Herm21
Been Around the Block
A few of you have asked about my rearsets, and since I didn’t mention them in my build thread , I thought I’d put some info here for reference. First, major props to ChrisF for the idea, thnx much dude!
As you can see here, I mounted them to the existing passenger and exhaust braces. Just had to drill some new holes to get them in the right place for my height and riding position.
The footpegs are BMX pegs from a local shop - $10.00. They’re 3” long x 1’’dia.
I had the knurled toe pieces and the spacers made by the good folks at rodendsupply.com, I think he charged me $10.00 for all of it. The toe pieces are 1.75” long x 5/8” dia. The spacers are about an 1” long and taper from 1 ¼” to ¾”.
The levers I made from stock ¼” T6061 aluminum. I used a jigsaw to cut the shape, drilled a bunch of holes, and polished ‘em up. Aluminum was like $20.00 for a 2’ x4” piece. (I had lots left over for other stuff.) They measure 6” from the longest points, and 3” from the linkage points to the turn.
The bearings are 7/8”x ¼” dia, 3/8” ID for the bolts. These are skateboard bearings and were about $2.00ea, they’re very strong and are the key to all of this working properly!
I wanted the bearings to fit real tight in the levers so I used a 7/8” step down bit, but only drilled out 13/16” and just used the 7/8” step to slightly tapper the hole. This made it easy to tap them in with a mallet, but only after using a small sanding spindle on the dremmel to remove a hair more material. For good measure I also doused them with a bit of Loctite before tapping them in, they’re in there for good now!
The washers, on both sides, are ¾” dia. They only rest against the inner bearing allowing the outer ring to spin freely with the levers.
And since these bearings have inner walls to hold the ceramic sealers in place, this allows for a good tightening of the pegs without any friction or horizontal play on the levers!.
These rear sets were inexpensive, fun to make and really worked out great! No need to spend $200 on Raask! Thanks again for the idea Chris!
Herm
As you can see here, I mounted them to the existing passenger and exhaust braces. Just had to drill some new holes to get them in the right place for my height and riding position.
The footpegs are BMX pegs from a local shop - $10.00. They’re 3” long x 1’’dia.
I had the knurled toe pieces and the spacers made by the good folks at rodendsupply.com, I think he charged me $10.00 for all of it. The toe pieces are 1.75” long x 5/8” dia. The spacers are about an 1” long and taper from 1 ¼” to ¾”.
The levers I made from stock ¼” T6061 aluminum. I used a jigsaw to cut the shape, drilled a bunch of holes, and polished ‘em up. Aluminum was like $20.00 for a 2’ x4” piece. (I had lots left over for other stuff.) They measure 6” from the longest points, and 3” from the linkage points to the turn.
The bearings are 7/8”x ¼” dia, 3/8” ID for the bolts. These are skateboard bearings and were about $2.00ea, they’re very strong and are the key to all of this working properly!
I wanted the bearings to fit real tight in the levers so I used a 7/8” step down bit, but only drilled out 13/16” and just used the 7/8” step to slightly tapper the hole. This made it easy to tap them in with a mallet, but only after using a small sanding spindle on the dremmel to remove a hair more material. For good measure I also doused them with a bit of Loctite before tapping them in, they’re in there for good now!
The washers, on both sides, are ¾” dia. They only rest against the inner bearing allowing the outer ring to spin freely with the levers.
And since these bearings have inner walls to hold the ceramic sealers in place, this allows for a good tightening of the pegs without any friction or horizontal play on the levers!.
These rear sets were inexpensive, fun to make and really worked out great! No need to spend $200 on Raask! Thanks again for the idea Chris!
Herm
