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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 07:13 AM
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Starting to look around at passenger arm rests.

Prefer:

Quick detachable.
Good looking.
Comfortable with maybe the ability to add a drink holder and....
Would love BLACK instead of chrome.

Any of you using a pair that fit the bill?
 
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 07:56 AM
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Wife and I joined a senior couple riding a Goldwing equipped with these things that seem to have been stolen from a maternity ward...

The lady was complaining saying the arm rests were hurting her back/spine because every bump immediately pushes her shoulder blades upwards while the seat's response comes later.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by TexasJR
Starting to look around at passenger arm rests.

Prefer:

Quick detachable.
Good looking.
Comfortable with maybe the ability to add a drink holder and....
Would love BLACK instead of chrome.

Any of you using a pair that fit the bill?
Here are a few links to some I have found and have been looking at...

http://www.americanmotorcycleaccesso...p?prod=AMA2024
http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/391...enger-Armrests

I have seen them both on Touring bikes, and they look pretty good, and sturdy. I haven't looked into black ones tho. But this is a place to start. Good luck!
 
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 08:06 PM
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mustang backrest has longer flatter armrest built in,might do it for her.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 08:15 PM
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I have the Kuryakyn ones and work just fine , they must be a older model as they are not a quick detach but will come off easy if I want them off , wife likes them and they have a built in cup holder and I also bought a pouch that goes on the other side , but mine are chrome
 
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 07:51 AM
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Not sure what kind of backrest you have but check these guys out.
I've seen this product and it looks pretty well built.

http://www.motorcyclearmrest.com/
 
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 09:23 AM
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I had the old design the attached to bar under the tour pack, the problem was when I made the tour pack removable I couldn't use them any more and I also found that the support under the tour pack cracked into 3 pieces. Now I see it's mounts all different might just try them again
 
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 09:27 AM
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I've got the Kury on my detachable tour pack and the wife and kids love them.

 
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