Raask rearsets...

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:45 pm

Does anybody have a photo of a '79 with Raask rearsets. I recently acquired a beat up pair. They have been modified[butchered] and the fit does not make sense to me.
I know the pics might be in the archives, but if anybody has a shot of both sides i would be grateful.
Thanks, Steve.

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:11 pm

Are you sure they are CBX1000 rearsets, Steve? The Europeans had other CBXes in almost the same time period and a lot of sellers of parts ignore this and call their stuff "CBX" parts, while it fits a CBX550, 650 or 750. I never really liked the looks of the Raasks. They were a little too crude for my taste.

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:22 pm

Crude is being polite!
Actually i am not sure if they are for a CBX 1000 but they did come in a box with only parts for the big bike. I know that does not prove anything but the previous owner said all the parts had been removed from a 1000 that he wasprepping to drag race.
I have a set on a hot rod GS1000 that are not too bad, ugly but fit me perfectly.
Thanks for the input Mike.

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:31 pm

Brain Cramp!
I have an '81 with Raask rearsets out in my garage.
My excuse being that i just recently acquired the bike and i have not yet ridden it. What a maroon!
The red face from embarrassment should be visible from space.

cbxtacy · Post by **cbxtacy** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:16 am

wish I had problems like that "Gee honey, isn't that another CBX ('81 model) in the garage with Raask rearsets? I forgot all about it."

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:29 am

Yeah, but.....ahhhhh, I got nothing.
Out of my way, i have to go find the delete post button.

cbxtacy · Post by **cbxtacy** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:39 am

Ah but the delete post button only works when you're the last post, Steve.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:13 am

cbxtacy wrote:wish I had problems like that "Gee honey, isn't that another CBX ('81 model) in the garage with Raask rearsets? I forgot all about it."

I knew a guy that collected classic Mopars. He had several Barracudas and wanted another one. Didn't want to ask his wife about it and get her upset. He just went ahead and bought the car and parked it with the other Cudas. She never noticed it.

Boy, would that be a good problem to have.

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:41 am

My wife does that to me with clothes all the time

She wears something I never saw before, she tells me she had it for a long time....