Jim Scott
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Has anyone removed or modified the lumber support in the seat of the c400gt to give more space to sit further back from the bars? If so please give details, do you need to find some sort of plugs for bolt holes?
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Thanks for your suggestion but this Utopia seat backrest adds to the height of the lumbar support. My objective is to move the OEM support towards the rear, i.e. to give more arm stretch distance to handlebars, hence reduction in size seems to be only solution.I don’t know about the 400 seat but if it has an adjustable pad like the 650gt then you might want to check out a Utopia brand back rest. I got one for my 650gt and I am no longer slouching or slumping while riding. It made a big difference in my longer distance riding.
Yes I had one for my Heltx clone that I never installed (was to afraid to cut hole in seat). Ordered one for the 650 and it was easy to install. Came with the purse. It won’t help if you need more space to the rear."check out a Utopia brand back rest"
I KNEW there was a reason I was correcting a total stranger's spelling!
I am super interested. I had my first backrest on a Burgman 650 two years ago and loved it.
Utopia's website says you order it for $225 plus optional bracket cover for $18, which I would buy. Installation looks simple. Did you order yours?
Does it come with the built-in purse? I have to think a girl on the pillion might like that.
Here's the link to Utopia's GT page: https://www.utpr.com/bmwc600.html
I wish the 650 one would fit to 400GT Does anyone know if it does Utopia does not make one for the 400GT"check out a Utopia brand back rest"
I KNEW there was a reason I was correcting a total stranger's spelling!
I am super interested. I had my first backrest on a Burgman 650 two years ago and loved it.
Utopia's website says you order it for $225 plus optional bracket cover for $18, which I would buy. Installation looks simple. Did you order yours?
Does it come with the built-in purse? I have to think a girl on the pillion might like that.
Here's the link to Utopia's GT page: https://www.utpr.com/bmwc600.html
I happen to know a little bit about this, regarding Utopia vis-a-vis the 400. Let me explain.I wish the 650 one would fit to 400GT Does anyone know if it does Utopia does not make one for the 400GT
I happen to know a little bit about this, regarding Utopia vis-a-vis the 400. Let me explain.
Back in the oughts and in the teens, I had Utopia backrests on, respectively, Valkyrie and a Victory baggers/dressers. And, obviously, liked them.
Fast forward to late November 2022 (about half a year after I bought my C 400 GT). I initiated some email correspondence with Utopia, asking whether they made a backrest for the C 400 GT. The answer from Andy McPherson there -- [email protected] -- was that they don't make a C 400 backrest, but that if I were willing to ship the seat to them, they would fabricate one for the scoot.
Additionally -- I'm summarizing several emails here -- they would pay for shipping both ways, and the backrest charge would be $375. And that it would NOT be one of their quick-release backrests (I had that kind on the Victory, but not on the Valkyrie), given the particular seat pan and its construction found on the C 400 GT.
I decided not to do this, because I wasn't thrilled with removing the seat (I had just finished doing a lot of farkles, and was a little tired of working on the bike) and because, given the way my wife gets on the bike, the lack of a quick release didn't thrill me. But that's me.
Now that you're hereby armed with the back story and an email address, feel free to pursue this with Utopia yourself, if you like.
Delray, you were right. In the UK the correct spelling in this context is indeed "lumbar". "Lumber" is most often used in the UK as a verb meaning to either move in a slow, laboured fashion or to burden someone with something. I'm a bit of a spelling, punctuation and grammar bore by the way.Mr. Scott,
No need to apologize (note American spelling ;o).
"Lumber support" sounds like a help line for 2 x 4's. I write professionally and I am definitely overly sensitive to such things.
Ride safely, indeed.