Heres to you BigTool, you got me in the mood. Here a couple of photos showing my little custom home made backrest, no welding, or sewing needed.
Construction consist of using a 3' aluminum 3/4 tubing cut into three sections, 1/4 threaded rod the passes through the center 3/4 tube, spring, cotter pin,pin with adjustment hole,primer, black paint, and a foot of blackvinyl. Tool needed: hand drill but drill press is recommended, jigsaw but metal cutoff wheel used in a compound miter saw is recommended, and a staple gun.
Personally I like the Ventura but feel its a way over priced product, so I decided to make my own. I wanted one simiar but just a tab different than the Ventura, so I combined my backrest with a $118 Rev's Performance bike rack. The installing and removing of my backrest is easier with no tools, losing or fumbling with any turning knobs and can tilt foward as compared to the other backrest I've seen. I feel the overall function and appearnce of mine is better and is diffinetly cheaper.
Construction consist of using a 3' aluminum 3/4 tubing cut into three sections, 1/4 threaded rod the passes through the center 3/4 tube, spring, cotter pin,pin with adjustment hole,primer, black paint, and a foot of blackvinyl. Tool needed: hand drill but drill press is recommended, jigsaw but metal cutoff wheel used in a compound miter saw is recommended, and a staple gun.
Personally I like the Ventura but feel its a way over priced product, so I decided to make my own. I wanted one simiar but just a tab different than the Ventura, so I combined my backrest with a $118 Rev's Performance bike rack. The installing and removing of my backrest is easier with no tools, losing or fumbling with any turning knobs and can tilt foward as compared to the other backrest I've seen. I feel the overall function and appearnce of mine is better and is diffinetly cheaper.
