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[Rusty13]

took the passenger seat off my 2012 FLHXSE3. looks great solo..went to get a rider backrest and the HD shop said sorry they dont make one unless you put on a one piece seat...anyone figure something out?

[Rimjam]

CORBIN

[Boatman]

Do a search and there is at least one thread on this.  Hard to believe they made a seat that wasn't prepared for a backrest.  A backrest is the last thing I would take off my bike.  Good luck.

[Texas Fat Boy]

If you want to go solo with a backrest you will have to get an after market seat. Mustang, Corbin, C&C
I just went with a regular Harley seat with the Adjustable HD backrest for a while. I already had them from my old bike.

[CVO2012]

Well guys I will tell you something but I'm about to find out in a couple of days. Well, I bought on march a brand new 2011 softail deluxe and the same story happened when I removed the passenger seat, it looked cool but I needed a back rest for myself. HD told me the same thing that I have to buy the seat which is one piece for rider and passenger to be able to mount a back rest. I did some search, and I found that back rest, I bought it and it was great, even looked great. Today I bought my second bike 2012 CVO street glide and I noticed that the mounting screws for the rider seat are exactly the same as the one I have in my deluxe, of course this is only by looking at them, so I will try to mount that back rest from my deluxe to the SG and I will let you know guys. I think 90% it will work. I hope so.
Here is the link for the back rest
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230693662152?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1114wt_800

[Texas Fat Boy]

Well guys I will tell you something but I'm about to find out in a couple of days. Well, I bought on march a brand new 2011 softail deluxe and the same story happened when I removed the passenger seat, it looked cool but I needed a back rest for myself. HD told me the same thing that I have to buy the seat which is one piece for rider and passenger to be able to mount a back rest. I did some search, and I found that back rest, I bought it and it was great, even looked great. Today I bought my second bike 2012 CVO street glide and I noticed that the mounting screws for the rider seat are exactly the same as the one I have in my deluxe, of course this is only by looking at them, so I will try to mount that back rest from my deluxe to the SG and I will let you know guys. I think 90% it will work. I hope so.
Here is the link for the back rest
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230693662152?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1114wt_800

You got any pictures? The eBay picture doesn't show much.

[CVO2012]

Here is a link for my softail deluxe with that back rest mounted

http://www.Harley-Davidsonforums.com/forums/softail-general-discussions/36067-finally-mounted-21-my-deluxe.html

[DeBar]

Bought  a new Road glide custom CV while on a trip in the right place at the right time (Sauk City HD great guys to do business with) road it home my back and arms were killing me.  tried to buy a back rest -nothing available you've got to be kidding me! What are these guys at Harley thinking. Is a 20year old kid going to spend $30,000 plus on a bike? Wanted to keep the stock seat liked the way it looked end result Had to make one out of 2 inch flat stock took about 2-3 hours used a passenger back rest off a road king (because the new one I bought out of the 2012. Cat didn't match different shade of brown) Let me say it again what are you guys thinking at Harley  Mike

[Texas Fat Boy]

Here is a link for my softail deluxe with that back rest mounted

http://www.Harley-Davidsonforums.com/forums/softail-general-discussions/36067-finally-mounted-21-my-deluxe.html

Those pictures won't show, Could you post some here too?

[CVO2012]

here ya go

[CVO2012]

here is another photo

[CVO2012]

and another

[CVO2012]

i will try to mount this back rest to my on my new 2012 CVO SG and i will let you know guys if this one works

[Texas Fat Boy]

Thanks for the pics, let us know if it works on the 2012 CVO.

[CVO2012]

Well, guys as i promised
I went today to get my new 2012 CVO SG from the local dealer and the first thing i did, i took the backrest off my Deluxe to try it on the stock SG seat and guess what!!!! It worked perfectly
the two mounting bolts from the Deluxe ended up to be the exact mount on the SG
Here ya go the photos