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slow jamz

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Installed woodcraft rearsets a bit ago..and i'm just getting around to riding the bike. SOMEHOW...while installing the fairings I never noticed the very end of the wing tip touches the bottom of the shifter. So I took it for a short ride and noticed what I thought was the shifter rod needing to be adjusted a lil better (gp shift).. then I find the real problem was the shifter hits the fairing will pulled up into first.

Problem solved by moving rear sets up to the highest position. BUT I dont want them at that damn position.

Figures
 
Are these the same Woodcraft rearsets that are designed and advertised for the 1199?
 
As unfortunate that is and as much as that sucks, it isn't something that can be blamed on Woodcraft.

At the end of the day, you took rearsets that were designed for a different/previous model bike and installed them on something else.

I know we don't have any options right now so you really had no choice (other than keeping stock), but im just saying.
 
Ya.. i'm kinda not blaming it on them. It's my own fault.
I'm just basically giving a heads up to the other folks who might try to fit these to the 1299
 
I believe the fairings are pushed out a tad to keep the lower fairing from melting, thus making those rearsets not fit properly.
 
slow jamz said:
Ya.. i'm kinda not blaming it on them. It's my own fault.
I'm just basically giving a heads up to the other folks who might try to fit these to the 1299
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Cheers.

I actually just had the same thing happen on my RSV4 when I converted it to GP shift (Driven rearsets). :mad:
 
Pretty much every rearset has some issue--including DP. Either the nuts on the backside rub into the swingarm or the shifter/brake rub on the fairings. Or even worse, the rearsets seize completely, leaving you stuck in gear (hello, Gilles!).
 
AntiHero said:
Pretty much every rearset has some issue--including DP. Either the nuts on the backside rub into the swingarm or the shifter/brake rub on the fairings. Or even worse, the rearsets seize completely, leaving you stuck in gear (hello, Gilles!).
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What's the issue with the DP's so I can look out for it? I'm running standard shift and not sure if that matters.
 
You went with some bling parts and then skimped on mediocre rearsets that are not even made to fit your bike and expect them to fit. Why?
 
RRnold said:
You went with some bling parts and then skimped on mediocre rearsets that are not even made to fit your bike and expect them to fit. Why?
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I agree on the "not meant for the bike" thing.

But mediocre?

No.

I have used Woodcraft rearsets on at least 8 different bikes and love them. They are my preferred rearsets. Easily the strongest, most durable rearsets I have ever used. And if needed, replacement parts are so easy to get and install.

Woodcraft makes high quality shit. Their clip-ons, bodywork, knee-pucks, bar ends and brake guards, warmers, stands...everything.

Not only are they great products, but they are also really good guys and racers who use everything they make/sell.
 
Meantime like the look of you bike can you put up a couple of more photos interested in wheels cause I am undecided over gold or black.
 
LOL, don't let not paying ridiculous prices for parts let you believe parts are mediocre. I invite you to show me a set of rearsets with more positive and solid shifting and braking, strength and repairability. Woodcraft are designed for racing and wrecking by a racer, right down to the optional folding toe pegs. You can pay alot more for rearsets to boast a product name, but none of them are better quality, and none of them allow me to call or email the owner to have him send me a single part or bracket that I broke in a crash.
 
mrbrettbaker said:
LOL, don't let not paying ridiculous prices for parts let you believe parts are mediocre. I invite you to show me a set of rearsets with more positive and solid shifting and braking, strength and repairability. Woodcraft are designed for racing and wrecking by a racer, right down to the optional folding toe pegs. You can pay alot more for rearsets to boast a product name, but none of them are better quality, and none of them allow me to call or email the owner to have him send me a single part or bracket that I broke in a crash.
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Absolutely.
 
mrbrettbaker said:
LOL, don't let not paying ridiculous prices for parts let you believe parts are mediocre. I invite you to show me a set of rearsets with more positive and solid shifting and braking, strength and repairability. Woodcraft are designed for racing and wrecking by a racer, right down to the optional folding toe pegs. You can pay alot more for rearsets to boast a product name, but none of them are better quality, and none of them allow me to call or email the owner to have him send me a single part or bracket that I broke in a crash.
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I bought Woodcraft for my latest race bike for all the points mentioned . They are far from mediocre . I love being able to buy spare parts and impressed with the quality .
 
Exactly...

There's not one thing on this bike that isn't there for a reason. Hell...I wanted woodcraft so bad I decided to fit them to a bike they don't specifically fit at the moment. lol
 
Did you not check the full length of travel on either rear set before riding then or did they work loose or into another position that caused them to foul on the fairing?
 
i never tried woodcraft rear sets. I have had great experience with Sato rear sets. I first bought a set of used Sato for my old R1. I was missing all types of pieces that I didnt know I was missing until installing. Sato was great with handling it, I called them and explained what I was missing, they sent me the exploded view diagram and we sat back and went through what I was missing. The next day I had all the parts at my door step with no invoice (I tried to pay multiple times but the guy wouldnt let me).

Most of the time, a company people like isnt the most expensive or the cheapest, its how they feel when they call for support. So if woodcraft has this support (as I had with Sato) I will gladly try them out also
 
Just fyi I have the same rearsets on my 1199S and I have the same issue if I install the rearsets in their lowest position... That beings said these are clearly listed as race parts and most likely not designed to work with the stock fairing... So like the OP I put mine in the highest position and live with it... I did want GP shift and this seemed to be my best option.

And as many others have said in previous posts there is nothing mediocre about these parts or any parts made by Woodcraft...
 
likely that a washer under each of the two bolts that secure the adjustable portion would allow the clearance needed, and not be noticable. i also have woodcraft on an old r6 that has spent a good deal of time sliding or cartwheeling down the track, and the rear sets have always been repairable.
 

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