Check your backrest bolts

[Lamonster]

Mine were too long but it may be that they used the wrong bolts. Just check yours out. It barely fits a 3/4 helmet as you can see.

 

[nightfalcon]

I wonder if it's possible to reverse those bolts? That way you wont have the sharp end of the bolt inside the box to scratch up your helmet.

 

[troop]

WTH was Can Am thinking? Will a modular helmet fit? I know on my luggage rack installed on my RT S2S, I used the shortest bolts possible along with acorn nuts. The local hardware store also sells plastic screw caps. I'd be PISSED to scratch my Shoei helmet !!!

 

[Peter Aawen]

I wonder if it's possible to reverse those bolts? That way you wont have the sharp end of the bolt inside the box to scratch up your helmet.

If you reverse them so that the thread end is on the outside of the top-box instead of sticking in & potentially damaging your helmet/anything you put in the box, then surely the thread end of those bolts will either stick into and damage the push-on backrest, or they'll stick out too far to let the backrest even go on at all.

Lamont's replacement M6 x 14mm bolts look like the way to go.

 

[nightfalcon]

If you reverse them so that the thread end is on the outside of the top-box instead of sticking in & potentially damaging your helmet/anything you put in the box, then surely the thread end of those bolts will either stick into and damage the push-on backrest, or they'll stick out too far to let the backrest even go on at all.

Lamont's replacement M6 x 14mm bolts look like the way to go.

not necessarily, the backrest bracket looked like it was recessed enough to take a locking nut.

 

[greer]

The tech who installed those original bolts needs to have their pay docked.

Sarah