I just installed the OEM backrest on my 93' 750 and did have to trim off some of the cowling, everyone I've talked to had to do some cutting also. Not a hard job if you take off a little at a time. I used a Dremel tool.....
DON SIMPSON 93' 750 NIGHTHAWK West Central IN > Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:33:23 -0700 > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: NH Backrest > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
