Passenger comfort question

[soberbiker]

My wife is of a vertically challenged as well and I seem to have resolved it by raising her footrests. At least she's happy with that part! I just asked her about the distance between back rests and her comment was " Why have your back rest pressing into my front? That would be even more uncomfortable."

Our shared complaint is the ride itself. I can't seem to get the actual stiffness of the ride smoothed out. I"ll admit...my last ride was a BMW LT that was very smooth...even over bumps. This one jolts our bones in comparison! I have adjusted the rear shock till I'm blue in the face and short of installing a complete new suspension system I have yet to come up with a solution.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

[zeus661]

My wife is of a vertically challenged as well and I seem to have resolved it by raising her footrests. At least she's happy with that part! I just asked her about the distance between back rests and her comment was " Why have your back rest pressing into my front? That would be even more uncomfortable."

Our shared complaint is the ride itself. I can't seem to get the actual stiffness of the ride smoothed out. I"ll admit...my last ride was a BMW LT that was very smooth...even over bumps. This one jolts our bones in comparison! I have adjusted the rear shock till I'm blue in the face and short of installing a complete new suspension system I have yet to come up with a solution.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

I have no drivers backrest. I think you might be thinking that way. I am referring to the passenger backrest being too far back.

[Walcrow]

I have no drivers backrest. I think you might be thinking that way. I am referring to the passenger backrest being too far back.

I extended my passenger backrest by 4 to 5 inches in height. I could have bent the steel plates that I made forward by using more length and bending it several ways, then cut the excess off to the height that I wanted for the GF. I've got pics that I put up several months ago of the finished rest. Making it go forward more in your case would have been another 2 minutes in the vice, THEN drill the 4 holes for attachment to the top rest.