Breakout Sissy bar is awful.
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Breakout Sissy bar is awful.
Really struggling with riding two up. The sissy bar pad is too far forward and reduces the pillion seat length by 2 inches. Does anyone know of a kit that moves the sissy bar back on the side plates? I've looked at the reclinable side plates but I don't think they will help that much. It's the standard HD sissy bar and pad as in pic.
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I guess I would have to see someone on it because it looks fine to me in your pic. If the passenger sits further back they will be sitting on the thinner part of the seat. At the back there appears to be almost no padding and that doesn't seem like it would be comfortable for the pass.
Is the current setup uncomfortable for you or them?
Is the current setup uncomfortable for you or them?
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I guess I would have to see someone on it because it looks fine to me in your pic. If the passenger sits further back they will be sitting on the thinner part of the seat. At the back there appears to be almost no padding and that doesn't seem like it would be comfortable for the pass.
Is the current setup uncomfortable for you or them?
Is the current setup uncomfortable for you or them?
That's why I got my pillion seat reworked by a local upholsterer adding more padding, a gel insert and a wider shape. With the stock seat my OL would start complaining after 30 minutes...now she's good for at least 2 hrs...w/o sissy bar.
Last edited by EagleRay; Aug 9, 2015 at 01:07 PM.
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That would work for me but not my other half!!!
Last edited by ChickinOnaChain; Aug 9, 2015 at 02:50 PM. Reason: fixed quote
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I guess I would have to see someone on it because it looks fine to me in your pic. If the passenger sits further back they will be sitting on the thinner part of the seat. At the back there appears to be almost no padding and that doesn't seem like it would be comfortable for the pass.
Is the current setup uncomfortable for you or them?
Is the current setup uncomfortable for you or them?
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We had the same problem, her sitting closer to me and her legs rubbing my sides raw. So I took the sissy bar pad off. Apparently she doesn't lean on the bar, so no pad and a bare bar is not a problem for her.
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Same here, it is to thick, and pushes the wife to far forward. I did the same. I took the pad off. She just has the bar back there so she doesn't slide off for some reason. I only put it on when she rides anyway.
