You may have seen the $100 dollar version on EBay, but here's one I made from wood that you could put together for less than $15.

Materials: An unfinished Coat/Hat Rack with 3" pegs,1 piece of 2x4 (Length: 18" or to your needed measurement). All of the below instructions will make better sense when looking at the pics too.

The lastpic is the fancy version (the rest are the good 'ol American ingenuity version):

For perspective, my studs in the garage are 16 inches on center. This just happened to be the perfect spacing for how the cut off pieces of the Coat Rack mounted to the studs. I had to offset them on each of the studs in the garage to maintain the required distance to later mount the detachable psngr backrest.

Cut the coatrack so that it'll leave you 7 3/4" from the wall to center of the outermost peg (approx). This is enough clearance from the wall to the peg so that your backrest's brackets clear the wall when you hang it. The pegs on the coat rack are the perfect diameter (at their smallest approx 1/2") for the quick detach mounts of the psngr backrest. Just make sure you mount your specific application so that the lengthfrom peg to peg (atthe smallest diameter) matches your backrest's mounts (My RK's is about 12 "). It only has to be "close enuf" because the pegs varying diameters give you lotsa wiggle room. You only need 2 lengths of the coat rack, one peg on each. The unneeded ones can be pulled/twisted out.

The 2x4 running horizontally was cut to notch in nicely between the studs. Cut these right angle notches first then se ajigsaw to cut slots in which you can slide the bottom mounts of your detachable windshield. The slots are about 1 1/2" in length. Use a drill for the starter hole so you can get the jigsaw blade in. Just make sure you leave enough wood on each end of the slot for rigidity. The slot has to be within the 2x4. If you just cut it from one side of the 2x4 (like slicing bread) the open-ended situation will allow for your windshield to tip forward and go boom. The spacing between slots for the RK is14" a part.

I angled some small nails in the 2x4 which support the rider's backrest. The springloaded assembly of the rider's backrest allows you to space the nails in a bit so that you have to squeeze the backrest to get it on and off, but not letting it just fall of by itself.

As you can see, the basics are there for you to modify for any application. And of course it would be easy to "block mount" it thru drywall into studs if needed.

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Cool idea. Post a picture of the back on the mount. Might help with seeing how it works.

 

Thanks for putting these up, been trying to figure a way to hang my stuff out of the way. Pics give me a good place to start.

The little stuffed animal doesn't look to happy about hanging upside down though.

 

no way I put a cheezy looking set up in my garage, I'll spend more for the nice looking one every time!

 

This is what I did for my detachable TourPak and Sissy bar. Worked very well. Not as cheap as wood, but still inexpensive.

http://www.moccsplace.com/images/harley/wallhgr/wallhgr.htm

 

Wow! What a dic. Go buy the Martha Stewart version if you are so worried about looks. It is a garage, not a kitchen. He was nice enough to share his idea with everyone. I think it is cool that he did something with his hands other than typing on this forum. Thanks for sharing. Looks good.

 

Both ideas are great! Thats the difference between bikers, and riders just got a tour pak so the timing on both ideas couldn't have been better, thanks for sharing

 

Chuck - thanks! That's an awesome setup! I'll use it later when I drywall my garage.

 

MNBlaster - You make my heart swell with thoughts of American Capatalism. You keep the gears of the economy lubed and rolling. Manufacturers worldwide must be beating footsteps to your door. Enjoy your buying spree on HD's overpriced website!
My only regret is that I didn't have some overpriced overhyped product to send your way for some easy money from an easy target. Enjoy your Tommy Hilfiger's

 

IanChris - Thanks man. I'm trying to let him off easy since he's obviously still emotionally scarred from having only one silver spoon as a child.