I have a 93 Nighthawk 750. The picture that someone shared with us from eBay appears to be the same backrest as I have. From what I recall, I did not have to make any cuts to the plastic cowling, although it was a little snug. The two front mounts are easy enough to figure out - they screw into the shock absorber mounts. Those bolts are accessible on the outside of the side plastic panels. Make sure that whatever you tighten down there is metal against metal, not metal against plastic, because in that case, the plastic will break. They have spacers that are meant to take this pressure - don't lose them. The rear backrest mounts were a little more tricky. I had to remove some stuff on the rear fender and brake light area, as I recall. You then have to tighten the mounting bolts from the inside, before putting the brake light and fender stuff back on. Or actually, you have to have it all on, but unscrewed and an inch out of position. It's not so easy as just pulling the tail-light out, bolting the backrest on, and then putting the tail light back on. They all have to be positioned at the same time.
I needed to buy new bolts for the rear mounts. The stock bolts were too short to accommodate the mounting brackets. And since there is not an infinite offering of metric bolts lengths, the next longer size was too long, so it bottomed out in the hole and was still loose. So for the third or fourth time I had to head back to the hardware store and buy washers and spacers and lock washers, etc. to make this work. I forget which combination of bolt lengths and washers worked for me. It's difficult to hold those washers in place in that confined space while you try to simultaneously screw in both bolts at once. Get yourself extra washers and bolts, because they'll be dropping on the ground and rolling off into the night, or into that strange black hole of space under the taillight. But you definitely want as manny spacers as you can put there, otherwise, the brackets will have to bend or move a 16th or 8th of an inch while you crank them down, and that can lead to stress and cracking. On mine, I managed to crack one of the plastic tabs when bolting down the rear brackets. There are metal spacers there, which are designed to take the stress when you crank down those bolts. Perhaps they are just a hair too thin. Or perhaps I stuck a lock washer or something there that grabbed the plastic and twisted it while I cranked. Just be careful. Monty On Jun 2, 4:48 pm, [email protected] wrote: > <i have a 97 750NH and am looking for a backrest. Can anyone tell me > > > what years prior or after would fit.> > > The Hondaline combo backrest/rack fits every NH from 91-03. > You do have to do some minor cutting of the rear cowl to install it, however. > > Jay S > 92 NH750 > South Florida --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
