stuggin
Just got it firing!
Hey all,
Seems to be a pretty good community here for the V7 so I thought I'd post up a little project that I made. When I bought my V7II, no one was making rearsets at the time for it (and from what I can see, that's still the case), and I didn't want the extra flash and chrome on the Racer. So, I started collecting parts to build my own. I figured that I'd get a set of universal pegs & levers and linkages, and build the mounting plate myself. This is what I decided on:
I cut the mounting plates out of 1/4" steel using a plasma cutter. After some cleanup with the grinder and drilling the holes with the drill press, I had something. Slapped it on the bike, fits perfect. Did a little mucking around with the linkages, and then it was all done in about four or five hours. Tested it out and it looks & works great.
I've attached the PDF template of the mounting plates that I made on AutoCAD. If you print it out to scale (i.e. 100% scale, not "Fit to Page" or anything like that) on your printer everything should work out pretty well. FYI I drilled the holes a little bigger than what's shown on the template to make sure everything would fit well.
In case you were wondering, I don't have a template for the bit that attaches to the shift lever; that was kind of a guessing game as the linkage had a minimum length so I had to play with the angles a bit.
You'll need a little bit of hardware (i.e. nuts & bolts, etc), and a spring for the return on the rear brake.
I've still got to put in a stop for the rear brake so it doesn't go back too far and pop the piston out, and the plates need paint, but they're mostly done. I've attached photos of the (mostly) finished product FYI.
Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer them!
Seems to be a pretty good community here for the V7 so I thought I'd post up a little project that I made. When I bought my V7II, no one was making rearsets at the time for it (and from what I can see, that's still the case), and I didn't want the extra flash and chrome on the Racer. So, I started collecting parts to build my own. I figured that I'd get a set of universal pegs & levers and linkages, and build the mounting plate myself. This is what I decided on:
I cut the mounting plates out of 1/4" steel using a plasma cutter. After some cleanup with the grinder and drilling the holes with the drill press, I had something. Slapped it on the bike, fits perfect. Did a little mucking around with the linkages, and then it was all done in about four or five hours. Tested it out and it looks & works great.
I've attached the PDF template of the mounting plates that I made on AutoCAD. If you print it out to scale (i.e. 100% scale, not "Fit to Page" or anything like that) on your printer everything should work out pretty well. FYI I drilled the holes a little bigger than what's shown on the template to make sure everything would fit well.
In case you were wondering, I don't have a template for the bit that attaches to the shift lever; that was kind of a guessing game as the linkage had a minimum length so I had to play with the angles a bit.
You'll need a little bit of hardware (i.e. nuts & bolts, etc), and a spring for the return on the rear brake.
I've still got to put in a stop for the rear brake so it doesn't go back too far and pop the piston out, and the plates need paint, but they're mostly done. I've attached photos of the (mostly) finished product FYI.
Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer them!