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Title: Repositioned exhaust guards. No more heel melting. Post by: stopintime on November 28, 2009, 10:01:36 AM My feet are large, with rearsets they rested on the s-pipes instead of the guards.
Got some brackets from DesmoWorld (A / auspuff / Monster / zubehör / schelle) (http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/eksos017.jpg) (http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/eksos023.jpg) Title: Re: Repositioned exhaust guards. No more heel melting. Post by: psycledelic on November 29, 2009, 01:52:33 AM Did your rearset reposition your foot that much higher? From the picture, I am guessing they adjusted up and back. Is that not a little cramped?
Title: Re: Repositioned exhaust guards. No more heel melting. Post by: stopintime on November 29, 2009, 02:25:26 AM It goes a little something like this.....
Rough measurements put my pegs 40mm rear and 10mm lower than stock. Rear will open the hip angle and reduce the cramped feeling, but at the same time sharpen the angle of the knees. This put strain on the knees and ancle joints. To reduce any strain it's possible to lower the pegs, but depending on suspension set up it might create peg clearance issues. My hips, knees, ancles are fine, so for me this a great position. Very stiff suspension allows me full use of he tires without dragging pegs. Title: Re: Repositioned exhaust guards. No more heel melting. Post by: mcgalinmd on December 02, 2009, 08:06:02 AM I had the same issue when I got the bike with Sato rearsets. Melted a hole right into my boot. Fixed that with JB Weld and some spray paint. [thumbsup]
The first attempt to fix the positioning of the heel guard worked for about 1 year and then broke/cracked. I got smart and I went to a machinist/welder/fabricator and got this made! Custom one-off piece with a custom welded 3rd mounting point for the longer guard. Yummy! You can see in the pic where my boot melted to the mid pipe - it's the roundish looking lighter spot right above the small guard. (http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk65/mcgalinmd/heelguards.jpg) Title: Re: Repositioned exhaust guards. No more heel melting. Post by: stopintime on December 02, 2009, 09:12:59 AM Machin'y/hooligan look there [thumbsup]
It looks like a large version of the metal straps used for ..... , woodwork? What are they called? Did you consider painting them - maybe HeMan could wrap them in carbon fibre for you? 8) Title: Re: Repositioned exhaust guards. No more heel melting. Post by: mcgalinmd on December 02, 2009, 09:17:33 AM Machin'y/hooligan look there [thumbsup] It looks like a large version of the metal straps used for ..... , woodwork? What are they called? Did you consider painting them - maybe HeMan could wrap them in carbon fibre for you? 8) The fellow custom stamped them for me in his shop from a pretty thick sheet of aluminum. I don't think they are called anything but wicked cool. LOL ;D I have considered powdercoating them flat black and possibly doing something italian flag-like to the one with the three holes in it. Carbon fiber is an interesting thought, although i've sworn off "bling" mods and trying to go with more stuff that will improve performance. But carbon fiber is not a bling mod, right?? ??? This fellow did other amazing work to my bike - rewelded my tail section I knocked off on a track day, made a custom exhaust flange for my ill-fitting top termi, and other bits. He's amazing! |