Looking for a backrest / sissy bar for 86 vfr700

Hey guys. I've been on first-gen vfrs for about 5 years now. I used to have a beat-up white '87 that came with a nice corbin seat. Now I'm on a beautiful RWB '86 700 with the brick-like stock seat. I've been giving rides to people a lot lately, and am considering picking up a sissy bar, and perhaps a decent saddle as well. I'm having trouble finding anything that specifically mentions being compatible with first-gens. Corbin offers a $400 seat + $200 backrest, but they only mention 1990+ vfr750's, so I don't know if it'll be compatible. Sargent offers a $400 seat for 1998+ models, but I cannot find information about backrests on sport bikes there.

Does anyone know if these seats will be compatible with my bike? Or if there will need to be some minor modifications? Alternatively, has anyone here made a custom sissy bar for a first-gen VFR 700?

Thanks for your help,
- Brett

 

I bought a side panel for my rebuild that I had to scrap. When the guy sent it he also sent a seat that he claimed was on the back of his 87 750. I never got far enough in the restoration to see if it would fit. I'm parting out the bike now and I've got some pictures of it below so you can check it out. If you think it might work let me know. Also if you need any other parts for your bike let me know, I may have what you need!

Cell phone took these so sorry about the quality/color disparities. Seat is black. There is a pocket in the back.

 

Hey guys. I found out about Corbin's Ride-In service; turns out I live in the same area code, and these guys are, like, world-renowned, so I ended up going with that. It's really cool! They usually modify the stock seat-pan, but since it was made of plastic, there's no way to slot in a backrest. So they made a new steel and carbon-fiber seat-pan for me, and built up a custom seat on top.

The experience was awesome, I was there all day one Saturday. I worked with a man named Jesus who was very nice and respectful, never tried to up-sell or BS me, and worked with me one-on-one all day. Once the new seat-pan was ready, he threw a basic foam saddle on top, and asked me to take it for a test ride. The front seat was too spacious for me, so I asked him to put on some more foam. He added an inch or so, and I took it for a test ride. It was still way too big for me (I weigh 140 lbs), so I was like, "look, Jesus, I'm a thin guy, I have a pretty flat butt, bring it in a lot," and he added in about 3.5 inches of more foam. Another test ride. It was now the right size, but I asked if he could bulk up the sides to sort of wrap around my rear end, and bring the front in a bit so my thighs could grip the tank more easily. He obliged. I took it for another test ride, and it was perfect. As you can see in the pics, bringing in the front seat ended up making a pseudo-backrest for the front seat, because the front and back seats have such a large difference in height (also, the back seat is now large enough to support a well-proportioned female comfortably :eagerness

So then he asked what material I was thinking of for the cover. My plan was either a simple blue vinyl (since it looked OK stock), or black leather (since that looks good on anything). Jesus nodded, and kindof stared at my bike in silence for a few moments. He said, "you know, I think you should consider two colors, let me grab an example cover for you." So he grabs a seat cover from the back, and goes on to show me how it is made of five panels that could easily be made two-tone. I'm interested, so he goes to the back and brings a stack swatches of some 100 materials to flip through. We found a red, a blue, and a white that matched the stock paint job almost exactly (all vinyl). We discussed different ways to arrange two of the colors into five panels for a long time, but couldn't really settle on anything. After awhile, Jesus had the idea to split the two U-shaped side panels in half, which would allow use to use all three colors -- genius! Once he had that idea, we settled on a three-tone design in minutes, it all just came together. For the backrest we used the same materials, in addition to the hard plastic plate on the back (they happened to have a single blue one in stock!).

So that's my story. The guys at Corbin are great: they know their shit, the customer service is excellent, even the food at their little built-in restaurant is good. And now I have a beautiful full-custom saddle that fits me like a glove, with matching a matching sissy bar to boot! Living the dream. Next non-maintenance job for my bike will likely be to replace the front fairings (even though I kinda like seeing the metal, I don't really like seeing the wires and hoses).

Pics!

 

That looks awesome!