Well with both Dave and Navvy's problems it put me off from buying a set! Out of interest how people from this forum did buy these rearsets? We know of 2 so far that both had problems.
I would have loved to have bought new rear sets this winter and at that price they seem great but the after service is the BIG sticking point!! So I will just save up and buy R&G rear sets I think (I've other things I want this year before rear sets)
As I said, I have got these on both my race bikes and my mate has too and we have not had any problems, hence me starting this thread. It's a shame that others have had such problems, as they are genuinely good rear sets.
The problem was just a few screw changes and a couple of spacers to mount the exhaust so hardly a nightmare really. Rearsets are great quality and really prefer the feel of them to me brothers Gilles VCR's and all for £150. Nice one Rob!
Bang on Nav. Keep saying the actual rearsets are good quality and I'm pleased with them. These things happen, perhaps the offer put them under pressure and checking what went out suffered a little.
So after living with the rearsets for a good few miles I thought I would provide an update. The actual rearsets appear to be wearing well (been out in all weathers, a good few miles being circa 1k). Nothing's come apart although I did thread lock everything during assembly. I wasn't happy with the feel of the gear changes so decided to play with the adjustment. The first thing I noticed was what Nav had told me, the kick lug on the side stand gets in the way of your foot. The next is just how "sloppy" the linkage feels compared to OEM. Playing with everything it became apparent that the gear shaft has play in it (up/down-side to side). This play had always been there but with the extension for the rearsets that's required for the linkage this play is magnified. I'd previously come across something designed to fix the play in the shaft, after a bit of searching and a chat with Nutty who experienced the same but with Gilles rearsets I found this which I'm about to order. Stato racing also make something similar. Whilst out on a rideout with Nutty I got to see her Gilles set up. The whole gear linkage system on her rearsets does seem considerably tighter with less play, how much is due to the Gilles shiftholder kit she has fitted I don't know. There's defiantly no movement in the actual shaft on hers now, Nutty said It makes a world of difference. Nutty had exactly the same issue with her side stand so cut the lug back, which is exactly what I will do. I don't think either of these points is directly contributed to the Diamond product, unless of course the linkage continues to feel "vague" once the shiftholder kits fitted Thanks Nutty
Glad to be of help Dave , over this winter I will probably take it right back and smooth it off . Its only ally shouldn't take long
Sry guys for the noob question, but what exactly do you have to gain from these rear sets? I'm tempted as this clearly looks like a good deal. I'm not denying their beneficial with regards to adjustment etc, but in what manor? Does it make for more of a race position? Touring position? Any other factors? *** IGNORE - just caught up with the grief on this kit ***
After circa 1k of miles and experiencing a poor service I'd still buy a set. The sloppy gear changes ain't just with these, make sure you buy a shift support.
An update to this thread. I bought the original deal posted before reading through all of the the thread and missed all of the issues folks were having with these. I had a little incident with a roundabout and diesel the other week and decided to fit them today. I pre-built them up both sides before hand so I was familiar with how they went together. Stripped and fitted both sides this afternoon. Took about 2 hours all in including a lot of back and forth with the right hand side as I tried to work out how they should best be fitted. Eventually got it sorted by following these steps. Bike is a 2012 with ABS. Remove original rearset and disconnect the rear brake spring, the rear brake master cylinder, the heat shield from the rear brake bracket and the rear brake fluid reservoir. At this point I had to take apart the new rear set as I couldn't see how it all fitted together including the bitss which had come pre-assembled. Connect the exhaust hanger braket using the small gold spacers to the main square bracket (the one with all the holes) using the two smaller threaded holes which look slightly out of place. Attach this assembled piece to the frame of the bike using the original bolts (as described in the picture instructions). Attach the exhaust to the hanger bracket. Attach the brake master cylinder to the brake lever. Moving the brake reservoir out of the way (bringing it away from the frame) you can now line up the peg and brake lever assembly and attach to the bracket. I then attached the brake reservoir to the top of the brake lever assembly using the really long bolt which goes through the diamond racing signed bit, the brake lever assembly, the top hole on the brake master cylinder and the original brake master cylinder bracket. You can then attach th last bolt through the remaining hole. Side done, apart from any adjustments. I then moved over to the left hand side. assembly was a straight swap over and I adjusted the positioning to match what I had set it to on the right hand side. Remove the original gear change rod assembly I re-used the nut for the pinch bolt at the top of the rod linkage as this was easier to tighten up compared to using a hex bolt. You need to remove one of the frame nuts to attach the pivot bolt for the bottom part of the gear change assembly and replace it with the supplied black threaded tube/nut/thing (best I can describe it. It has a 22mm hex on the outside so you can tighten it up and has threaded holes on top and bottom.) The nut was 19mm and required a 2 foot bar to loosen it. My air powered buzz gun didn't touch it. Attach the the gear change assembly using the above with the supplied bolt through the pivot bearing and attach the pinch nut to the gear rod and tighten the pinch bolt. Job done apart from adjustment. I've not been out on the bike (apart from up and down the street just to check all is OK) but so far I'm happy. It all came in a box in sealed packets. I have a couple of bolts left over but there is nowhere to put them that I can see. (Unless I didn't need to remove the heat shield and that was what they were for. I'm sure someone will tell me if that were the case ) The issues I feared I was going to have weren't anywhere near as bad as I thought they were going to be. Overall, so far, I'm happy.
Jeez, I really hope all the parts are there for mine. Not being at all mechanically minded, I had thought of trying fitting myself. Arthur had said on twitter "cup of tea and a spanner, job done". Now I am in two minds whether to take it down to the local bike guy to fit instead. Just spent the last half hour reading this thread too.
