Uh oh--- Look what I got today from the mail lady.
ST-Traveler, I'm curious how you like your backrest so far? I received mine on Friday and attempted to mount it over the weekend. I say attempted because no matter what I did, the seats wouldn't fit together, or on the bike, correctly after the backrest bracket was mounted under the seat bracket. It doesn't seem like the approx. 3mm width of the bracket could possibly have much affect on the seat fitment but, in my case, it does. With the bracket on, once the front seat is positioned on the bike it takes way too much forward-pushing force to fit the rear seat into the front and lock it down. To unlock and remove the rear seat is impossible without taking off the attached front seat with it. Then it's nearly impossible to separate the two seats without loosening the brackets with a wrench. I thought I may have possibly bent something when installing the backrest bracket so I removed it. The seats then fit together and on the bike perfectly as they always have.
I also noticed when I tested the backrest on the bike, it pushed me an uncomfortable amount further forward into the tank. Although maybe I may just be used to riding further back on the seat than I realized.
I called Grasshopper and spoke to Lonnie who asked that I send pictures of the backrest and bracket. He said they've never heard of this and maybe there was a possibility I was sent a backrest for another model of bike. The bracket seems to fit correctly against the seat.
I'm perplexed at this point. Did I get the wrong backrest, a defective one or is there something particular about my bike that is making the fit difficult? To be clear, I have the stock 2 piece seat although the driver's seat has been "Spencerized" but I don't see how that could change anything.
Anyone else have issues with the fit of this? Am I missing something?
