Passenger Backrest Fitment Question

[Angel]

The Drifter backrest is somewhat of a unicorn on the internet. I passed one up several years ago on eBay because I didnt want to pay 300 bucks. I thought I could get it cheaper. Fast forward to this past July and I got a beat up one from Maine for 201.01 form eBay. Lol. Good luck as I also tried that uK site. It will let you place it in your basket but they will reply that it no longer is available.

[CDNRatMan]

  Where have you been lad........

[Donkey]

Still don't have a backrest...

[Donkey]

Hey... I remember this place...

[richaud]

looks like the one I have on mine . But only way to be shure is to measure or try

[CDNRatMan]

   well old fella perhaps time to come out of retirement and start a small business.

[Old Drifter]

What about a wompus rack and drilling it for a generic backrest?

http://www.wompusracks.com/kawasaki-rack.html

That looks like it can work, and is a good option.
I think that $235.00 plus shipping for just the rack, I'll pass on this one. Thanks for posting though.

[pcarrell]

What about a wompus rack and drilling it for a generic backrest?

http://www.wompusracks.com/kawasaki-rack.html

[Old Drifter]

That's exactly what I'm thinking about doing if I can't find a backrest and luggage rack. I just need to make some room in my cluttered shop so I could work in there. LOL

Both backrest and luggage rack would be $342.00 U.S dollars shipped to me from the UK. 

[Old Drifter]

No, but I've been thinking that a few minutes in a metal shop should create some brackets that will mount up and can be drilled for a genaric backrest.  Been thinking about how I'd make it.

That's exactly what I'm thinking about doing if I can't find a backrest and luggage rack. I just need to make some room in my cluttered shop so I could work in there. LOL

[CDNRatMan]

 Well make a few up and then make a few sissy bars and start your own business......or ask aralph to use his CnC machine to make the brackets......

[pcarrell]

A bracket, made up something like this one, would be all you'd need, and then you could mount any generic backrest you wanted by just drilling a couple of mounting holes.

[CDNRatMan]

  Well with your talent and your size you just need a flat table some blocks of wood for a template, heat the round stock and bend it around in the jig. Then you just grind down any welds and then leave as is and sell them to members at a reasonable price, giving a cut to the forum to maintain it, some to your favorite church and all the good will to yourself. If I had the talent and space I would do just that ......

[pcarrell]

No, but I've been thinking that a few minutes in a metal shop should create some brackets that will mount up and can be drilled for a genaric backrest.  Been thinking about how I'd make it.

[CDNRatMan]

   I can say it but perhaps spelt it wrong it is just a variant for muktuk. Did you find a back rest for Donkey yet?

[pcarrell]

OK, so the first one, Uqhuq, is simply gibberish according to Google: https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&biw=1280&bih=675&q=Uqhuq&oq=Uqhuq&gs_l=serp.3..35i39.5230.6803.0.7906.5.5.0.0.0.0.90.403.5.5.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..1.4.318.0.WB2dV_-Cp84

And Muktuk is frozen whale skin and blubber.  Thanks anyways, I'll have a Snickers bar!

[CDNRatMan]

 Use the wonderful tool of goggle and see what we eat for the best source of vitamin D and for protein......

I have had several close calls for the backrest but all for a classic, not a Drifter.....

[pcarrell]

What the heck is Uqhuq or Muktuk?

BTW, I couldn't find a passenger backrest on Ebay or Craigslist.  See, I'm on topic.  I'm just multi-tasking!

[CDNRatMan]

and once more you take us off topic but no snickers bars but we have Uqhuq or Muktuk which is better for you......

[pcarrell]

But if you don't have Snickers, why bother?

[CDNRatMan]

  I will just to get away from him........

Donkey start thinking road trip to Toronto in Jan. for a few days....lol......

[Troll]

OH, JEEZ..The kids are fighting again! Who wants a "time out"?

[pcarrell]

...and eat a snickers what is that ?

Snickers: http://www.couponclipinista.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/snickers.jpg?2a90f9

[CDNRatMan]

    Why were you tackling that little old lady? I will never understand you......

and eat a snickers what is that ?

[pcarrell]

Ratman, eat a snickers.........

(Oh wait, you might not have those commercials up in the frozen tundra.  Here, try this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFjWoM36TXM )