Hi there, Was wondering if any of the aftermarket rearsets can lower the pegs lower than stock pegs? Yeah, yeah, a bit reverse of what they are intended to do, but i'd rather be the old man on the track instead of watching on the sidelines. i heard that you can take Vortex rearsets and mount the block upside down on the other side to lower the pegs? Anybody wanna try it on their bike for me? Mine is 05 GSX-R 1000. Thanks in advance gang.
You better mount the oem folding pegs to it, or you are going to grind out and wind up on your head. I'd rethink it.
You assume that I can get leaned over that far to touch pegs. This is me on my old 600 at my fastest, I've got a little leadway for peg clearance, lol ...
FYI, on my '07 GSX-R1K I don't see how flipping the block upside down would be a advantage. It doesn't really even seem possible? I do think aftermarket rear sets could give you lower position than stock. One thing you might want to try is putting some foam on the seat to raise your riding position and take some angle out of your knees?
A friend of mine uses Buell XB footpegs on his SV1k, they are about 3/4" lower than stock and only cost like $25.
Check with this guy http://proluxracing.com/ I am not sure if he makes some for your model yet or not, but his adjustment plates adjust both higher and lower...... as well as farther back too I think, than vortex.
have you ever thought about building the seat up a little to get that seat to peg distance where its more comfortable? Yea Yea I know its throws weight distribution and CG out of whack and gets you up in the air stream but it beats levering the rear wheel off the ground.
don't do this if you are track riding. i could understand for a touring trip across america or something, but if you're gonna track it at least leave it at stock height.
Thats my problem, I've got bone-on-bone in my right hip. I can get my knee about 2 inches off the tank. Damn arthritis and so many years of playing hockey and dirt bike wrecks and too much sex and ... Well ...
Can't, gotta pay off the penis enlargement first Tuna. Wife's priorities comes before mine. On a serious note, United Healthcare says too young and not severe enough. My walking is not affected (yet). But I told them ... "You should see me walk after 200 miles at INDE." And of course riding doped up aint an option.
^^^BWAHAHAHAH..... my father had a similar problem.....he got some clip ons that raised his riding position just a bit.....heli or held....anyways and he just fabricated a block that moved the whole rearset down about an inch....worked for him and he is 64....bastard is so old i think he is the last surviving passenger of the TITANIC sinking.
Not all of the vortex kits can be flipped over - look at the plates for your specific model and if the attachment points are symetrical (suzuki models for instance) you can flip them over, if not (03 cbr 600rr) you would have to have plates made to lower the rearsets - good news is a moderately competent machine shop should be able to produce those for 50-60 bucks, so the vortex kits can do what you are looking for, just depends on what you are willing to invest - but as stated watch the ground clearance
