I have a 2011 Tour.  I like the looks of the street, but wanted the rest of the bells and whistles.  I also wanted to put a passenger backrest on it when I don't have the trunk on.  Since Victory no longer makes or sells the passenger backrest, and you can't find them anywhere (outside of the Leather seat with backrests for $1200),I came up with a workaround.

Made a bracket out of square tubing and angle I bought at Lowes for about $16.00.  (Yeah I know, I can't weld very well)

Mounted bracket where the Trunk box normally goes.

Bought the trunk panel for $90.  Cut out holes with a rotozip.

Place panel over the bracket uprights.  Pop in place.  Install upright and pad prior to putting seat back on.  And here you go.  

Upright Bar = $80
Pad=$70
trunk panel= $90 (with military discount)
Steel and hardware=$25

Labor = free.  I have a welder, even though I am not very good.  The ugly stuff is below the panel, so as long as it is strong it didn't matter to me. 

Total= $265

Now before you start asking for a engineer drawing of the bracket, I will tell you that I don't have that level of skill.  I started with the angle.  Cut 4 pieces that would make a square and lineup with the mounting holes for the trunk.  I marked them and drilled them.  Then I took the square tubing, cut 2 pieces to 5" long and clamped them to the angle at the correct angle.  Tack welded then pulled it out.  Welded it up.  Drilled holes for the uprights and that was it.

the tubing is 3/4".  Angle is 1-1/4".  I also used some plate steel to strengthen the Square uprights.  It is strong.  I think you could tow the bike with it.

While I know this won't be for everyone, if you know someone who welds, and you can measure, you can do it.  As long as you can live with the results of your own labor, you can try anything.  If anyone has an idea for a kind of boot that would go over the bolts in the upright and help hide the holes in the panel, please throw in.

Hope it inspires someone to improve it, or come up with something better.

I have a luggage rack on order, and I am looking for some sort of boot to cover the screws and cutouts on the panel, but over all I am pleased with how it turned out.

What a great job, you might check with your local wrecking yard for a couple of large rubber gromlets used on the fire walls of cars for sealing around wiring harness that route thru the fire wall or dash in the engine compartment. Once you have a make and model you can buy a new one, these are usually black rubber.

 This is what I like about this site, seeing what others are doing for getting ideas. Again good job. Scott

jeffmack - 2011-03-27 9:11 PM

aweosme....but how do you keep the inside (under the seat area) so clean??? Mine is dusty, dirty road grime under there, always has been

It's on my wife's list of chores to clean the bike weekly, inside and out.







That was a lie.

Lord I apologize, and be with the starving pigmes down in New Guinea.