Re: Black Backrest
Hey, you don't owe anyone an apology, but the fact you offered one tells me you're a 'stand-up guy.'
One of the issues in bikes and parts is that depending on what part of the country you're in, prices change to reflect desirability, rareness, availability, and cost-of-living. If you're on the coasts, I think prices tend to be higher, and also in Midwest or Southern large urban areas like Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, you get the idea.
Whole bikes, non-running, can be found for the price of one of those brackets and the accessory luggage rack, as-listed on ebay motors, if you keep searching the ads, and are willing to travel. Facebook, craigslist, kiji, bargain trader, bike shop bulletin boards, word-of-mouth, they're out-there, but maybe you live in an apartment, and don't have anyplace to store a non-running bike. You could take-off what you need, and sell the rest as a whole, just to get rid of it.
Where wages are low, parts prices tend to follow, unless you choose to use the internet to sell your excess inventory.
Sean Morley might have something that's rough, & needs re-finishing, and a new pad, maybe it was repaired, but not yet finished, to be ready to be powder-coated, he might be able to cut you a decent price on one like that. CaptainKyle comes-across a lot of parts, too.