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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby motoalchemist » Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:02 am

gtsun wrote:" Even used would be fine" No offence but that sounds like you think it's common to find new unused sets. Strangely I do know of someone who has what I asume is a unused set, they still have the lining used as bearings. Never saw that on any of the sets I had as a kid or since. He will not sell them. Madass didn't you replicate a set??? It wod be nice if someone would replicate the Dunstall ones but with bearings of some sort. Good luck motoalchemist. I pieced a set togeather a set by saving a search on Fleabay & watching for the stuff I wanted.



Ya, dont think Ive really see a "brand new" set myself in person, no offence taken as I did make it sound like there are new sets of these on every dealers shelf.

I know they are hard to come by.....just hopeing someone out there is on the fence about parting with a set and i can convince them they will go to a good home.
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby madass140 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:15 am

Yep I manufacture replica Dunstall ones but with some improvements , the shift pedal is a replica of the correct original cast steel item only I cast mine in stainless, its highly polished everyone thinks its chrome, the brake pedal is not like the original steel tube type either its cast in A356 Alloy, both shift lever and brake pedal pivot on minimum clearance bronze bushings, foldup spring/ball footpegs are firm. Rubbers are identical replicas. much time has gone in to replicating these Dunstall Rearsets, these mount to the existing Z plates or the big Dunstall mounting plates of which I will have available later in the year, I'm only doing Dunstall not Hyde,
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby chapmanmd » Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:49 am

@ Madass...

How would one go about seeing or purchasing these?
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby rightshiftrick » Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:24 am

Don't really care for the chunky Hyde style, but at least they use hyme joints. One thing that sets me off of many of the linkage type is the use of clevis pins instead of hyme joints. There was a place in Germany selling super nice looking rear sets, along with alloy barrels and other bits for Commando's. Unfortunately I lost their link after my CPU crashed and haven't been able to find them again. Don't mind paying a bit more for better quality.

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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby ludwig » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:05 am

rightshiftrick wrote:.. There was a place in Germany selling super nice looking rear sets,..


http://www.britishclassicbikes.de/HPVer ... &Itemid=32
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby jeffdavison » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:19 am

$pendy.

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ludwig wrote:
rightshiftrick wrote:.. There was a place in Germany selling super nice looking rear sets,..


http://www.britishclassicbikes.de/HPVer ... &Itemid=32
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby madass140 » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:56 am

here is my replica Dunstall rearsets
sorry but I'm out of stock of the Lucas brake light switches.



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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby motoalchemist » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:37 pm

Hello,
I just recieved my new set of madass140 rearsets. Man these things are beautiful. and the manufacturing quality is spot on. I will post some pics of them installed on my interstate/fastback. probably not til this wekend.
If anybody is thinking about rearsets and on the fence about which ones, let me assure you these are fantastic.
My goal was to have rearsets, but a set that retained as much on the stock footpeg beauty as possible.
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby bwolfie » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:43 pm

I also have a set from him and they are wonderful. Very pleased with them. You also should spring for the alloy rear drum plate while you're at it. And an alloy tank, sidecovers...... He is truely one stop shopping.
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby cmessenk » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:02 pm

Great looking rearsets....how much and how do I order??
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby bwolfie » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:07 pm

MSG him directly.
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby marinecommando » Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:03 pm

Madass. Aka Don, supplied me with a set and I can only echo the other remarks. Fantastic quality and they look the dogs...
Don is also a very good guy to deal with.
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby Hungry J0e » Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:05 pm

I contacted Hyde about a year ago. Although out of the Norton game, at the time they said they had a few spares lying around to piece together a rearset.

Might be worth contacting them directly if someone is really interested in a Hyde set.

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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby prmurat » Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:18 pm

I had Hyde for a couple of years... Never really liked them (sold now!): the brake pedal was fugly and too big, had to trim it, lost a 1/4 of swing on the kick and the rubbers were too soft and chewed in no time! Finition was so so and position nothing to write about.
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Re: Anyone looking for rearsets...

Postby swooshdave » Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:05 pm

marinecommando wrote:Madass. Aka Don, supplied me with a set and I can only echo the other remarks. Fantastic quality and they look the dogs...
Don is also a very good guy to deal with.


Pictures of them installed would be appreciated. :mrgreen:
You probably want to go into town, and find a up to date Jap Bike store,
With a full spares department, a clean workshop, and kean young mechanics.
And ask them if theres a Grumpy Old Bloke out in the Hills, who knows how to fix Real Motorcycles.

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