Deluxe Backrest!
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Deluxe Backrest!
Hey Guy's, my wife just purchased a 2009 Softail Deluxe. She loves the bike but really needs a riders backrest. Does anyone know of anything that will work. She doesn't want to take off the original seat and replace with a Corbin or Mustang, etc. Anyone have any suggestions???? Thanks,
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Firehousecustoms or Kuryakyn (part #8987). Both make a standalone backrest for the Deluxe.
I tried the Firehousecustoms on the wife's Deluxe. She was looking for something that sat her up more straight. The "custom's" has a bit of spring to it and is not adjustable. I found that a piece of rubber between the backrest mounting plate and the seat rail took care of the movement of the backrest but she still wanted a more upright seating position. May be worth a try for you.
Since she likes to ride with her HD tourpak which I call her purse
, we have it on a solo rack that I modified to allow more forward movement and it serves her perfect as a backrest.
She likes the stock seat too much to part with it.
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I tried the Firehousecustoms on the wife's Deluxe. She was looking for something that sat her up more straight. The "custom's" has a bit of spring to it and is not adjustable. I found that a piece of rubber between the backrest mounting plate and the seat rail took care of the movement of the backrest but she still wanted a more upright seating position. May be worth a try for you.
Since she likes to ride with her HD tourpak which I call her purse
, we have it on a solo rack that I modified to allow more forward movement and it serves her perfect as a backrest.She likes the stock seat too much to part with it.
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2008 Deluxe: Hers
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The rails are still available thru Harley but, the low and high pads aren't.
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As I recall Firehousecustoms will let you try the backrest out and return it if you're not happy with it. Don't recall the time factor. They are the least expensive option I know of. Followed by the Kuryakyn and then the Springer setup.
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