there has to be a cheap or easy way to fab rearsets

[hotbox05]

for these thing saw a set on ebay for 275.00 plus shipping which is ludicrous.
seen em brand new for like 3xx dollars.

is there any easy to adapt rearsets that can fit or can be made to fit an old 750?

 

[tone]

Buy cheap footrests of your choice from a more modern bike busa/R1/gixer etc (ebay is a good source) & make adaptor plates to fit them to your bike in the position you want :-D

 

[t3rmin]

LeeGS550E is fabbing up brackets for some modern sportbike rearsets for his GS right now, so you might PM him if he doesn't chime in here.

 

[TheCafeKid]

Buy cheap footrests of your choice from a more modern bike busa/R1/gixer etc (ebay is a good source) & make adaptor plates to fit them to your bike in the position you want :-D

Thats what i'm doing...traded some stock pegs front and rear to another GSR member for some gixxer rearsets already moded for the 750 GS..

However, I have a buddy who has a C&C mill and lathe in his home shop...so if someone has a design already, let me see em and i can find out what he would charge to fab em for us.

 

[hotbox05]

oh man . I need to find a hookup like that! i'd gladly ditch my stock pegs!

 

[salty_monk]

If there's enough people that want them I can get them done overseas too if we have a decent drawing.

Dan

 

[Guest]

i'm in.. i'm about to make somethis winter anyways

 

[TheCafeKid]

Lemme see how these ones im getting bolt up...if they're simple enough, we may have our design...and in which case..im in too.

 

[darkbane]

I'd definitely be in on some machined adapter plates if the price was right.

 

[Commodus]

You could make a set with nothing but a drill, a hacksaw and a file. That's pretty cheap and easy. Slow though.

 

[Guest]

Here's how I did brackets for ZX12R rear Sets on my GS1100e

There are easier ways to mount GSXR rear sets though.

 

[Guest]

 

[PAULYBOY]

Does anyone have a thread with complete list of motorcycle jargon? Are reartsets for the rear passenger? I finally understand "forward controls" , but just call me dumb and roll me in sugar.

 

[80GS1000]

Does anyone have a thread with complete list of motorcycle jargon? Are reartsets for the rear passenger? I finally understand "forward controls" , but just call me dumb and roll me in sugar.

Rearsets are the kind of footpegs you see on sportbikes. They increase cornering ground clearance and put you in a more sporting riding position by moving the pegs upwards and rearwards.

I made brackets out of aluminum plate to put GSXR 1000 rearsets on my GS.

 

[Mark M]

for these thing saw a set on ebay for 275.00 plus shipping which is ludicrous.
seen em brand new for like 3xx dollars.

is there any easy to adapt rearsets that can fit or can be made to fit an old 750?

I lilke all the adapter plates, that seems to be a simple alternative to fit some cheap(ish) OEM rearsets to our old bikes.

I have to comment on the idea that $275 is ludicrous for a set of scratch built rearsets, though. That is NOT ludicrous at all. At current shop rates, that only gets you about 4.5-5 hours of machine time to make a complete set from a pile of raw material. Considering that you have to work out what you want, machine it up, put it together, package it, stock it and then sell it at that price, it doesn't seem that bad at all... The problem is we want to put them on a 25-30 year old bike that is only worth $3K at most. Then $275 IS way too much compared to the value of the bike. On a new $13K+ sportbike, that same $275 doesn't seem that bad... There, I feel better now.:-D

Mark

 

[jdmae92]

Here is a way to makes some cheap..

http://dotheton.com/index.php?topic=770.0

 

[TheCafeKid]

AHhh afellow dotheton member...whats up! Those rearsets are a good idea, but i just wouldnt trust them with my fat arse one em...lool

 

[hotbox05]

someone wanna be nice and just get copies made up of what they allready have PUH LEESE

 

[TheCafeKid]

Patience young grasshoppah...mine will be here soon and as far as i can tell they are direct bolt up...i shall find out how to make everyone some...

 

[BentRod]

I have access to computer aided design programs out the wazoo. if someone would like to give my dimentions.. iie where each hole has to be in reference to the other, plate thickness, hole sizes, and any thing else, I could model it for you.

I'm kinda getting into exams soon, but it wouldn't be hard to do.

I also have a milling machine, but to cut nice rearsets is a pain in the ass.
if you want to do it cheap, they are going to LOOK cheep too, no way around it.

Personally, I'm thinking of rearsets, and I'm probably just going to get some flat stock steel, grab my drill, and make a set. Quick and dirty.
the only thing holding me back is the i routinly carry passengers, so i would need to make a second set, and I'm not so sure about the geometry yet.
may be in the spring