DIY Rearsets......

listo said:
Got my rearsets today. Quality is very very nice. I just need to fab up a few things and I should be rocking.

Chris
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Yeah I second that. Very nice, need to make some spacers to move them out from the frame but otherwise I'm good to go! Thanks!
 
Got mine installed. SWEET!
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listo said:
What did you do on the brake side?
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Same thing but shorter. Ordered the shifter/brake arms from Fast from the Past, the tie rods from Pegasus Racing. I'll post a pic of the brake side tomorrow. Basically used the stock return spring, heated it and bent it around the brake arm. I used a nut/bolt on the brake side. Drilled and tapped the shifter side. Used a bolt drilled for safety wire and safety wired that one.
 
Got my parts in today! Very nice quality! Can't wait to mount them up! Now, the rest of the bike has got to be up to the same level!

I do have one small nitpick and suggestion. The 2 pegs and 2 levers were packed in the same bag (each pair). So during shipment, they rubbed each other. I would suggest to seperate these two pairs of items to avoid rubmarks. You don't want to do all that hard work to only get them all nicked up during shipping. No biggie. They can be polished out. Just something to keep in mind for future customers.
 
I was wondering why you designed the shift lever with the short arm on top rather than on the bottom? Most OEM levers have the linkage on the bottom.
 
My impression On the levers is that wiht the riding position of cafe's the lever will point downward at a good angle, bedcause of the usual low seat and rearward peg position, which when you mount linkage to it, it tends to interfere with the lever when pressed. I can bend them either way, if you would like to get something different. Also I do have another lever with an angle pointing towards the toe end, rather than away from it.
 
Hi-wondering if folding sets were currently available.

If they are, will likely be ordering next week. You prefer Paypal, or something else? Thanks!
 
eyhonda said:
I was wondering why you designed the shift lever with the short arm on top rather than on the bottom? Most OEM levers have the linkage on the bottom.
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Making the linkage arm on the bottom vs top is just a matter of left vs right - flip the lever over and use it on the other side... or am I missing the point of the question?
 
The small arm is on the top of both levers. Flipping them would put both small arms on the bottom, ok on shifter if you wanted that but in my case it wouldn't work for me on brake side. I need a pull action for cable setup - not a push. It would be ok for those using rods. But in either case, I only posed the question out of curiosity, not necessity. Now that I see the advantage of the linkage on top out of the way, it is a better solution.

On my first cafe build (cb400f), I did flip a stock cbr900rr shifter to the brake side (bottom to top). That worked great.
 
They aren't issues. We just discussed differences in linkage setups. Nothing to worry about. It will work provided you have a mounting bracket welded or bolted to the frame. I am also building essentially a cb125 but on an XL100 frame. The brackets are actually exhaust brackets off a CM185t. They need to be cut and welded to the frame.
 
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