. It's really a heel shifter, you are not getting your toe under the new peg either. You really can't use the original shifter with the Rivco boards, you can't get your toe under, there isn't enough clearance. The break ends up mid ankle, my initial thought is I will be using my heel to break and my other heal to shift.
My next step it to take it out to ride and test it out. I'll have to get used to the heel shiftier and the position of the break.
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