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Utopia driver backrest & other stuff on my new BA
#265433 05/19/2008 3:11 PM
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Fitted the Utopia backrest on my new 08 BA and it's terrific, although quite large.
I got the dealer to fit:-
footboard kit
tall sissy bar+ luggage rack and oval badge
chrome rear peg hangers
light bar kit
chrome foot control bar
chrome chainguard
roadster screen(works for me, I'm a shortarse)
tacho kit
long slash cut TORs
chrome battery cover

I fitted:-
head & spot light visors from fast eddy
iso grips from fast eddy
Utopia drivers backrest

stuff from my T100 part-exed I fitted:- chrome cam cover - a royal pain in the bum to do
clutch dress up kit
chrome choke & idle knobs
twin stebel magnum horns-139db
v-max mirrors
stem nut clock
LED idiot lights (but not on the main beam)
I'm starting to love this bike







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johntog #265434 05/19/2008 3:35 PM
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Wow! That backrest is huge! Just shy of La-Z-Boy. But I digress, could've used one Saturday. 300 miles without the wife and my back did ache.


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johntog #265435 05/19/2008 4:20 PM
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Wow. Where was I when the utopia backrest was discussed? A little nip n tuck required too?!


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mrt202 #265436 05/19/2008 4:21 PM
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Wow! That backrest is huge! Just shy of La-Z-Boy. But I digress, could've used one Saturday. 300 miles without the wife and my back did ache.



Oh, it's big, it's bad and soooo comfy
and if you want to ride with out it, it takes two minutes to remove


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johntog #265437 05/19/2008 4:46 PM
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Guess whos had a spendy? Nice one mate, yep, its looking awesome. I like the light visors, were they easy to fit?


Tors,Large Panniers, Screen, Light Bar,Sissy Bar & Rack, Tacho & Lotsa Chrome
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flyingrasb #265438 05/19/2008 5:31 PM
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Cheers, the headlamp visor was a doddle but the spotlight ones were a different kettle of fish. The nasty little clips that hold the rim on made numerous perforation in my fingers with their sharp ends and you need to bend the lug on top of the visor and bend the visor a bit to the size of the spots.
I've bled for my bike.


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johntog #265439 05/19/2008 5:42 PM
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Wow, that thing looks like it would cut down on the misses
huummmm, leg room.
But it does look comfy for the driver.
Mike


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mikemm03 #265440 05/19/2008 6:08 PM
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Wow, that thing looks like it would cut down on the misses
huummmm, leg room.
But it does look comfy for the driver.
Mike



I've tried sitting on the pillion pad myself and found the backrest didn't get in the way at all. Of course I weigh in at 12 stone, about 170lbs, and, how can I put it
the more generously your passenger is endowed, the more the space could become limited. But I think you'd be surprised how little it cramps a passenger.
John


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