Still waiting on the details before we ride to the Portsmouth, in the mean time..

I found a few things to do around the place. But first, the pictures I promised of the backrest installed and placed on our bikes. I rode about 3 miles today, long enough to know I need to raise my backrest about a half an inch and haven't yet decided how I want to do that. It will probably be wire brushing the 2nd paint job off, then cutting the hinge and welding in a metal spacer. I can also drill holes in the wood, the black vinyl is stretched over. Either way, it's going to take some time, but glad I noticed this could use getting adjusted before I went on a longer trip. Cool thing is, I know I guy how can do the work.

 A nice feature having used the bolt and hinges, is you can move the backrest forward for your passenger to get seated more easily.

 At first, it bent when I tested it out. I later used my cutting wheel to make the angled support at the bottom. By placing the base as far out as possible before I welded to the hinge, gave it the best chance to prevent it from flexing. Had they been an inch longer would have been better. It ended up being a great improvement.

 Thanks to the invention of a bungee cord, helped hold the backrest up, It is front weighted and falls forward every time we dismount.

 This picture shows the pattern of the hinge. The consideration for placing the holes lower, to raise my backrest, seems like the right thing to do at first. By placing the hinge point lower on the seat means the upper part of the backrest won't push on my back. This points to having to add metal to the hinge to make the height taller. Don't worry, I know a guy.

 Staple the front over the foam first.

Use spray adhesive on the material in the back and pre-fold the edge before you goop it on with shoe goo.