Anyone looking for rearsets...

madass140 · Jan 26, 2012

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

motoalchemist · Jan 30, 2012

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.

bwolfie · Jan 30, 2012

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.

cmessenk · Jan 30, 2012

Great looking rearsets....how much and how do I order??

bwolfie · Jan 30, 2012

MSG him directly.

marinecommando · Jan 31, 2012

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.

Hungry J0e · Feb 3, 2012

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.

Cheers

- HJ

prmurat · Feb 3, 2012

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.
Philippe

swooshdave · Feb 3, 2012

marinecommando said:
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:

Taylor Blair · Feb 7, 2012

I received my set from Don this morning (very fast shipping - especially considering the distance they had to travel to get to Texas)... unfortunately I had to leave for work but they looked very nice.

I'll install them tonight and get some pictures as I go - will post them as soon as I can.

Thanks,
Taylor

swooshdave · Feb 7, 2012

Taylor Blair said:
I'll install them tonight and get some pictures as I go - will post them as soon as I can.

Thanks,
Taylor

You could have just skipped work and posted the pictures...

Taylor Blair · Feb 7, 2012

I like the way you think... I do feel a bit ill. I might be coming down with something.

gtsun · Feb 7, 2012

Congrads, if you haven't done this before get ready for a exersize in patience. Don't give up getting the shifter in a place you like & be prepaired for the kick start lever to possibley touch your calf bone. Keep trying one spline at a time!

Taylor Blair · Feb 7, 2012

@ gtsun I've mounted and adjusted race rear sets several times in the past so I know what to expect. What I didn't expect was having to bend the shift arm at the peg swivel and the arm itself at the toe pad.

The shift lever at the peg attach point was so far off tht it bound up the shift mechanismand kept it from springing back on it's own after shifting. Bending the toe lever out and forward allowed the kickstart lever to clear without issue. Before I did this the kick lever went through a full cycle and then became trapped under the front of the shift lever.

As far as hitting my shin on the kick lever, that wasn't an issue. I had already rotated the lever clockwise a couple of teeth so that it's at the same angle as my shin.

They do look nice. The brake side seems very solid, there is not as much adjustment as I would have liked but it's not a race bike so who cares. As mentioned above, the shift side is what will continue to worry me'

swooshdave · Feb 7, 2012

Sometimes (ok, all of the time) it helps to kick start standing to the side of the bike. A couple encounters with a foot peg or shifter and you'll start to agree with me.

cmessenk · Feb 8, 2012

swooshdave said:
Sometimes (ok, all of the time) it helps to kick start standing to the side of the bike.

Do I take it, Swoosh, that you're doing this while the bike is on the center stand?? If done repeatedly on the side stand...well, I dont' think I have to tell you how long your stand is going to "stand" up to that abuse. If, on the other hand, you're kicking it to life standing on the side of the bike with no stands deployed....all I have to say is with that kind of balance, you should audition to be a Cirque du Soleil acrobat!!

swooshdave · Feb 8, 2012

cmessenk said:
swooshdave said:

Sometimes (ok, all of the time) it helps to kick start standing to the side of the bike.

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Do I take it, Swoosh, that you're doing this while the bike is on the center stand?? If done repeatedly on the side stand...well, I dont' think I have to tell you how long your stand is going to "stand" up to that abuse. If, on the other hand, you're kicking it to life standing on the side of the bike with no stands deployed....all I have to say is with that kind of balance, you should audition to be a Cirque du Soleil acrobat!!

If the bike is cold, I may choose to kick it on the center stand for two reasons, one so that it will start and two so that I can let it idle and warm up. Never on the side stand.

We'll see if this really is a risk.

cmessenk · Feb 8, 2012

[quote="swooshdave If the bike is cold, I may choose to kick it on the center stand .[/quote]

I'm a cold-starting center-stander myself...for the same reason...I know folks here warn about this, but I've had no problems after 28 years doing this.

Taylor Blair · Feb 9, 2012

Nice... had to do some fitting on the shift side to make it work correctly. Still not sure I like the overall look of them. Shame. The stock ones just have more meat to them and fit the look and feel of the bike better. I'll leave them for a while and if the bug bites me then I'll go back to stock.

Final photos of both sides (minus the exhaust as I'm replacing a cross over tube and took the time to do some preventative maintenance on the bike at the same time.

Guido · Feb 9, 2012

Nice Norton but I really like the Vespa in the back ground. My dad had 2 of them.
Put some rear sets on that. Sweet!

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