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who was it here who made the drivers back rest?
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2002 Bandit 1200/ GSXR cams/ 1277 BB Kit/ Holeshot header and can/ 38mm flatslides/ a good head/lotsa hp/lotsa tq- lots of rear tires...
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Worn Saddle
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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I did a similar thing to cowboy but his is a much better design. I may re model mine. I bought a harley sissy bar from a junk shop for $15 and basically put it on the clamp via an "S" cross section bracket. Works well and looks good.
A dog, a bike, a ute,
Now in the deep south.. Newcastle.
Cold winters, cold rain
Come on summer
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Looks good! now would anyone build one and sell it?
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I made one several years ago. Pic from my gallery: 
--Tom
02 TBA; 130 mains; TBS; Nology Coils&Wires;Unifilter/opened Airbox; -AI/snorkels; -2 baffles;Progressive 440s & Springs
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I just made one following vwone's writeup pretty closely. I couldn't afford to give up my sissy bar pad, so ended up creating one myself:
-1/2" ply as the internal backing
-some of that hardening spray foam that's used to fill holes around plumbing. sprayed on one side and then "shaped" with a razor blade after it hardened
-some all-weather vinyl I paid about $5 at the fabric store, hand-stitched to match the sissy bar pillon (this was the biggest PITA of the whole project)
-metal plate (can't remember the thickness but it is probably overkill - bought at local home depot and dremel'd to size) spraypainted black to attach to the bar that is mounted to the underside of the pillon, and to cover the internal 1/2" ply backing
I wish I would have taken some pictures of the process to create the new pad as I was doing it because I only spent about $30 total on the entire job and it was fairly painless. It doesn't look perfect, but good enough for me (I'm not entering any bike shows) and it definitely helps on longer rides.
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