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Handlebar, footpeg (rearsets), and windscreen help.

To each his own but......I like the looks of your bike without any fairing. Naked is theeeee style IMHO. -D
 
Well, I now have a full set of turn signals. custom made aluminum mounts for the rear ones. :-) they're really tight to the tail cowl, and are bright as all get out. the front turn signals are mounted too.

I now have a set of superbike bars on the bike. They are more comfortable in traffic, but I appear to have lost some top end by switching bars... anoying. I suppose I'll get that back when I switch to pods......

The windshield hasn't had any work on it due to actually getting the bike out and riding it. And I haven't sourced any 1/4" lexan yet. My biggest driving force for a windscreen is a place to mount my ipass.

90ish mph without a fairing isn't a difficult thing to handle. :-) however, then spending some time at 50mph makes it feel like a gentle breeze.
 
Well I met Rodcwer and his brother Orval and we travelled Interstate for about 75 miles, averaging 80, I have no fairing and I'll tell ya - NOT FUN. :cry:

90 mph on the back roads isn't so bad, unless it's windy. Florida does get windy in the afternoons. 8O

I'm curious as to how you make out with the windscreen though.
 
Today I got my handgurads installed. And a new set of turn signals. They survived the night :-) which is good. Winter is coming. And I REALLY want rearsets. I like my elbows touching my knees ;-) I can do that on skreemers bike. On the apperance mods. My bike now has narrower and shorter tires on it. I raised forks in the tripple trees to put the bike at the same stance it was at before. And restore the pre 120 series tire handling. :-)
 
first timer said:
i was thinking of make rearset for my bike as well, we should work on this together this winter, we basicly have the same bike, i am pretty good with a angle grinder to cut up some shapes and i can mig weld and some basic tig. but i need a welder. do you have a drill press?

-ryan
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I have good layout skills, and my drill press. It's the end of the season, Maybe it;s time to start trading drawings.
 
something to think about.. Using bicycle pegs, to simplify rearset building. Only one bolt to hold it on versus two. And they sound comfy. A bike that has them and was posted on this forum by mark harrop
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Tasty plan.
 
Ive bought a set of CBR 900 rear sets, and ive only got to weld two mounts one either side to make them work and extend the gear linkage
 
Scouring ebay... I found rearset material.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45025&item=7505021248&rd=1

That's enough for probally a dozen sets of rearsets. I could go into production almost ;-) I was considdering a method to make the pegs pivot... just to make the setup more durable in case of a crash.

I should post drawings. I should also find a job so I can afford to do this. After riding the XS400 and the 83 GS550 I'm itching to move my pegs back a bit.
 
I was considdering a method to make the pegs pivot... just to make the setup more durable in case of a crash.
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Just a thought on this - the racers use aftermarket pegs that specifically DON'T fold. This way, the pegs act as frame sliders and can save bodywork and frame damage. It is pretty cheap and easy to replace a peg, but fixing your frame will be serious down time and cost. Something to consider...


Mark
 
Rearsets aren't too difficult to fab up. I discarded the old footpegs because they are way to big and bulky and picked up some from a 2002 GSXR1000. Any of the GSXR's should work (600 - 1000) in the 2000 model years - they are all the same I think and are small and light. Anyway, here are pic's of both sides for you to eyeball.

http://groups.msn.com/SuzukiGSGarage/yoshimurags1000article.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=4910

http://groups.msn.com/SuzukiGSGarage/yoshimurags1000article.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=4911

Note that on the brake side you should use the entire foot control with the brake actuator. It's a heck of a lot easier that getting the linkage issues worked out.
 
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