As we were riding yesterday the passenger backrest failed and came loose! Luckily we were turning a corner and were at low speed. I have the adjustable passenger pegs on with the floorboards and they are the only reason my wife didnt go off the back. Upon looking at it after calming her down the rubber gromets that the front part of the backrest go into had broke and allowed the backrest to rotate back. CHECK YOUR MOUNTING POINTS ON A REGULAR BASIS IF THEY ARE DRY GET NEW ONES!!!!

We were lucky and I would hate for one of you to have a worse outcome. I am fabricating braces that go from the backrest to the removable tour pak mounting points so this cannot happen again.

Just FYI for my HDF brothers.

Stay Safe!!!!

Sledge

 

That is scarry. Hope that you succeed in your fabrication and that your wife recovers well from the scare. Good Riding

 

Reminds me of an incident in when I was 16 and I gave a girl a ride. She swore she had ridden on a bike before. The bike did not have a sissy bar so I stressed the importance of hanging on to either me or the fender struts. It was a short trip through a small town. Speeding up slowly from a stop she did not hang and and hit the ground running at 5-7 miles an hour. She stayed on her feet and no physical harm done to the passenger. The bike however needed 2 new rear signals. Thankfully after the initial surprise we both had a good laugh about it and she got back on.

Hope your wife recovers from the scare quickly and I will definitely add that to my checklist.

 

i m glad it wasnt any worse. ill be checking mine from now on....

 

Just what kind of a backrest was this? Stock or aftermarket?

 

Yes good that no harm has come,but I would like to know what kind of BR you have?

 

I'm glad to read it turned out okay.

Was this one of the HD removable sissy bars? Any chance you could post a picture of the faulty part? Thanks.

 

Thanks for the tip. Fortunately for me, I have the removeable backrest, but the BW hardly uses it. She is usually squeezing me tight (and I love it).

 

I'm glad your wife wasn't injured! Is it or was it the removeable back rest like on my fatbob? I agree with one of the above post. Can you post pics of the area or part that failed?
Thanks in advance,
Tim

 

Never liked detachable. Always rigid....no big deal to take it off.