The riser links are like $30 shipped form a guy in Quebec off ebay.ca

This is not my beautiful bike, someone elses on the forum (nice tires, what size are those and how much $$?)

Can the rear sets be changed/modded so that the pegs sit lower OR a more aggressive peg position (ie. pushed back a bit and lowered)? Guess it depends on the rearset
I think it may be a problem on the rear brake (right) side since the lever is right under the peg...unless I'm wrong

Anyone have pics of upgraded rearsets?


Side note: Can the silver piece bolted on by 2 screws be changed to a nicer looking piece?

Quote from: vorBH on November 25, 2008, 01:21:09 PM
This is not my beautiful bike, someone elses on the forum (nice tires, what size are those and how much $$?)

Can the rear sets be changed/modded so that the pegs sit lower OR a more aggressive peg position (ie. pushed back a bit and lowered)?
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Anyone have pics of upgraded rearsets?

Here is a slide show on Photobucket of my bike before dgyver sold it to me.  There are a few close-ups of the custom rearsets in there.

I like the piece changed to carbon fiber, where can I get that?....hypothetically, can't I just cut one out, make 2 holes and screw it on in place of stock one?

Whats that black padding around the rear taillight?

Also, I dont understand the rearset upgrade, mustve been huge b/c the stock gear stick comes out from the (clutch box is it?)....yours is totaly inverted the other side...
Could I get rearsets with pegs that sit lower for the GS500F (WITHOUT major mods lol)?

Yeah, the carbon fiber can be done pretty easily.  It's thin.  Search for "carbon fiber samples" on Google.

The black padding is body edge molding, I think.  Dgyver put it on.  Ping him for details.

The rearsets are REARsets.  They set the pegs back a bit.  If you just put on a longer gear lever, you would have to move it up and down a LONG way to change gears.  So, the gear selector lever had to be removed and replaced with a short arm which is attached to a long adjustable-length rod.  I have actually adjusted the length slightly because my right foot has some limited range up/down, and downshifts were difficult.  That rod is then connected to a gear selector lever whose pivot is coaxial with the foot peg.  Another advantage to this setup is that you can convert it to GP-style shifting.  Many of the parts came off of a GSXR, I believe.

Wow thats alot of work for the peg, I'm glad it worked out for you, way to go! I just looked it more closely, looks great.

What does the black padding do around the taillight? Or should I contact Dgyver for full details?

Well, the gear lever would need be extended by like about 2 inches right? It makes that much of a huge difference to change gears? I just switched form CBR125 to the GS500F, I found that the GS500 immediately switches into the gear with barely any movement at stock....so a longer gear lever: how much exactly (if you know) you have push push up or down the gear lever to change gears?

The black padding is not really padding.  It is just a strip of black vinyl that covers the raw edge of the plastic body pieces.  It might be stock, for all I know.

As for the gear lever, I think it would make a difference, but it would be relative.  If the original lever is 6 inches and you add 2 inches, that's 33% more up/down movement for the same result.  I haven't ridden a stock GS500, so I don't know how my set up compares to yours.