Rivco unfortunately seems to offer their warranty in name only.
In early October I purchased a set of driving lights for my Honda Goldwing, which shipped quickly and I installed them almost immediately. Everything was fine until the first cold day of the season, when I woke up and found that one of the lights was cracked and not functioning. It was a fine pressure crack, almost certainly due to freezing temps. I messaged Rivco and they refused to honor any warranty, saying that the lens "must" have been hit by something and that this crack "must" have resulted in the light to fail.
Rather than argue I just bought a new light from them. Before it even arrived though, the *other* light pod began to fail. There were no cracks or anything on this one, but it would randomly flicker and dim to the point that it was unusable. After testing my charging system and testing the light on a 12V auxiliary battery, the light itself continued to have issues and I ruled out an issue with the bike itself. Worth noting is that I used all of Rivco's provided wiring and nothing outside of that. I followed their instructions to the letter.
Finally, when the replacement light arrived, I was frustrated to find that it wasn't a direct fit. The provided hardware was too large for the existing bracket and the existing bushing was too wide for the bracket on the new light. When brought up, they agreed that I could modify it to fit but didn't offer a correct replacement or proper bracket.
Rivco's latest response was that I could either buy yet another light for $100 to replace the flickering light, or that I could pay to send them the flickering light to have them test it and, if it did prove to be defective, they could again ship me a replacement at my expense... Since they appear to me to be reluctant to honor their warranty, I don't have enough faith to send this in and waste more money just to have them tell me there's nothing they can do. I'm already $500 out and have three lights that I can't use.
I'd say that if you want to buy from Rivco, at least make sure it's a bargain deal or that it's a part you're confident will not fail. They're cool parts and fitment is great, but I bought Rivco over Denali or a no-name eBay brand deliberately for their warranty, only to be let down. read more