RT Passenger grab rail extensions?

[finless]

Just saw that,Lamont has an awesome multi adjustable grabrail

It looks awesome

It's for the F3..... Doesn't help us RT owners.

Bob

 

[dlby]

Well crap
That aint rite

I guess I was asleep at the wheel on that answer
Duh

 

[nslowmotion]

armrest

Bob, I'd consider the Diamond R Accessories armrests. I've had them for almost 3 years and every passenger has said they are great! I like that they fold in when not in use and no drilling required. The bracket mounts under the seat.

Take a look at their website, diamondraccessories.com. Owners Allen and Patti are great to deal with, top not customer service!

Do the armrest from diamondraccessories.com bend down if the passenger put pressure on them? Do they rotate out of the way for the passenger to get on and off of the bike? thanks..

 

[Bob Denman]

They do rotate out of the way so as to make it easier to get on and off the bike... :thumbup:
But they WILL bend downward, if you put too much weight on them. :shocked:
They're designed to hold a pair of arms; not an entire body!

 

[finless]

I got the Corbin armrests on last weekend and the wife likes them. Initially she was concerned that now she really can't reach the grab handles!
But she likes that the armrests wrap around her and hold her in.

I used big washers under the heads of the screws that hold the armrests to the speaker boxes. It is just plastic and I could see the heads of these small screws ripping through the plastic! The washers should help.

So we are going to go for a ride soon and we shall see how she likes them. I told her I will add grab rail extensions if I need to. So we shall see

Bob

 

[slyderguy]

I feel your frustration.

I had the same situation with my wife comfortably placing her feet on the floorboards (at the up-most height). My solution was to find a creative fabricator to work with to design my Spyder Slyders (SyderSpecialties. com). Unfortunately, my fabricator was up and coming in his career area and is now employed by Lockheed Martin. Good Luck) :banghead:

 

[nslowmotion]

armrest

They do rotate out of the way so as to make it easier to get on and off the bike... :thumbup:
But they WILL bend downward, if you put too much weight on them. :shocked:
They're designed to hold a pair of arms; not an entire body!

it just seems like the women would naturally want to put alot of weight on them.

 

[Bob Denman]

The metal bracket that they attach to, is pretty long, and the attachment points for the arms are far enough outboard, that there's a lot of leverage involved... :shocked:
I don't know what it would take, to make it any stronger than it is right now... Hardened Spring Steel? :dontknow:
It's not as if they fold up like a bad hand of cards...

 

[nslowmotion]

armrest

The metal bracket that they attach to, is pretty long, and the attachment points for the arms are far enough outboard, that there's a lot of leverage involved... :shocked:
I don't know what it would take, to make it any stronger than it is right now... Hardened Spring Steel? :dontknow:
It's not as if they fold up like a bad hand of cards...

I'm gonna go ahead and order them and I am going to charge her 5 bucks every time I have to bend them back up. I should have all the money back pretty quick that I spent on them and enough left over to buy more bling,,,,lol

 

[dlby]

Corbin
CORBIN

50 YEARS of riding experience on all kinds of machines wi tons of acc.

the Corbins are expensive but give an experience none of the others wi match

Of course thats just us
But i do believe it
Long as we r happy

 

[stevedfive]

Attached with Velcro. Just put them on top of the OEM grab handles. $30 a pr.

 

[dlby]

Kool
Where did they come from?

 

[stevedfive]

http://www.orangeaftermarket.com/Universal-Steel-Grab-Handle-with-Soft-Grip--Single_p_4008.html

i just did a quick search, there were more places online.

 

[dlby]

Thx