Upshotknothole Posted January 23, 2023 Posted January 23, 2023 Ordered a set back in November, finally showed up today. Gonna go out to the garage and see if I can figure out how to assemble them, but if anyone already has them on their bike and could take a photo, it'd be appreciated. They've only got photos of the right rear set on their site, and no photos of them on a bike. Thanks 1 Quote
Upshotknothole Posted January 25, 2023 Author Posted January 25, 2023 Think I got them figured out. No shift linkage included, so need to get that sorted once I figure out just how uncomfortable I want to be on the bike. 2 Quote
wraith Posted January 25, 2023 Posted January 25, 2023 High uncomfortable rear sets are ok for quick track days but if you're using it for riding on the road make them comfortable or you will end up not riding the bike. Did the same one one of my bikes nice and high rear sets but found after 15 minutes on the bike I was getting cramp in my legs, so the ride wasn't fun and my riding went down hill, I then put them at a more comfortable place and loved riding the bike, end of the day on the road I'm not going as fast round bends as you would on the track. 2 Quote
Upshotknothole Posted January 25, 2023 Author Posted January 25, 2023 12 hours ago, wraith said: High uncomfortable rear sets are ok for quick track days but if you're using it for riding on the road make them comfortable or you will end up not riding the bike. Did the same one one of my bikes nice and high rear sets but found after 15 minutes on the bike I was getting cramp in my legs, so the ride wasn't fun and my riding went down hill, I then put them at a more comfortable place and loved riding the bike, end of the day on the road I'm not going as fast round bends as you would on the track. I was mostly kidding about making the bike uncomfortable. Too many old injuries at this point to be super aggressive with them anymore. Gonna mount the right side first as that’s my bad knee, and once I decide on a position, figure out the shift linkage for the left. Do any companies sell shift linkage in various lengths? All I’m finding here in the states is crap for Harleys. Quote
Pudzrx Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 9 hours ago, Upshotknothole said: I was mostly kidding about making the bike uncomfortable. Too many old injuries at this point to be super aggressive with them anymore. Gonna mount the right side first as that’s my bad knee, and once I decide on a position, figure out the shift linkage for the left. Do any companies sell shift linkage in various lengths? All I’m finding here in the states is crap for Harleys. Generally , a couple of male threaded m6 rose joints and some threaded tube , and some small fab on an old gear lever does it puddy 1 Quote
wraith Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Upshotknothole said: Do any companies sell shift linkage in various lengths? All I’m finding here in the states is crap for Harleys. Don't know what the bay is like over there but I've used the Chinese ones on quite a thought bikes 373838430430 Eblag number 265865237180 Edited January 26, 2023 by wraith Add a bit 1 Quote
Upshotknothole Posted February 4, 2023 Author Posted February 4, 2023 Got them all mounted up. Used the stock shift rod with a new rod end ball joint to bolt on to the shifter. Currently cold and wet outside so it can wait till it’s nicer before I take it for a test ride and finish adjusting them. Curious, does anyone else loctite the hardware on their rear sets? 3 Quote
Dezza Posted February 4, 2023 Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) Yes, I use loctite threadlock on the fasteners on my rearsets except for the bolts holding the rear master cylinder on and the operating rose joint. These have nyloc nuts because the holes in the rearset plate and pedal are plain. When it comes to threaded rods for gearchanges, oil cooler spacers etc., fellow OSSers bluedog59 and gsxrsam have been most helpful to me and have made me bespoke items that are in a different league quality wise to anything that is commercially available Edited February 4, 2023 by Dezza 1 Quote
spiderpig Posted February 4, 2023 Posted February 4, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 10:25 AM, wraith said: High uncomfortable rear sets are ok for quick track days but if you're using it for riding on the road make them comfortable or you will end up not riding the bike. Did the same one one of my bikes nice and high rear sets but found after 15 minutes on the bike I was getting cramp in my legs, so the ride wasn't fun and my riding went down hill, I then put them at a more comfortable place and loved riding the bike, end of the day on the road I'm not going as fast round bends as you would on the track. Weirdly enough, I find high rearsets comfortable, Harley pegs make my hip lock up 3 Quote
wraith Posted February 4, 2023 Posted February 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, spiderpig said: Weirdly enough, I find high rearsets comfortable, Harley pegs make my hip lock up We are all different I know last time I went out on my gs1000 with the Raask rear sets, I found it quite uncomfortable Quote
Pudzrx Posted February 4, 2023 Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) Gotta get some rearsets for one of my slabbies , there was someone on Eblag selling them , but they are no longer listing , racerparts direct I think. Will deffo have a go with some of these now tho Edited February 4, 2023 by Pudzrx Quote
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