Motorcycle backrests

A motorcycle backrest gives your passenger something to lean against: they ride more relaxed under acceleration, feel more secure under braking and arrive less tired at the end of the day. Here you will find backrests from Givi, SHAD and Customacces, which solve the same problem in three different ways depending on the type of bike and whether you use a top box.

Three ways to fit a backrest

1. Top box backrest pad: it sits on the front of the top box, right behind the passenger. It is chosen by top box model rather than by bike, and only does its job with the case fitted.
2. Bike-mounted backrest: it bolts on behind the seat and stays there with or without a top box. It is the usual solution on scooters and maxi-scooters.
3. Sissy bar: the tubular backrest of customs and bobbers, rising up behind the seat, which on some models also acts as a base for a bag or a case.

Which one suits your bike

Scooters and maxi-scooters

Givi makes made-to-measure backrests for the Honda PCX, X-ADV 750 or the Forza and ADV 350 family, the Yamaha XMAX and Tricity, Suzuki Burgman, Piaggio MP3 and BMW's electric CE 02 and CE 04. SHAD, by contrast, offers a universal backrest in black, silver or white that is fitted with a kit specific to each scooter. With either, your passenger keeps their support on the days you leave the top box at home.

Custom

Three styles live side by side here. SHAD's sissy bars are made for small and mid-size customs such as the Rebel 500 and 1100, Eliminator 500, Super Meteor 650, QJMOTOR SRV 125 or several Keeway and Hyosung models. Givi has backrests for the Rebel, Vulcan S, Eliminator 500 or Super Meteor, several with a luggage rack behind. And Customacces goes for the classic look: tubular bars with a cushion for the Harley-Davidson Sportster and Fat Boy, and flat steel backrests, with or without a rack, for many Japanese customs.

Adventure and touring with a top box

If the top box is always on, the most comfortable option is the pad made for your model: SHAD makes them for its SH range and Terra cases, and Givi for top boxes such as the Trekker Alaska, Dolomiti and Outback, the Maxia or the B47 Blade.

Before you order

• With pads, the case model is what counts, and the numbers of the two need not match: go by the top boxes named in the backrest's product name.
• SHAD's universal backrest cannot be fitted without its mounting kit, which is different for each bike.
• If you want to strap a bag behind your passenger, choose a model with a luggage rack, such as some Givi backrests for customs or the flat Customacces ones with a rack.
• Sissy bar and top box at the same time? SHAD makes a mount that turns its sissy bar into a base for a top box, handy on customs without a rack.
• Check the years: a 2010 XMAX and a 2023 one take different backrests.

The full ranges are under Givi backrests, SHAD sissy bars, SHAD top box backrests and Customacces backrests. And if you do not have a top box yet, start with our motorcycle luggage.