Lets talk Rear Sets

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limey

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Mostly a street bike. 06 CBR 600RR. What do you guys feel about Voodoo rearsets on the street. Is it a bad idea or is this a pretty common thing to do?
 
Depending on how your rear brake light work you many need to swithch things up. I needed to use a presure switch banjo bolt when I put on my vortex rearsets.
 
I have rearsets on one of my street bikes - in order to be able to reverse the shift pattern (I can barely function with normal shift pattern and have to reverse every bike I own).

The set that I have, allowed for the rear brake switch to be installed. A lot of them don't, and then you have to use a pressure switch, or fabricate something to install the stock switch.

Loctite everything ... ! ! ! rearsets tend to come apart if you don't. Doesn't matter street or track.
 
Does it change the foot posistion on the peg?
 
Generally speaking they are designed for racing and move the peg up and back some distance. If you're looking at specific brands they will generally state the location relative to stock on their website. Not all, but some make adjustment plates so you have a few options for location. In the best case a few brands I've seen have a stock location option.

spendy.. but I have had really good experiences with sato.
 
I'm just going to throw out there, that those look like garbage to me, and for the price, I would be going to a name brand like Vortex or Woodcraft.

Here's my question to anybody out there whose ever thrown down some big cash on rear sets:

Has anybody tried these sick looking very adjustable ones from Driven???

http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=11463
 
Vortex are great, tough, fully adjustable position...but will absolutely ruin your boots
 
WoBblyCaT said:
Would you need a pressure switch even if you don't reverse the shift pattern?
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It has nothing to do with shift pattern, it has to do with the brake first of all.....And it is required on street bikes using aftermarket rearsets that have no mounting to retain the OEM switch mechanism....

Most rearsets are designed to be used for track or racing, and therefore do not include things needed for street riding or to be legal like brake light switches....If your rearsets dont come with one, the easiest way to incorporate one is using a pressure switch banjo bolt....$10
 
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i'm planning to buy a set for my Daytona. Either AP or Gilles. I really just need it for adjustability as I find that my legs don't go high enough to grip the tank properly.
 
I have Gilles and they had the provision to retain the stock brake swtich. But it was too finicky so I went to the pressure switch. Lots of adjustabilty and much better feel over stock.
 
Yeah i've seen these as well. I've done quite a bit of research actually on my options. The Lightechs are very sexy but from what I see, it's not as adjustable as the AP's, and they're one of the higher priced ones. The Rizoma's as well, in the upper range in terms of price but they're beautiful. Probably the best looking out of the bunch and looks to be the best in adjustability as well.

With that said, I found the AP's are the Best Bang for the Buck in terms of adjustability/looks/strength. However, the Gilles makes a nicer looking 'gold'. ;)

Mina said:
That was one of the main reasons for me as well.

Don't count these out:

http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/lightech-track-system-rearsets-triumph-daytona-675r

http://www.motovationusa.com/mvstore/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=556
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Besides adjustability and bling, other reasons for aftermarket rearsets:

- grip
- ease/cost of replacing individual pieces in the event of a crash
- depending on the mount design, a fixed peg might prevent frame damage compared to the stock folding peg. However I've seen fixed pegs bend mounting tabs or mounts ripping from the frame, so YMMV.
 
I had Lightech rearsets on my race bike but they were so high even in the lowest possible mounting position that I couldn't lift my leg enough to move my feet around on the pegs, very good quality but wouldn't work for me. I have vortex on my race bikes and had Harris on my street zx10, the Harris set was as good if not better than the lightech. If your racing or tracking your bike get something common so that if you go down spares are easy to come by.
 
Lightcycle said:
Besides adjustability and bling, other reasons for aftermarket rearsets:

- grip
- ease/cost of replacing individual pieces in the event of a crash
- depending on the mount design, a fixed peg might prevent frame damage compared to the stock folding peg. However I've seen fixed pegs bend mounting tabs or mounts ripping from the frame, so YMMV.
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Good points. The only reason I ended up with mine was I bought a pair off crashed bike (cheap) that needed a few parts replaced, which was easily done.
 
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