Thursday, August 23, 2012

Fabricated new passenger backrest

After getting back from Interlochen, decided that I needed to do something about increasing the passenger riding space.  The most obvious is is to thin down the HUGE stock passenger backrest.  It measures 4" thick on the sides - an unnecessary waste of space. 

 
 So I decided to try my hand at prototyping a new backrest.  All I needed was a piece of plywood, some foam, some faux leather, some tacky spray cement, and some staples.  Did not want to disasseble the stock backrest, so I also needed some bolts.  And how can you do anything like this without a good bourbon to make things easier!
Here is how the prototype looks.  It is smaller, fitting inside the sissybar frame, and a LOT thinner.  Now I have to put some miles on it to see how it feels.  Anyone up for a ride on the back of the bike?