"Rearsets" on a (TIGHT!) budget....need ideas/help (UPDATE w/ pics)

OK, OK I admit it....I'm cheap! I got clearance to swap my peg mounts side-to-side and turn them around.
Now....anybody done this and swapped for the newer cool looking alloy pegs? What fits? How about shorter shift lever and brake pedal? Looked at buykawasaki.com parts diagram....no spline sizes tho... I guess I could get new ones machined, but like I said, I'm cheap. Ideas anyone? Thanks!
Update....pics and story on 2nd page of this thread.
Many thanks to all who offered advise and ideas!!!!

Post edited by: indykaw77, at: 2006/03/15 05:47

Post edited by: indykaw77, at: 2006/03/15 10:13

86 zx600... easyly moded to fit

86 zx600... easyly moded to fit
COOL!!!! Is that the pegs, shift lever, brake pedal, or "D"....all the above????
thanks man....

www.kzrider.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=21570

There's what I did on my bike, it was pretty painless.

Did something similar, flipped mounts upside down (so peg position will be up and back). Fabbed up shift linkage with 86 Katana shiftlever, longer mounting bolt and some spacers and unidentified shiftrod and clamp. Spline size is pretty standard between japanese bikes EXCEPT Suzuki, as far as I can tell (searched through multiple part heaps multiple times at multiple scrapyards:blink: ).

Cut&weld job on brake lever to shorten it due to lack of size 15 feet. Got some alloy racebike pegs at the scrapyard as well.

Total cost about $50, and half of that was welders minimum charge... gotta learn how to weld!

indykaw77 wrote:

86 zx600... easyly moded to fit
COOL!!!! Is that the pegs, shift lever, brake pedal, or "D"....all the above????
thanks man....

How's this for a budget? You pay for shipping and I'll give you the ones off of my 86 ninja project. They're just sitting in the garage and my KZ is getting some VFR ones.

dutchz wrote:

gotta learn how to weld!

This is a great idea. It seriously opens a whole new world of options in modification.

Must...learn...welding...

I have been following your progress with interest twowheelterror. Great project!

dutchz wrote:

Must...learn...welding...

I have been following your progress with interest twowheelterror. Great project!

Just wait till you see whats up next. Extra gussets, some MIG welding shots, some machine work stuff and the rear end mounted perfectly while still retaining capability to run the stock rear setup too. (No modification to the frame at the pivot area like drilling new holes.)

Post edited by: twowheeledterror, at: 2005/11/07 02:12

Hey twowheeledterror, sent you a U2U. Keep us up to date with pics as well.

I've got to learn to weld as well. What type of welder/welding would be best for most metal work?

Someone else might want to chime in here, but I've found brazing to be fine for most metal work. It costs a little more for the material but on mild steel, a good braze is stronger than a crappy weld and, at least for me, seems a lot easier. (read that as Duck can't weld worth a damn, yet). I have been using a gas torch for heavier stuff and just use the little mapp cas torch for small stuff around the house like broken cabinet hinges, tiller gas tank, .... Looked at a buds FT500 frame bracing yesterday. He brazed using an electric arc welder. The welding supply store has flux coated rods in different filler materials.

IIRC the Rickman frames are brazed. Most bicycle frames are brazed.

-Duck

rstnick wrote:

Hey twowheeledterror, sent you a U2U. Keep us up to date with pics as well.

I've got to learn to weld as well. What type of welder/welding would be best for most metal work?

I just use a small wire feed for now. I prefer to use something gas shielded with 75/25 Ar/CO2, but sometimes get stuck using a friends flux core.

Flux core will weld just as well, but isn't so pretty so you have to grind the welds out to smooth them up a bit.

I will definitely keep everyone posted with pics and such.