Understand about the toe point thing. Foot controls are kind of personal preference. I am adjusting to the rearsets and now have the position of the shifter and brake lever dialed in after a bit of test riding. No question my feet are in a more natural position now for spirited riding because it is easier to bend from the hips and get body weight forward and head lower albeit the pegs are a bit high for my long legs. I know experimenting with other bikes that a lower peg position isn't necessarily better tho because legs provide leverage for holding the torso up and taking weight off the hands. Much easier to reach the stock handlebars with the rearsets because now my hips are less restrained and the stock handlebar feels good to me rolled back. Will likely experiment with different bars later and maybe go with the M bar as you have or the stock Thruxton bar. I spaced out the shift lever by a washer thickness to get the shifter position how I like it as shown. I also replaced the stock hex bolts on the shifter linkage with stainless allen cap screws for a cleaner look and relocated the shifter rod to outboard of the shifter lever tab for a straighter orientation which in my experience provides better shifter and less binding of the orbital ball ends. Looks as though Hyde redesigned the splined shifter arm with less offset which makes this change work. Our shifter positions aren't radically different but the top allen bolt interferes without slight spacing out. One nice thing about the Hyde shifter is not only does it provide better leverage for crisper shifting but the lever position can be dialed in more precisely than the shorter stock lever connected right to the shifter rod spline.
I think you would agree the rearsets look more correct on these bikes.
That may look very nice in fact...very popular to paint the bucket black as you know. If I open that light up one more time in the next few weeks, I will have to be commited. Maybe a good winter project tho. Next project is to swiss cheese the chain guard. The problem is, I have such ecclectic taste, that I may end up taking my bike down to pieces and changing every part like another member here I know.
