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Offline jonbuoy

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Home made rearsets
« on: April 12, 2007, 03:02:13 AM »
As I'm too tight fisted to shell out for Raasks or Tarrozi rearsets I'm having a go at making my own.  I bought a set of NOS footpegs off  Rusty Riders on Ebay - very cheap they still have stock as well.  Most of the rest I have scrounged - they are made from 5mm ally plate, I drew an outline onto the plate-  roughly cut around them with a hacksaw and tidied them up with a bastard file, I bent them using a vice and a crescent -  then finishing file then polished up in the usual way. 

The shaft running through them is made from some stainless tubing I found in a scrap bin of a local company that makes thermocouples for the dairy industry - it fits nicely over a 3/8 bolt - not a perfect bearing fit but pretty close.  I drilled out a hole in the shifter lever the same size as the outside diameter of the stainless tubing - heated the ally and tapped the tube in.  I have some uber strong locktight that I will use when I am happy with the final fit.

Luckily I already have a big ally plate to mount these on with the F frame, I scrounged another piece of thick wall stainless tube and tapped a 3/8 thread into it then fitted it into the ally plate on the frame itself - its not such a tight fit so I used some locktight sleeve lock to hold it in.  The pegs are already threaded with a 3/8 hole so I just had to cut a stainless steel bolt down to size leaving a small section of unthreaded stainless and  then thread the other end  - this bottoms out in the footpeg and will be locktighted in place.  A locknut on the rear of the plate and some stainless washers control the slack - its not bad - less slack than in previous factory rearsets I have had on other bikes.   I'm hoping they will wear well - its stainless onto stainless.  I'll update when I get the engine back in the frame.

The pictures should make more sense than my write up.

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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2007, 03:11:59 AM »
lookin good mate, keep us up to date with the progress, never know you might have to go into busyness!!!LOL


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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2007, 03:14:37 AM »
I already have a spline to fit over the gearshifter, for the brake side I have cut off my old pedal leaving just the clamp for the brake spline - will braize a plate with a hole for the linkage onto it.  I have made the brake lever slightly longer and wider as it will be taking more strain - I will try and get some thicker walled tubing as well.


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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2007, 03:16:47 AM »
pictures of brake lever

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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2007, 03:19:18 AM »
lookin good mate, keep us up to date with the progress, never know you might have to go into busyness!!!LOL


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Ha thanks I would be broke if I did this for a living - taken me more time than I like to think about.  ;D

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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2007, 03:23:28 AM »
yeah feelin ya on that one... have gone back to uni at the ripe old age of 32 and it takes me an age to think about stuff.... doin a great job, and it helps that you have the spline already sorted, that would have been a bugger to have to make (am a fitter and turner by trade)....

cant wait to see the end result...
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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2007, 07:45:29 AM »
Nice job.  I have been considering making my own rearsets for my 350F and now I have some ideas.  Thanks.
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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2007, 08:44:35 AM »
I was gonna make my own for the CB450, but I just found a set offa 2001 GSXR 1100 for $100 at a crotchrocket junkyard.I am in proccess of making them work at the mommet (almost done). I will have under $150 once they are complete..
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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2007, 01:54:24 PM »
yeah feelin ya on that one... have gone back to uni at the ripe old age of 32 and it takes me an age to think about stuff.... doin a great job, and it helps that you have the spline already sorted, that would have been a bugger to have to make (am a fitter and turner by trade)....

cant wait to see the end result...
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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2007, 02:30:39 PM »


          I agree, very nice job on the rearsets. ;) 8) Anxious to see the finished product and I'm sure you are too. ;D Keep up the good work there.

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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2007, 02:37:04 PM »
I was going to do exactly what you are doing with the aluminum. I was just worried about the pedals twisting especially the brake, under use. I went with pedals from the scrap yard. I will be interested in seing and hearing about the results. look nice though. You are atleast past the point of no return.

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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2007, 05:55:16 AM »
Here is what I ended up doing in 1/4" 6061-T6. The heal part is $15 aluminum BMX pegs from eBay, the toe portion is a $7 piece of knurled 6061-T6.





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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2007, 07:45:24 AM »


         Man, LOOKING GOOD!!!! You are really giving some of us some really good ideas on the rearset thing and I can tell you that it is definitely appreciated! ;) 8) ;)

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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2007, 01:04:21 PM »
Ah nice - if only I could get access to a knurler!


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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2007, 01:41:07 PM »
Ah nice - if only I could get access to a knurler!

Jonbuoy,

I've got a knurling tool for my lathe, maybe I could help you out. PM me if interested.

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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2007, 01:58:03 PM »
Where would be a source for spacers.  I've got a pair of CBR 954RR rear sets that I plan on using.  I know the ohiocafe had to use 1" spacers to fit his CBR sets on his cb.  Not sure on the 550 though.  But if I do where would be a place (online or local) that they could be gotten?
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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2007, 04:11:38 PM »
I know I have seen them at your neighborhood hardware store (not the big box) in different diameter holes in chrome steel. Cost an arm and a leg but look nice.

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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2007, 04:15:04 PM »
Where would be a source for spacers.  I've got a pair of CBR 954RR rear sets that I plan on using.  I know the ohiocafe had to use 1" spacers to fit his CBR sets on his cb.  Not sure on the 550 though.  But if I do where would be a place (online or local) that they could be gotten?

I can help you out with some spacers pretty easily...just need dimensions. PM me if interested.
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Re: Home made rearsets
« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2007, 03:33:36 AM »
Ah nice - if only I could get access to a knurler!

Jonbuoy,

I've got a knurling tool for my lathe, maybe I could help you out. PM me if interested.

Jinx

Hey thanks Jinx, I live in New Zealand are you in the States?