Whenever Chinese rear sets come up the standard advice seems to be to replace any nuts, bolts or fasteners with 'proper' trusted ones as the Chinese ones are made of cheese. You don't need a footpeg falling off mid cornerMonty wrote:These to match the cheap Chinese levers I bought last year.
Have to say for the money the quality of the machining is very good and it looks like my carbon heal plates will fit. If they fit and work well that's rear sets and levers for less than 100 quid!
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To be fair the fixings were better than the stock one I had to remove with a drill!DaytonAndy wrote:Whenever Chinese rear sets come up the standard advice seems to be to replace any nuts, bolts or fasteners with 'proper' trusted ones as the Chinese ones are made of cheese. You don't need a footpeg falling off mid cornerMonty wrote:These to match the cheap Chinese levers I bought last year.
Have to say for the money the quality of the machining is very good and it looks like my carbon heal plates will fit. If they fit and work well that's rear sets and levers for less than 100 quid!
I've thread locked everything I don't want to fall off and copper slipped everything I want to adjust, fingers crossed!
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They do look good! Have you given the pegs a really good stamping on to see how strong everything is? There have been a few horror stories over the years and better to give it a good testing at 0 mph than cranked over at 120
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I bought British-made rearsets and within a year had bent the bolt on both sides.
I sent the guy a message who then sent me high-tensile bolts - I bent those too.
I sent the guy a message who then sent me high-tensile bolts - I bent those too.
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Cav's "Bending bolts solution" linkyCav wrote:I bought British-made rearsets and within a year had bent the bolt on both sides.
I sent the guy a message who then sent me high-tensile bolts - I bent those too.
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Haha.. fack offStMarks wrote:Cav's "Bending bolts solution" linkyCav wrote:I bought British-made rearsets and within a year had bent the bolt on both sides.
I sent the guy a message who then sent me high-tensile bolts - I bent those too.
I guess I use my legs a lot in the change of direction etc...
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those rear-sets look good monty ive had to replace the bolts in the Italian ones i bought already as they seem to be made for my sons plastic drill set.
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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Think they might be SATO Racing copies, as they look very similar. They do flex a bit but no more than the 400 quid Gillies I had on the Daytona and those fixings were actually made of cheese.
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They look good. What's the quality like?
I stuck mine on using some 3m doubled sided tape. I put some clear vinyl on them to protect them
I stuck mine on using some 3m doubled sided tape. I put some clear vinyl on them to protect them
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Very good quality, very impressed. They even sent stickers and a key fob!Kwacky wrote:They look good. What's the quality like?
I stuck mine on using some 3m doubled sided tape. I put some clear vinyl on them to protect them
They came with silicon sealant for fitting
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Some unbreakable pint pots for pool side on our Jolly days.
Beats the little plastic throw away ones that are two sips and there gone.
Beats the little plastic throw away ones that are two sips and there gone.
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Not in the post but an email from Ride magazine confirming my place on a day of riding instruction (I imagine) next Friday in Peterborough for an article in a future issue.
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