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rack/backrest for my 1100e

trevor

trevor

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Well after searching hard for an original factory one (got out bid on ebay a couple of months ago, it went for $180 plus!:eek:) I decided to get one manufactured. I gave them pics of a stock one on another 1100 for them to copy. After a few weeks and a couple of fittings this is what I got. I also got it powder coated. The seat rest/cushion is being made for it now. I had them make the back rest part adjustable up and down and also with a release so that I don't have to take off the whole rack when I don't want the back rest on.
1st pic is a fitting..
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and on the bike..
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posplayr said:
very nice. It looks like the tube diameter is a little bigger than the original. A thumb wheel v.s. those thumb screws would be a more finished look. Something like this.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-THORLAB...197?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d3d3c1ca5

I assume you are going to pad that back rest?


These are only $2.40 per

http://www.thorlabs.com/thorProduct.cfm?partNumber=TS6H/M
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Hey posplayr, thanks for that link. And yes the backrest is at the upholstery shop getting a pad made. Should be ready in time for Rally next week.:) And yes the diameter is a little bigger tahn the original stock rack.
 
How much with / without powdercoat ? :) With / without upright attachment ? :)
Looks excellent !!
 
ptexotik said:
How much with / without powdercoat ? :) With / without upright attachment ? :)
Looks excellent !!
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The rack with the detachable backrest was $250. The shop charges $60 an hour but they put in more than they charged me for. They were way more than fair. Then the powder coating cost me $60, good price. The pad is getting custom too and will cost me another $150.
So a grand total of $520. Nothing done well is ever cheap.:)
And in the process have made a connection with a fabricator, a upholsterer and a powder coater.:)
 
Trevor,
You have taken great efforts to get a rack and now you've got a really good one, even if you had to have it made. Can't wait to see it with the padded back rest, and as far as I know you're the only one that will have one of those.
 
sedelen said:
Trevor,
You have taken great efforts to get a rack and now you've got a really good one, even if you had to have it made. Can't wait to see it with the padded back rest, and as far as I know you're the only one that will have one of those.
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Thanks sedelen. I will be sure to post pics of the pad/rest too.
 
If you or the shop were thinking ahead they will now have a template to produce more with that would involve much less labor to make them and sell them.
 
Gregory said:
If you or the shop were thinking ahead they will now have a template to produce more with that would involve much less labor to make them and sell them.
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Funny you should mention that Gregory...I said to them that some of the guys who own these bikes on GSR just might want one.:)
 
I have a friend that has a bike like yours and would probably want one... but he is too cheap to spend as much as you did.
 
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