Topic: Home built rear sets

[timtune]

I want to build rear sets for my latest project (72' CB750K) so I'm looking for some ideas.
Right now I have a long carriage bolt thru the hole in the rear foot peg/ exhaust hanger. That position feels pretty good when I sit on it. So that's kind of the my goal to start.
I'd very much appreciate seeing anything that others have done for inspiration.
( I know they can be purchased but I'd like to at least attempt to build my own)
Thanks in advance.

[Rookster]

Unless you have really long legs or are building a lay down drag bike the rear footpeg mounts are too far back.  Ideally you want the rearsets just behind the swingarm spindle.

Scott

[newday777]

I want to build rear sets for my latest project (72' CB750K) so I'm looking for some ideas.
Right now I have a long carriage bolt thru the hole in the rear foot peg/ exhaust hanger. That position feels pretty good when I sit on it. So that's kind of the my goal to start.
I'd very much appreciate seeing anything that others have done for inspiration.
( I know they can be purchased but I'd like to at least attempt to build my own)
Thanks in advance.

What is your plan for build style and riding the bike?
Sitting short term tests is different than actually riding it.

You'll probably find that most don't put the rearsets that far back. If you do go that far back, you may find yourself scraping the brake/shift levers and your feet in deep cornering from the angle to get your feet to properly operate the controls(if you can get the rod lengths correct and angles to work properly).
I use the rear pegs as highway pegs. A few years ago, I also had been thinking that was the place to have the rearsets.
As Scott said most have been set up a bit higher than the stock rider footrests and back between the frame downtube and the passenger footpeg hoops.
John Tickle used to fabricate rearsets from aluminum plates and his pegs in the 70s, as pictured below. The plates are fairly simple to fabricate with the right tooling.

[Rookster]

Hi Stu

Dunstall sold the same rearsets.  That bike you posted looks familiar. One of its many iterations:


This was probably the coolest version of it:


Today, it's back to stock (mostly)


Scott

[newday777]

Yah I copied a bunch of pictures when I was thinking about putting on a set

[timtune]

Thanks Guys!
I'll try some different positions. Now that I see the pics Stu posted and how the plates were attached I'm prepared to move them around some.

[seanbarney41]

Agree with the posts above.  And will add...for good cornering control you want to be able to get crouched so that your weight on the footpegs is basically just a head of your butt cheeks.  Drag race guys seem to just want to get into an aerodynamic tuck and be able to hold down the wheelies so put the pegs farther back and lower, sometimes wayyy farther back. Drag guys are not cornering and are only on the bike a quarter mile at a time though. 

[timtune]

So I started in on my own design. I changed the shape a bit because I some old aluminum plates and I wanted to incorporate their shape to reduce jig sawing. The five black dots are were I intend to drill for mounting the pegs. There will be 5 different positions. Thoughts?

[timtune]

Why won't it load both pics at once??

[timtune]

With the pegs back there the original rear brake looks to be in the way. I removed 3/4" from the tube that the lever pivots in and I've shortened the shaft about 1". Also cut the splined portion off the pedal and turned about 1/4" off each side to make much narrower.
In for a penny in for a pound.

[Rookster]

The Dunstall / Tickle rearset brake lever is bent out away from the brake pivot.  The splined shaft could be cut at the middle but I left it alone in case I ever wanted to go back to stock (which I did).  The brake lever was in a really nice position but you will lose alot of leverage on the drum because of the shorter length of the lever.  I ended up building a rear disk brake conversion because the drum was ineffective with the shorter lever.  You can see it in the pics.  The bike that Newday777 posted a picture of is the same bike in one of its many guises.  I thought the Dunstall rearsets were really nicely built and were plenty strong.

Scott

[timtune]

Yes. All the set ups I've seen so far have a much reduced lever length. So far I've heard few complaints. It is on my mind.

[timtune]

Here's a pic of the brake side being mocked up. Note the shortened brake pivot shaft and the reduced length of splined attachment for the pedal. The black tube with nuts is just a place holder for the yet to be determined peg.

[timtune]

Except for real footpegs I think the brake side is done.

[BenelliSEI]

Looks very nice, and adjustable too.