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Just bought a Le Pera Maverick Daddy Long Legs seat for the HC, fully aware there is no provision for a backrest, but accepting other's opinion it won't be needed due to the large step up at the back of the seat where the passenger area starts.
At 6'4" I still need a backrest. Any ideas or suggestions for a backrest that is not incorporated or attached to the seat. I'm thinking along the lines of the quick detach passenger backrest but for the riders position?
I first installed a rider backrest on my '92 Heritage (can't remember where I got the side plates) that used a passenger backrest bar and pad had I've had one every "road" bike since.
The back rest that I had had on the Heritage used two bolts on each side to secure it to the side plates, taking a few minutes to R&R but it was a "back saver" and after I sold the entire "rig" (bike and trailer) to my cousin he had it on that bike until he traded it in on a new Tri-Glide in '15.
Now that I'm down to only my Tri-Glide and my Heritage Springer I still have the rider back rest on the Tri-Glide but I do't have one on the Springer but I rarely ride it and when I do it's just for local rides but even them I miss having a back rest.
Just bought a Le Pera Maverick Daddy Long Legs seat for the HC, fully aware there is no provision for a backrest, but accepting other's opinion it won't be needed due to the large step up at the back of the seat where the passenger area starts.
At 6'4" I still need a backrest. Any ideas or suggestions for a backrest that is not incorporated or attached to the seat. I'm thinking along the lines of the quick detach passenger backrest but for the riders position?
thanks
brian
I did the supercheap thing and I found a backpack that I stuffed full of my sleeping gear for camping.
Works great as a back rest and for camping trips.
Basically you can take any bag, like a backpack and put what you need to carry in it, then stuff the rest of it with like a towel or something soft and compressable where your back is going to touch it and close it, it works as back rest and you can bungie it to a sissy bar on the back seat.
I've been doing that for long range trips so I dont have to install any backrest that will change the aesthetic of my bike.
I really hated to muck my bike's looks up with a backrest but that, coupled with 16" bars really straightened out my posture and helped my back pain. So, I live with it. I don't particularly like the looks of the bars OR the backrest.
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Rider backrest for non backrest designed seats?
