Looks like the Sato Racing rearsets for the 6th Gen are almost available. Sato Racing now has them on their US website, which shows a few more pics and the selling price of $495 for either silver, black, or gold.
I called Kyle Racing (West Coast Dist.) about them on Friday and was told to keep watching their website towards the end of Sept. They also said don't be surprised if they aren't available until 2nd week of October.
It gives me a couple more weeks to save the ducats for a set of the black ones.
Holy cow!, 500 bucks! :blink: , Why do these farkles have to cost so much??
I assume that these rearsets are for mainly VFRs that might be seeing the track or are they just "bling" items for a bike like the VFR?? The stock items don't seem to have problems dragging too much, do they?? I'd rather just take off the hero blobs on my pegs and spend the 500 bucks towards something like an aftermarket rear shock. JMOs
[image: View Post]Beck, on Sep 8 2008, 06:54 PM, said:
The stock items don't seem to have problems dragging too much, do they?? I'd rather just take off the hero blobs on my pegs and spend the 500 bucks towards something like an aftermarket rear shock. JMOs
Beck
95 VFR
I've found rearsets to be a great addition in the past... because of the adjustability. Another inch of ground clearance for the occasional track day, and another inch of legroom for the work commute.
Something a lot of folks overlook is that a good rear set acts as a great frame slider, taking the brunt of the damage in a fall and often only needing a new fixed peg (<$25).
But, the contrast to that is $500... holy cow! At one time I would have gladly paid that to get more ground clearance on my 5th gen, but not anymore.
I do agree with you though... $500 in suspension dollars would probably give more return. But, if you already have a shock, and the forks set up like you like 'em. Nice farkle.
[image: View Post]WERA910, on Sep 8 2008, 06:01 PM, said:
I do agree with you though... $500 in suspension dollars would probably give more return. But, if you already have a shock, and the forks set up like you like 'em. Nice farkle.
Absolutely!
My VFR and CBR's ride heights both increased quite a bit when I did the front and rear suspension, especially the CBR. It came up over an inch!
.90's in front on both, and both have Ohlins shocks out back.
HA! And folks bitch about the price of a hugger? LOMFL. Thanks BLS, for being 2 yrs ahead of the fools. (I know the difference, BUT, The chance of a 6th gen track bike, is minimal). There's only so fast you're gonna make a 6th gen., and you'll scrape the exhaust, before coming close to scuffing $500 rear sets.
Well, besides the footpeg adjustability for track days/commuting, and the fact that the non-folding pegs as act as a slider, keep in mind that for $495 you also get an adjustable gearshift lever. :laugh:
[image: View Post]NVR2L8, on Sep 8 2008, 06:54 PM, said:
Well, besides the footpeg adjustability for track days/commuting, and the fact that the non-folding pegs as act as a slider, keep in mind that for $495 you also get an adjustable gearshift lever. :laugh:
Please,....don't get me wrong,....they are cool. Just not for me. .02. (As usual). LOL.
The fact you can move them around is neat. The lower and forward then up and higher is kinda nice. The nonfolding for me might not be good...dupp...After I drop the bike a few times I might have to have apair. My bike already is all farkled up!
You mean my VFR isn't a race bike :wheel: ... :ph34r:
Just kidding I bought a VFR because it wasn't a race bike :fing02: ... Kids on mopeds can go faster than I can at this point...But I look gooooood going slow!!!
I wouldn't count on solid pegs acting like a frame slider, especially the Sato's. They make them out of a soft alloy specifically so that they will bend in a crash instead of breaking the mounting ears off the frame. I've got a frend who bent his Sato's to an unuseable state from a simple tip over in a garage.
Even the super strong woodcrafts bend up like a pretzel in a crash. I doubled over some Woodcrafts this weekend at Barber. I was able to use a vice and a hammer to beat them back straight enough to use for the rest of the weekend though.
In any case Sato makes a fine rearset. I have a dealer account with Dan Kyle, so I'll check up on these and let you guys know if I can get a discount for you :biggrin:
I couldn't resist and ordered a set of the rearsets from Kyle Racing (www.kyleusa.com). The left side went on fairly easy, but the brake side was a little more difficult. The directions basicially consisted of a parts breakdown and some pictures of the rearsets installed in the bike, and with the Sato Racing rearset the rear brake master cylinder mounts lower than how it mounts in the stock configuration. So I wasted an hour trying to figure out how the master cylinder was supposed to mount when I finally saw the only one tiny pic of a bracket that is used to lower the rear brake proportioning valve. On my ABS model VFR I had to considerably increase the bend of the metal line on the left side of the valve, so that the rubber line on the ride side of the valve could extend low enough when the pegs in are mounted in the lowest position. I'm not sure if the bending of the metal line would be required on non-ABS models though. Other than that the installation of the right side was pretty straightforward, although expect on bleeding the rear brakes since the brake light is now pressure activated (see the switch on top if the master cylinder).
Comparing them to the stock rearsets, the Sato rearsets are of course adjustable but also slightly wider. You really don't notice it until you put down the sidestand, as the sidestand tab is a little harder to access with you heel/toe.
I'm still trying to figure out the different mounting positions, as I'm not sure what hole pattern would give me the stock setting. If anyone knows please let me know...