New Sissy Bar – made it work.

[hunter58]

I’ve been looking for a sissy bar that I could somehow mount to my luggage rack, which is part of my Vetter Bag setup. The rack is only about 10 ½ inches wide. Most of them of this type I see out there that mount to the rack are much wider 12 to 13 inches wide. I didn’t want a real high or big one. I found this one on Ebay that was 10 ½ inches wide. The mounting posts were only 2 inches long. I thought I would chance it and see if I could make it work. Well it works and surprisingly it’s very sturdy and my wife likes it a lot. I had to add 8 inches of piping on each side, cap it off and paint it. First I mounted to the rack with hose clamps to get it adjusted to be in the correct position for the rider. Once setup, then I drilled the four mounting holes and used stainless bolts with locking nuts. And there you have it. I’m very please with the outcome, it looks decent and functions well.

As purchased.


Here it is mounted.

[hunter58]

Rear View

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Mount View.

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Full Bike View.

[ron bayless]

That is a very nice job on the sissybar.I had one for my L model.I hadthe "s" cut out, and a really nice cross made and welded in its place.I am a member of CMA.What kind of saddlebags are those?

[hunter58]

That is a very nice job on the sissybar.I had one for my L model.I hadthe "s" cut out, and a really nice cross made and welded in its place.I am a member of CMA.What kind of saddlebags are those?

Thanks.

Those are Vetter hard bags, not being made anymore. They are nice, they hold a lot of stuff and they come on an off real easy. Does the CMA have a website? We do have a group around here but I'm not sure if it's affiliated with CMA or not.