Back pain - Ergonomic issue with my F3L

[jbim]

I have a backrest and the Rox risers on my 2018 F3. We just took our first "real" ride this weekend. 583 miles over 2 days. I found that even with both of those add ons, my back still hurt. What I realized for me is that I tended to try and actually lean against the backrest. That put my hands just a little too far from the bars. I noticed that if I adjusted my posture to a more straight up position, it lessened the pain dramatically. My back was still against the rest, I just stopped trying to lean against it. I'm thinking about modifying the backrest with a piece of 1 inch foam to help to straighten me up a bit.

I'm sort of doing the same thing. I just try to touch the backrest and use it as a guide to how far back I can go. I try to keep my back relaxed and the arms stretched just enough that the back muscles are not activated. So far it's working.

[Dave7691]

I have attitude bars which are more cruiser style bars and RoxRisers with a mustang seat and back rest also Spyder Web floor boards which lets me have the ability to adjust my body position as I ride .
love the bars with the risers a more relaxed hand , wrist and arm position .

[alycatmcclurg]

I have the same issue. I am having my seat custom to add and push me up an inch and a gel pad and heat added too!

[jbim]

I need to clarify something. I said a few times that the short reach handlebars were expensive. When I bought mine, I realized there were two options. The expensive option and the less expensive option. The expensive option is the chrome version. The black coated version is about 1/3 of the price of the chrome version. Obviously, I bought the black coated and I'm quite happy with it. That said, the backrest is outrageously expensive and if I had known of other aftermarket options, I would have bought aftermarket.

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[jlc41]

You may also find that you have an adjustment screw that lets you move the back rest forward and backward to find your comfort zone, that's what i did. I also ride with a back protector in my jacket that takes up space to the back rest works well.

[Trec1]

That's very interesting! I was curious what that random bolt was in the backrest. It may be for adjustment! I'm going to look into that.