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Posted by gcates
 - April 23, 2016, 12:27:26 PM

Guess I've got an unusual seat and unusual back guards!   The seat very well may be a combination stock/homemade setup.  She didn't indicate that at the time.  It certainly looks like Pastor's oem seat.  I bought the bike from a guy named Rocco who lives in Mass.  Worked for Indian and had my bike set up to look the way it does.  I've only put the 2 up on it and the Hard Krome pipes.  Don't know where he got the guard set.  I could ask him...we're still in touch. 

Posted by pcarrell
 - April 23, 2016, 11:25:22 AM

That 2up backrest looks like a modified stock part.  This is a pic of my bike right after I first got it (many moons ago), and you can see the stock grab bar on it.  Looking at the base of your backrest, it looks the same.

Posted by mittico68
 - April 23, 2016, 11:05:05 AM

Never seen something like that... really nice!
But it looks home-made, in my opinion..isn't it?

Posted by gcates
 - April 23, 2016, 10:40:39 AM

I would love to get by without buying a new bar, but I think ultimately, that's gonna be the best setup.  I'm going to wait until I get my risers and get those on to make any final judgement.  I guess I could look at selling the other bars, but I don't mind them. I asked my wife if they got in her way and she said no.  Guess it just looks uncomfortable to me.

As for the seat, I bought it from a lady in Texas after I purchased my bike.  It came with a nice solo, but I wanted something to put the bride on.  She advertised it as an oem stock two up and it fits like a glove.  It was a little rough and I had to get one of those leather repair kits to touch it up.  But it has been good for me until I can save the money for a nice new seat.  Here are more pics.

Posted by greenbarn
 - April 23, 2016, 08:55:20 AM

gcates, those guards are referred to by another name, which escapes me at the moment.  I think they are usually used  along with saddlebags.  Like Sir Ratman said, what you need is an engine crash bar, like he showed.   If you do not like those rear bars - I would think you could sell them and put the money towards an engine crash bar.   I think the ones you have are fairly rare and could perhaps be sought after.

As an alternative, I think there are frame-mounted foot pegs you could get by with until you get a crash bar.

Posted by mittico68
 - April 23, 2016, 02:56:56 AM

Gcates, I've seen your bike has got such an unusual backrest...and it looks really comfortable...
Could you please tell us what make is that?
And most of all, would you post more pics of it?

Posted by gcates
 - April 22, 2016, 22:33:35 PM

That is quite a bit of difference.  After sitting on my bike and trying to get a feel for what will work, I'm thinking the crash bar/peg installation is gonna be what I want.  Especially with the new risers.  I can't really afford all of that right now, so I think it'll just be the risers for now.  Bummer...

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 22, 2016, 20:40:22 PM

   I am going to go out on a limb here and say there is no way those will mount up front with out a bit/lot of work to modify them.
I have attached a picture of the front engine guard for you to see the difference in mounting.

Posted by gcates
 - April 22, 2016, 18:56:09 PM

And one more just for fun!

Posted by gcates
 - April 22, 2016, 18:50:37 PM

The other side:

Posted by gcates
 - April 22, 2016, 18:48:07 PM

So on a second look, I don't suppose it's a full engine guard, but rather two pieces.  I'll try and include a pic so you guys can advise if I can mount them up front.  I've always thought they get in the wife's way when she's on the back.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 22, 2016, 13:40:22 PM

 :o you have a front engine guard behind the engine? I have not seen this before , so could you take a few pictures and post them for me to see this. I had tabs welded on my front engine guard to mount the highway pegs. Will see this summer if that is better then the clamps I had on last summer.

Posted by gcates
 - April 22, 2016, 10:15:11 AM

I've read some solid reviews on those but I don't see them on the scootworks website.  I've asked him about the Large ISO pegs, but haven't heard anything back from him.  I see they sell the mounts and also a "peg extension" under the accessories section.  But I'm a relative newbie to this and I just don't know where to start.

ETA: I'm finding most folks are mounting pegs to their crash bars.  I've got a crash bar, but it's behind the engine instead of in front.  I don't really want to buy another one just to mount pegs.  Mine looks like the cobra model.  Thoughts on trying to take it off the back and mounting it up front?

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 22, 2016, 10:05:08 AM

  not sure how far they go out but you might want to look at Long horns........

http://www.kuryakyn.com/products/460/longhorn-offset-highway-pegs

Posted by gcates
 - April 22, 2016, 09:59:44 AM

I can measure the frame size to get the right size mounts.  The bigger question is if anyone can help me pick a mount/peg combination that will come out from the frame far enough to be comfortable. 

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