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I have a corbin seat, so basically I made a corbin backrest. I took some 9/16" square stock and a 12" x 12" piece of 1/8" thick plate steel. First cut out a pattern in the plate and then bent the square stock about 10degrees forward and welded. My lady's brother in law own's a custom car interior shop, so he ordered the corbin match vinyl and covered the backrest for me. He took 1/2" of padding and used on the back so that it was smooth around where the square stock is welded on, and 1" of padding for the back rest part, then he covered. I took my time cutting the excess off to get it at the proper height, then inserted it into the corbin slot and marked with a punch where the 1/4-20 bolt goes to hold it in place. Here are a few pictures to help show the final product.
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It isn't as nice as the corbin backrest, but it also wasn't $250. The way that I looked at it was that the only time that the backrest will be on the bike is when I have my lady with me, then people wont be looking at me or the backrest, just her and the bike. So who cares? I find it perfect for what I use it for, and it is sturdy as a rock, I can put it on the bike and lean back into it as hard as I can and it doesn't deflect a lick. I have found that I need to use a thumb screw and a lock washer to keep it from coming loose during the ride. When the seat is attached to the bike, the screw can't come out completely and therefore the backrest can't come out, just wiggle a bit. But with the lock washer, it stays tight all day long.
Hope this helps ya'll out a bit, you gotta love cheep. beer.gif
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It isn't as nice as the corbin backrest, but it also wasn't $250. The way that I looked at it was that the only time that the backrest will be on the bike is when I have my lady with me, then people wont be looking at me or the backrest, just her and the bike. So who cares? I find it perfect for what I use it for, and it is sturdy as a rock, I can put it on the bike and lean back into it as hard as I can and it doesn't deflect a lick. I have found that I need to use a thumb screw and a lock washer to keep it from coming loose during the ride. When the seat is attached to the bike, the screw can't come out completely and therefore the backrest can't come out, just wiggle a bit. But with the lock washer, it stays tight all day long.
Hope this helps ya'll out a bit, you gotta love cheep. beer.gif