Rear sets...again

scotts · Posted: November 28, 2007, 8:48 pm Post subject: Rear sets...again

Forget that Cafe' Racers are uncomfortable, back-breakers, blah, blah, blah...

I'm building one to just bomb around town on. I still have my '83 for longer trips.

I've been looking at rear-sets. There are two main options: Buy a kit made specifically for the XS650 or build your own.

I noticed that Omars kit uses the Tarozzi rear sets. Basically,these:
tinyurl.com/22dqo2

How hard would it be to fab up my own mounting brackets (easy, I think) and connecting rods, etc. (the hard part?)? Is it worth the extra ~$200 he charges to just bolt them on?

What about these? They seem pretty nice for less than $200. tinyurl.com/yq2kaa

I've seen the Wikipedia entry about making them with the Maxim parts, but that takes a good bit of fab, too. Has anyone adapted any other type of rear sets? I see all sorts of tuff off newer model Yamahas on ebay and such for cheap/

scotts · Posted: November 28, 2007, 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Rear sets...again

Darn it...I can't include two links in the same post. Here's the first one I'm trying to do:
tinyurl.com/22dqo2

Nevermind...fixed.

pumps · Posted: November 29, 2007, 1:05 am Post subject: Re: Rear sets...again

The last ones look really nice and shiny,would look cool but the price is alot. To me at least. seems like you could use something off another bike cheaper?

heymeng · Posted: December 3, 2007, 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: Rear sets...again

i bought the second set for mine and i really dont like them. the pics are deceiving from the ebay auction. the pegs stick out way to far for my taste. and the linkages need to be worked a little on the bike. The geometry is uncomfortable to ride as well. The pegs are super high and my hips were killing me. I think i had them on for about an hour when i decided to rip them off the bike. I should have just fabbed my own. they were expensive now that i think about it. I ended up taking them off and putting the stock pegs back on.

scotts · Posted: December 3, 2007, 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: Rear sets...again

Heymeng, wanna sell those rearsets? I'm just building something to bomb around town on; I have my '83 for more comfy trips.
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