Backrest mod

[chasmyer]

Made my own under seat mount that allows me to easily remove the backrest when riding with a passenger. Then made a few minor changes to the backrest it's self so I can just slide into the mount.

 

[rays hell]

Support

Looks very nice. Can you tell us what you used for the slide?
Or did you fabricate it yourself?

 

[chasmyer]

I went to Home Depot and purchased 2' of metal as shown in the pic below. I measured from underneath the seat to the opening which was roughly 5 1/2 inches. I cut two piece of the metal and welded them together making a sleeve for the backrest arm to slide into. Took another flat piece of metal and used a hand grinder to cut it 4" in length and 1 1/2 wide as the arm for the backrest. It was necessary after drilling the mounting holes to bend this piece slightly back so the backrest stands up straight and allows a comfortable position against the back.

If you look at the previous pics you can see I used a piece of flat metal also as a way to attach it to the seat.

Hope this is clear (as mud lol).

 

[Rottieluvr]

Slick job but is your backrest secured to the slide in mount? How?

 

[Bob Denman]

:congrats: :clap: :thumbup:

 

[Chupaca]

Way to go....

nice up grade. Always works well when custom made...:2thumbs:

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

BACKREST

:agree::yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:...................I love D.I.Y.'ers ......Mike :thumbup:

 

[CherryBomb]

Backrest

Me to

 

[chasmyer]

Rottie, the sleeve is permanently mounted on the cross bar I mounted under the seat. The Backrest arm just slides right into the sleeve and is a solid mount.