home made rearsets project/attempt

[kokopelli]

i'/m in the process of attempting to fab a set of rear sets for a 1981 gs650gl and i just uploaded the pics of todays progress onto my profile if anyone is attempting the same and wants to take a look
if any body has any tips or suggestions that wouldn't hurt either

there's still a decent bit of work to be done on them and i'm not sure how well they're going to work yet but think it should do the trick and be something a little different, after all it is gonna be a cafe-ish

[jed.only]

ive seen guys use modern rearsets and make plates to bolt them up to the holes already in that area on your bike. but never a completely homemade setup. im interested.

[tkent02]

Very nice, can't wait to see the finished product.

[kokopelli]

originally was thinkin i'ld buy most the stuff i needed for this project but money is REALLY tight right now and i figured that if i could make a sit of forward controls for my 82 gs650 then there should be no reason i couldn't do rear sets for this one... besides all my friends joke about my shed being "FU*k IT CUSTOMS" named after my 82 of course so i'ld hate to dissapoint and show up to the local haunts on something less than one of a kind, plus they wouldn't believe i built it if most my mods came out of a box lol

[Nessism]

Rock on man! Love it when someone goes outside the box and makes there own $hit!

[kokopelli]

Rock on man! Love it when someone goes outside the box and makes there own $hit!

its kinda what my friends know me for lol

[bucketsofgs1000]

Slightly rear sets

I made set for my bike also. Mine are only slightly farther back than stock. I ended up cutting the brake lever short to position it right, and I would not highly recommend that. The braking force on the rear is less than stock, but for me, I don't really mind since we should brake about 70% front anyway. Its just strange putting as much force on the rears. I cnc'd the brackets and bought the pegs. On the shifter side, I used a shifter linkage from some other bike, I forget which. Good luck with yours. If I did mine over again, I would build a curved brake lever to give it a bit more leverage.

[kokopelli]

I made set for my bike also. Mine are only slightly farther back than stock. I ended up cutting the brake lever short to position it right, and I would not highly recommend that. The braking force on the rear is less than stock, but for me, I don't really mind since we should brake about 70% front anyway. Its just strange putting as much force on the rears. I cnc'd the brackets and bought the pegs. On the shifter side, I used a shifter linkage from some other bike, I forget which. Good luck with yours. If I did mine over again, I would build a curved brake lever to give it a bit more leverage.

yea, i learned about the length and curve in the brake pedal when i built my forward controls on FU*K IT (my chop). the original design worked, i guess, but i have since modified the design a bit to include a longer pedal and a different peg position. this stole back much of my lost lean through the curves and brakeing power with out scraping them and starting over (that's the best part for cheap lazy guys like me).

was thinkin i may have to buy a linkage kit from like tcbros or some body just for the swivel joints but i may have somethin up my sleeve, we'll see how it all works out...

[kokopelli]

so i got the rear sets mounted and test road the bike today. the stock suspension has got to go. the controls work fairly well. i'll have to do somethin bout the rear pegs for a passenger eventually. over all tho, i don't think it turned out bad for a rookie with a sawzall, welder, angle grinder, and a brain fart. i'll post some pics after they get painted... when ever that may be, probably do em more justice lol

[kokopelli]

and here's a shot of the brake side. may leave it open, may paint it black. all depends on how rat or how proper i decide to go with the build.

[fast pom]

Just having a go myself at the mo

[kokopelli]

that peg and shifter look alot cleaner than the ones i made from scratch lol

looks like it'll be real easy to put a cover over that master cylinder too
let me know how it turns out for ya

[fast pom]

Yup the peg & lever are Tarozzi & the plates prob look better in the photo ?