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Got some good pics of the backrest
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LittleJohn
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The more I loook at it, the more I think I want that red!!!! LOL
Are there now two styles of backrest for the Spyder? As I recall, the original design bolted onto the rear rack. It looks like this one doesn't have a rack with it.Lamonster said:This is a replacement tail piece. There is a cable under the seat that you pull to remove the backrest to change back to the rack. The backrest has a flipup paddle so you can adjust the backrest forward and backward.
Bruce
greenmntpass
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I agree with Bruce. This looks like its all one unit. The access. page states you have to purchase the rack in oder to install the backrest. Also I hope in the future they will have color options to match the spyders.
sabunim5
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:spyder: This is a total redesign of the original backrest/luggage rack. It is the first I have seen of it. Those of us that have our Spyders are still waiting for the backrest and luggage rack, even though we ordered them at the same time. BRP said sometime in March. Since Lamont has pictures of them now, I am hopeful they will arive soon. It sounds like they have not updated the info on them at the website. I guess you could order them separately, both of them having the same mounting base in the new design. What a pity you can't use both at the same time; like almost every other backrest/luggage rack in the world. 
The redesign gave them the perfect opportunity to correct that :edit: oversite. I blasted them for that on the owners survey to no avail. :dontknow:
sabunim5
The redesign gave them the perfect opportunity to correct that :edit: oversite. I blasted them for that on the owners survey to no avail. :dontknow:sabunim5
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Spyd3r
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I would buy it for a coupe hundred, but not for the $600 plu they had for the old style. I will wait unti lafter markets come out. BOO BRP
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Wijllie
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They will come..
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Now you have me worried. We ordered a rear rack only, based on the prototype photos that showed it would function as a luggage rack. No need for a backrest for us, as I will ride separately. Now it looks like they have replaced it with a new, mostly closed, tailpiece. This is not a luggage rack, has no place to attach straps, and is virtually useless for anything except to hold the backrest. Were they showing a separate, functional rack at Daytona? It sure would be nice to know.
-Scotty
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Wijllie
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The lugage rack has an outtakeable plate, so if you mount the backrest you have to remove that plate.
With the plate on it you have a normal lugage rack.
With the plate on it you have a normal lugage rack.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
That was what the original design appeared to be, but these pictures show something completely different. No rack, just a replacement tailpiece. They did say the new rack had a storage compartment. This tailpiece, without the backrest, could have a little door. It has no place to attach a bungee, however. Just won't work for our needs, if this is what it has evolved into. The original rack looked like exactly what we wanted.Wijllie#381 said:
-Scotty
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