Solo seat without driver backrest? No problem!
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Tourer
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From: Overland Park, Ks
Solo seat without driver backrest? No problem!
For a few bucks and a trip to the hardware store you can convert your short passenger backrest to a drivers backrest in 10 minutes or less.
I loaned my C&C solo seat with backrest to a friend who wanted to try it out for awhile. The weather turned nice and I wanted to ride but needed a backrest. The 2012 CVO Street Glide seat has no provisions for a drivers backrest so I made my own. I reversed the pad on my short passenger backrest and mounted the upright backwards on the shock mount. Then removed the mounting bolt of the front saddle bag support and installed a stainless steel turn-buckle using a 1/4" by 1" bolt. Bolted detachable spools from a leftover detachable mount to the other end of the turn buckle and presto! It has a little forward movement on the shock mount but is solid as a rock when leaned against. Doesn't look too bad in a pinch.
I loaned my C&C solo seat with backrest to a friend who wanted to try it out for awhile. The weather turned nice and I wanted to ride but needed a backrest. The 2012 CVO Street Glide seat has no provisions for a drivers backrest so I made my own. I reversed the pad on my short passenger backrest and mounted the upright backwards on the shock mount. Then removed the mounting bolt of the front saddle bag support and installed a stainless steel turn-buckle using a 1/4" by 1" bolt. Bolted detachable spools from a leftover detachable mount to the other end of the turn buckle and presto! It has a little forward movement on the shock mount but is solid as a rock when leaned against. Doesn't look too bad in a pinch.
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That's freaking brilliant. You might want to replace the plastic latches with the chrome ones, for a little extra strength. http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US But brilliant none the less.
Last edited by shooter5074; Feb 3, 2012 at 09:02 AM.
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Originally Posted by Ronp42
Great idea! You must have an Engineering background to come up with that. Looks great!
Originally Posted by Ronp42
Great idea! You must have an Engineering background to come up with that. Looks great!
Or pretty good with McGyvering and re-fabrication.....good job.
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WOW!
Great fine! Would you mine posting what you had to pick up at the local hardware store? I never use my short sissy bar and may convert it to your set up
Thanks,
YB
Great fine! Would you mine posting what you had to pick up at the local hardware store? I never use my short sissy bar and may convert it to your set up
Thanks,
YB
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I love it. I'd been thinking about tinkering to figure out if it could be done. Nice job...way cleaner than I would've come up with!
Any idea where I could get the spools?
Any idea where I could get the spools?
Last edited by knewt5; Feb 3, 2012 at 12:15 PM.
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Often the best ideas are the simplest and this is brilliant. I am going to give this a try with my stock police seat and see how it works.
Edit...
So I got a chance to fit the backrest and it looks good:
Now I need to go to the Tacoma Screw for the parts or maybe one of the local marine stores for chrome pieces...
Awesome, another project.
Edit...
So I got a chance to fit the backrest and it looks good:
Now I need to go to the Tacoma Screw for the parts or maybe one of the local marine stores for chrome pieces...
Awesome, another project.
Last edited by ReidRik_Von; Feb 4, 2012 at 09:25 PM.