Is there any chance someone could provide some detailed pictures of the footpegs, gear and brake levers of a Darmah SD. I am trying to make a set for my SSD so that I can enjoy it before the end of the summer. I can't bend my knees enough yet to ride with the standard SSD pegs.
Hello Paul, What year is your SSD? Has it got the early foot pegs system or is it the later one with lowered pegs already? Mine is from 1980 with the lowered pegs system.
Back to Classics do both the SD rhs & lhs footrest assemblies with 'delivery time'. You'll have to contact them to see exactly what delivery time is and what the assemblies consist off. See https://www.ducaticlassics.com/parts/900-sd-and-ssd-darmah/all/stand-and-sd-foot-rests And here are the photos of my SD footrests:
Guillaume Thank you. I think yours are the later style, only because my original bike, which was a 79 model had the same set up as my new one. Love the rebuild that you have done on yours. The way you have documented everything with input from others on the forum is incredibly useful.
Andy Thanks for the pictures. I think this is what I am trying to achieve because it will mean I have to bend my knees less than with Guillaume's set up. I think I can make the footrests fairly easily but it's all the linkages that are the issue. Being able to see your brake lever set up is very helpful.
@PaulVN Someone over here (France) has some SD foot pegs listed. He’s asking 40€ a piece, with what looks like worn rubbers that may need replacing. https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/equipement_moto/2895943103 Would you be interested? If so, I can contact him, purchase them for you and then send them your way. Just let me know. He is also listing SD brake pedals. https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/equipement_moto/2895954382
Guillaume yes please on the footrests. Let me know the total cost including postage and I will set up a bank transfer, if that suits you. I will pm my address.
If they weren’t so difficult to source, I would recommend you go the later SSD way instead. But I looked around and unless you have the entire set machined for you, there is very little chance to find some. You would just have to wait for someone to break a late SSD for parts… Have you tried to contact @Paddy Barratt ? He’s a member here and would know if/when this happened.
Thanks to Guillaume I now have a set of standard Darmah footrests which means I can just manage to sit on the bike. How long for remains to be seen. I have managed to create a linkage for the rear brake using the gear lever with its linkage and the link from the original back brake. It seems a lot longer than the linkage on Andy's Darmah pictured above. The one remaining problem is the gear lever. They no longer seem to exist. My only thought was to see if a local engineering company could make one using a CNC machine. Don't know how expensive that would be. Suggestions welcome from anyone with knowledge of the process. Alternatively if anyone has one spare that they are willing to part with??
Paul, here's a full picture of my brake set up and I notice the triangulated sub frame the rear master cylinder is mounted on is different from yours. Mine has the rear foot peg bolted to the same point the silencer is mounted on whereas yours has a short extension piece moving it farther back. This extension piece in turn requires the master cylinder to be mounted farther up which would affect, at least, the control rod routing and possibly it's length. The control rod on mine is ~30cm long. Btw there's also a difference in the angle of the pedal between where the rod is attached and the lever itself which would also cause a difference in length.
Mine is not a good photograph but the distance measured is, like yours, about 30cm, despite the differences in mounting points etc. The link I brought from Back to Classics which, according to the parts catalogue is for the SD, only measures 20 cm. I can only think the extra length is made up by the forks at either end. My set up seems to work ok and will only be temporary so I'll live with it.
I should have been more clear as the 30cm I quoted was the distance from pivot point to pivot point and just the rod itself (without the adjustable links at either end) is the same length as your new one i.e. 20 cm.
