Convertible backrest

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Sep 17, 2013 | 10:40 AM

santajim

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From: Tonopah Az

Convertible backrest

Hey folks I am from the touring family but have a friend that has a convertible and wants a backrest. She has tried searches with no results so another friend has customized her seat and I ended up with the seat for finishing what he started. My question to you is, Is there an aftermarket backrst that will work with the seat from a convertible with a solo seat. Have to admit I don't know alot about the softtail line so any help would be great, oh yea I believe her bike is a 2011.
Santa.

Sep 17, 2013 | 07:18 PM

NDBadlands4-2

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From: Badlands of ND

I am looking for the same thing for my Heritage. Kuryakyn has a backrest, as does http://www.grasshopperlimited.com/harley-davidson/ . Also Corbin makes a solo seat with a removable backrest.

Sep 19, 2013 | 06:36 AM

lizdc

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From: MD just outside DC

I got mine off eBay for my deluxe chrome back going onto seat bolts under the seat.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/07-up-For-Ha...30651153784%26

Mine was like $70 and works with most softails if there are two seat bolts. My hubby had to open the holes a hair since he said the tooling was slightly off but took like 5 mins with a drill to do it. In the picture I added the diamond ice piece on the back.

Here is a thread where others mention backrests and I posted a picture of mine.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...-backrest.html

Last edited by lizdc; Sep 19, 2013 at 06:39 AM.