Short review, these blow ass.
Detail review. I mounted these in conjunction with a set of Seeger forward controls. They look good, and they feel good, offering plenty of room to shuffle your feet around on longer rides.
Where the problem arises, at least on the wings with male mounts, is Kuryakyns infinitely adjustable angle via a ball joint and a set screw. If you get these with splined adapters (I'm going to return mine, and try those) they may not blow. However the setscrew system just isn't sturdy enough to handle any real load. Given that the mounting point is pretty far off center, when you apply any real pressure to the rear of these boards, say, using your feet to reposition your ass on the vinyl log Yamaha calls a seat, the setscrew blows loose.
retorque it with thread locker. Blows loose.
Replace it with a grade 8 setscrew with a wicked point and snap a 3/32 wrench driving that bad boy home. Blows loose.
They'd be great if they'd stay where you put them, however at this point I've given up on them. I'll return them and either get the splined adapter type, or move up to their constellation boards with a splined adapter.
If Kuryakyn had used an index system instead of an infinite system, I'm sure I would have never had a peep of trouble from them. Build quality is nice, the rubber pads are comfy and replacable.
I'm old fashioned tho, I like shit to stay where I mounted it.
Detail review. I mounted these in conjunction with a set of Seeger forward controls. They look good, and they feel good, offering plenty of room to shuffle your feet around on longer rides.
Where the problem arises, at least on the wings with male mounts, is Kuryakyns infinitely adjustable angle via a ball joint and a set screw. If you get these with splined adapters (I'm going to return mine, and try those) they may not blow. However the setscrew system just isn't sturdy enough to handle any real load. Given that the mounting point is pretty far off center, when you apply any real pressure to the rear of these boards, say, using your feet to reposition your ass on the vinyl log Yamaha calls a seat, the setscrew blows loose.
retorque it with thread locker. Blows loose.
Replace it with a grade 8 setscrew with a wicked point and snap a 3/32 wrench driving that bad boy home. Blows loose.
They'd be great if they'd stay where you put them, however at this point I've given up on them. I'll return them and either get the splined adapter type, or move up to their constellation boards with a splined adapter.
If Kuryakyn had used an index system instead of an infinite system, I'm sure I would have never had a peep of trouble from them. Build quality is nice, the rubber pads are comfy and replacable.
I'm old fashioned tho, I like shit to stay where I mounted it.