clubman question....

[TheCafeKid]

I too have tugboats for feet, and had thought of just this on my 750cafe, but i didnt like the thought of only having one bolt holding that thing on there. Just my opinion based on my own fears of having one snap off on me, cos thats my luck dontcha know. There are some good ideas for rearsets over on the DTT. But unfortunately they mostly involve tiny little Honduhs. Likely could work on our GSs but i dont think they would look as good. And then of course there is still the issue of the kicker. Im looking for a stubby lil short one. I think that my be the solve to my problem.

[QuaiChangKane]

Carpy seldom puts rearsets on his bikes...


www.cb750cafe.com


Note the awkward riding position in many of his photos/vids.


-Q!

[gerwintown]

yeah i havent tried to use the kickstarter yet with it, i imaging it will restrict how far i can follow through with the kick...seems like it likes to start on that extra 10% effort, like throwing a baseball...

im maybe a little concerned bout the one bolt thing, but when im sitting on the bike there is really very little weight being put on it, and the ONLY time i would ever have all the weight of my body (which i imagine would be hte only circumstance that it would flat out fail) would be when im mounting the bike while on the center stand, while stopped. i guess the worst that could happen would be im mounting the bike while its on the CS and all my weight is on the one peg and it breaks off, skinning my shin or i dunno giving me a bruise when i fall on my ass.

at the very least, when i get those handle bars in the mail, the new peg position can work as a mock up to see how i like it with "rear sets," basically i can test it out and see if its something im really comfortable with before i break down and actually buy rear sets. i may decide i want to push them back further, or not at all...im making a thinner seat also so that will change everything, right now ive just been sitting either stock or on the bare frame. man cant wait for the damn handlebars!

[bowzer]

I HAD rear-sets with clubman bars on my beezer 650. It's a right side shift with an over bore and shaved head(lots of compression). I had to kick with all my might, then my big a$$ size 13 foot would catch the shifter and throw her into gear!
Now I have clubman bars and stock pegs.:-D

[gerwintown]

So I got the clubmans and superbike bars in the mail today, and did a test fit for both. Seems I would need to get all new cables and brake lines to get the controls to fit, or at least modify the existing ones, BPIA if you ask me. The clubmans work with the existing cable lengths and seem to be quite comfortable (downward position).

I still havent tried to use the kickstarter yet with the modified positioning of the stock pegs, which I definitely will need, but with the clubman and the pegs the way the are the bike is looks much better and is way more comfortable for me than the stock bars and set up. I do think I could be alright comfort wise with the stock pegs in their original configuration. We'll have to wait till I get the gas tank painted and getting this bike fired up again so I can test these bars and the pegs out for real (and by test I mean ride, ride, ride).

[TheCafeKid]

So I got the clubmans and superbike bars in the mail today, and did a test fit for both. Seems I would need to get all new cables and brake lines to get the controls to fit, or at least modify the existing ones, BPIA if you ask me. The clubmans work with the existing cable lengths and seem to be quite comfortable (downward position).

I still havent tried to use the kickstarter yet with the modified positioning of the stock pegs, which I definitely will need, but with the clubman and the pegs the way the are the bike is looks much better and is way more comfortable for me than the stock bars and set up. I do think I could be alright comfort wise with the stock pegs in their original configuration. We'll have to wait till I get the gas tank painted and getting this bike fired up again so I can test these bars and the pegs out for real (and by test I mean ride, ride, ride).

If ya wanna get rid of those superbikes, lemme know. im lookin for a set

[dardoonk]

gerwintown, don't stress on the rearsets... fab up small plates and bolt everything up... Easy as Pie.. At 6'5" you might want them a little lower than mine

Here's mine-

[gerwintown]

Im really not sweatin them, I did more research and was already to get to work on them. I have access to a mill, drill press, etc, it would really be no problem. When I switched sides on the stockers it was because the idea came to me while I was making measurements. It seems as though Im gonna lose the kickstarter no matter what if not stock, no?

I like the idea of getting an offset kickstarter, anybody had success with that?

[Zooks]

I like the idea of getting an offset kickstarter, anybody had success with that?

Or pegs & pedals that fold up. That's what a lot of old Brits did in the 60's.

[TheCafeKid]

Im really not sweatin them, I did more research and was already to get to work on them. I have access to a mill, drill press, etc, it would really be no problem. When I switched sides on the stockers it was because the idea came to me while I was making measurements. It seems as though Im gonna lose the kickstarter no matter what if not stock, no?

I like the idea of getting an offset kickstarter, anybody had success with that?

Thats still an idea im investigating Gerwintown. It would likely have to be made, or at least spliced together from two different bikes. I did look into the fold up peg design, and the pegs arent the problem, its the brake pedal. I have not seen any rearsets with a folding brake pedal.

I know that RageZro mentioned that Kaws used to have a stubby lil kicker available. That is also an option. So is heating the stock arm and bending an angle or two in it, but it seems to me that those are made of some cheaper metal, so i dunno how well that would go over.