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Our Business Philosophy
You deserve to be as comfortable while riding as we are.
Our Business is Family
Before Jim's right hip replacement, he designed a highway peg and asked his brother Ted to make a set from a crude
drawing on a scrap piece of paper. As word spread about this new design, Ted became busy making more highway pegs and Jim
became busy making a new business. Before long, Ted was very busy making pegs for Jim to take to rallies. As the business
grew, their wives, Jan & Jeri added their expertise. Jim & Jeri's two sons also got involved. Jeremy was our Webmaster
until his move to HI in 2007, and Jason's most visible roll has been at Rallies. Jason also headed up our expansion into
the BMW market. Even Jim & Ted's brother (Ray) has helped with production, shipments and the occasional rally. There's
no way of knowing who will be riding the GL1800 to rallies since all but one of us rides. You may even see Brian, Roger or
"Cheezedog" helping 'cause their almost family too. In 2010, Ives and Joe have been very involved, especially
at BMW rallies. The nicest thing about this family business is that many of our Mick-O-Peg customers have become like family,
but only Jim was FULL TIME in the business until 2012.
Effective 1/2/12 Jay (FKA Jason) will become President as
Jim steps down to VP where he will stay involved in the business but yield the leadership to Jay who will move RIW into more
technical advancements.
| Ted on his '84 Interstate... |
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| ...previously owned by one of his daughters. |
Stretching "spread eagled" was not possible for Jim because of a bad hip. The first set of his design was not spring
loaded and didn't look so good, but did allow longer trips without tiring. They had no name. Others liked the idea, but wanted
them spring loaded, chromed, and to work for them, on their bike. A fellow Motorcycle Safety Foundation Instructor was given
the first spring loaded set just before a 2-week trip out west. During our trip, Mike kept saying that he sure liked his "Mick-O-Pegs"
and the name stuck. We now provide more than 2 dozen Models to fit many bikes with wide engines and/or fairings.
Our
first advertisement was in the March 2004 issue of Wing World. Before then, all orders came from rallies, word of mouth, Internet
discussions, and riders who somehow found our web site. In Nov '05 we started advertising in Touring News.
We quit
advertising in Wing World and Touring News in Jan 2008 to cut our overhead $19 per set and keep our price down.
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