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I want to commend Bearcat for his outstanding backrest and service. I was in the market for a backrest, these seemed to be my choices at my price point: 3Bros buttrest raiser (wood), Ebay buttrest raiser (metal), Ebay Passport headrest to backrest conversion or Bearcat's Passport headrest to backrest conversion.
With further research, I found out 3Bros was banned from burgmanforums..1 down.
The Ebay buttrest raiser seemed O.K. but it appeared the rest would intrude too far into the area of SWMBO, and if momma aint happy aint nobody happy..2 down.
The headrest conversion on Ebay and Bearcat's seem pretty much the same except the Ebay one is adjustable fore/aft and Bearcat's isn't. I wondered why not and sent an email to Bearcat asking about his rest's lack of adjustability. He patiently explained that his rests had originally been adjustable and he had found the further the rest moved out of the holes in the seat, the more chance there was of seat breakage due to the increased leverage..3 down.
I was concerned the rest might be too far back for me to use comfortably, so he sent me pictures to illustrate his comfortable riding position as he is approximately the same height as me. We have a winner! I fired off some money, 3 days later the rest was at my doorstep!
Installallation couldn't have been easier, and as I test sat the rest, I knew I had made the right choice. I got off the burg to check out how the new rest looked and this is what I noticed:
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The rest looked crooked! Not terribly crooked, and you didn't notice it when using it, but still crooked. I took the rest in the house and broke out my trusty tape measure. Heres the difference side to side, approx 1/2 inch:
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I almost decided to live with it, due to the hassle I was sure to have explaining it to bearcat, sending the crooked one back, paying postage etc., but I knew the crookedness would drive me crazy after a while. I fired off an email to Bearcat explaining the situation, and to my surprise, he instructed me to throw that one away and he would send me a new one on his dime as soon as he had it made up. No muss no fuss, the new one arrived less than a week later in perfect shape. The fit is perfect, the riding position is very comfortable, and I bought it from a great guy who stands 100% behind his product.
That level of customer satisfaction is rare in this day and age, and if you are in the market for a backrest for your Burgman, you owe it to yourself to check out Bearcat's backrest first!
With further research, I found out 3Bros was banned from burgmanforums..1 down.
The Ebay buttrest raiser seemed O.K. but it appeared the rest would intrude too far into the area of SWMBO, and if momma aint happy aint nobody happy..2 down.
The headrest conversion on Ebay and Bearcat's seem pretty much the same except the Ebay one is adjustable fore/aft and Bearcat's isn't. I wondered why not and sent an email to Bearcat asking about his rest's lack of adjustability. He patiently explained that his rests had originally been adjustable and he had found the further the rest moved out of the holes in the seat, the more chance there was of seat breakage due to the increased leverage..3 down.
I was concerned the rest might be too far back for me to use comfortably, so he sent me pictures to illustrate his comfortable riding position as he is approximately the same height as me. We have a winner! I fired off some money, 3 days later the rest was at my doorstep!
Installallation couldn't have been easier, and as I test sat the rest, I knew I had made the right choice. I got off the burg to check out how the new rest looked and this is what I noticed:
The rest looked crooked! Not terribly crooked, and you didn't notice it when using it, but still crooked. I took the rest in the house and broke out my trusty tape measure. Heres the difference side to side, approx 1/2 inch:
I almost decided to live with it, due to the hassle I was sure to have explaining it to bearcat, sending the crooked one back, paying postage etc., but I knew the crookedness would drive me crazy after a while. I fired off an email to Bearcat explaining the situation, and to my surprise, he instructed me to throw that one away and he would send me a new one on his dime as soon as he had it made up. No muss no fuss, the new one arrived less than a week later in perfect shape. The fit is perfect, the riding position is very comfortable, and I bought it from a great guy who stands 100% behind his product.
That level of customer satisfaction is rare in this day and age, and if you are in the market for a backrest for your Burgman, you owe it to yourself to check out Bearcat's backrest first!
