Silly little thing

[danimal2]

It's really no big deal, yet I'm super happy with how it turned out. Never really liked my backrest and although functional for the mostpart the support wasn't where I really needed it and it looked kinda stupid (like a big ol lollipop).

Did a little chop cut rebuild and now it's right where I want it.

Had four mounting holes. Cut off the top two and now just using the lower two holes so effectively dropped it down about 3". Cut away some foam and reshaped (fancy word for bent with pliars) the metal backing plate so it would be lower and conform to the back of the driver's seat. Now it has less flex due to taking away some of the leverage (shortened) and the support is right in the lower back where I needed it. Finally a functioning backrest that looks the way I want it to. The cover is zippered so easily removed to make mods and put it back on.

Oddly enough this cheapo little backrest has a polished stainless steel mounting plate. I thought it was chromed mild steel. Completely ruined my bandsaw blade when I attempted to cut it.

I know it's a stupid little thing when we've got guys laying up their own fairings from raw fiberglass, but it's all I've got.........:wave:

The last photo is the before picture and you can see how tall it was before cutting it down.

[Sin City Stan]

Good job. There's more to mods than fairings. Making something more functional for you is a worthy project. :tup: Step by step pics would even been better.

[cnc]

Looks good.

[ToeJam]

Nice Job - it does look better.

[BudMan]

Well Done :tup:

[socwkbiker]

Looks great! Very well done.

[crazygene49]

Good job. You should be proud.

[24racefan]

Look great. I like the way it set down next to the seat. I can see with the back suport you get from the seat that it being set down lower will make it even better.

[Loafer]

Better for you and it even looks better! Congrats.

[rickyboy]

very nice and well done. What kind of backrest was it?

[danimal2]

very nice and well done. What kind of backrest was it?

It's a Mutazu (http://www.mutazu.com/products.php?s=prod_image.php&menu=Driver side backrest&cat_id=121&product_id=303&img=driver backrest.jpg). Also had to do a little bending of the mount to get the angle where I wanted it. Stainless is tough stuff to work with. About gave myself a hernia trying to bend it. In the nomenclature they say it's "Triple dipped chrome finish heavy guage metal bracket."

I beg to differ.

A magnet won't stick to it and it's hard as all getout so pretty sure it's stainless. Used my vice and a couple pieces of pine to protect the finish and straighten out a couple of the bends/angles. Unfortunately even using the wood to protect it, it still marred the polished finish a bit. I never cared for the shiny finish anyway so ended up scuffing it with sand paper and painted it flat black.