So, I replaced the Rally rear fender with the standard Ryker rear fender. Nice.
After shelling out almost $300 for the passenger seat, I shocked my wife when I told her that the back rest was going to cost another $300. So, I decided to save some money and find an alternative. On Ebay there is a small motorcycle backrest that goes for about $42 with shipping. After putting it on my "watch" list, I was perusing the Youtube videos and found that a guy had used the exact same backrest on his. Only he said he mounted it on the Max Mount. I purchased one of them and found that it had 4 holes in the bracket for mounting and two of them almost lined up with the threaded holes on the bottom of the seat. I went to Ace hardware and picket up a couple of #8x32x 3/4inch screws that I managed to mount the seat to the two access spots. Since there were two more holes in the bracket on the bottom, I wondered how I might attach it to the seat and figured that any screws I put in the thin plastic bottom would probably stick in a passenger's posterior if I went over any bumps. The foam pad IS pretty flexible. So, instead I drilled two 3/16th inch holes and inserted two rivets. Oh, and I also inserted a washer between the bracket and the seat bottom due to the slight space. Since I had the rivet gun out for the fender install, I thought it would be ideal for this project. Now the seat rest is solidly mounted to the removable passenger seat. The seat still slides on and off with no trouble. Now, I need to fabricate a removable luggage rack that I can swap out for the passenger seat when I don't anticipate a passenger. That will be added to the list of things to do, along with painting and pin striping. I've added a couple of flip phone photos of what the fender and back rest looks like. Not good quality photography, but you can get an idea.
After shelling out almost $300 for the passenger seat, I shocked my wife when I told her that the back rest was going to cost another $300. So, I decided to save some money and find an alternative. On Ebay there is a small motorcycle backrest that goes for about $42 with shipping. After putting it on my "watch" list, I was perusing the Youtube videos and found that a guy had used the exact same backrest on his. Only he said he mounted it on the Max Mount. I purchased one of them and found that it had 4 holes in the bracket for mounting and two of them almost lined up with the threaded holes on the bottom of the seat. I went to Ace hardware and picket up a couple of #8x32x 3/4inch screws that I managed to mount the seat to the two access spots. Since there were two more holes in the bracket on the bottom, I wondered how I might attach it to the seat and figured that any screws I put in the thin plastic bottom would probably stick in a passenger's posterior if I went over any bumps. The foam pad IS pretty flexible. So, instead I drilled two 3/16th inch holes and inserted two rivets. Oh, and I also inserted a washer between the bracket and the seat bottom due to the slight space. Since I had the rivet gun out for the fender install, I thought it would be ideal for this project. Now the seat rest is solidly mounted to the removable passenger seat. The seat still slides on and off with no trouble. Now, I need to fabricate a removable luggage rack that I can swap out for the passenger seat when I don't anticipate a passenger. That will be added to the list of things to do, along with painting and pin striping. I've added a couple of flip phone photos of what the fender and back rest looks like. Not good quality photography, but you can get an idea.
