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I'm looking for a sissy bar that doesn't cost a ton of money. My girl keeps complaining that she feels like she's going to slide off the back when we go for a ride. I don't want to spend all that much money on a triumph one so does anyone know if a sportster or any other bikes will fit? I've looked at catologs for parts but I don't know what the demesion of the triumph one are. If anyone has the bolts spacing, mounting information that would be apprecate. If I had that I could peice something together out of custom chrome catolog or the like for cheaper probably with a little modification of course. Any help is appreciated.

-Josh

I got a really good deal on a used Triumph tall sissybar with luggage rack. Watch the classifieds and eBay.

You're welcome, John.

Yoshi,
I used a HD Duece set up. Picked it up on ebay CHEAP. Mine is a tall upright with the touring pad and a rack. It required a little drilling and grinding, but it is all hidden by the seat. For the money saved, it was worth it.

I can take pics later, or you can see it saturday during the 'freedom run'

Doug,

Let's just say the price was very fair.

Thanks again!

John

Josh,

Case in point.

But you gotta be quick. These things go fast.

Guys thanks for the help.

Roundy is this what you used?

CLICH HERE For Web Page

Could you snap a pic of it. I remember seeing someone that used a duece sissy bar on the old forums and i liked the look and it was relaitvely inexpensive $100 compared to triumph's options. Grinding and drilling is not a problem.

My weekends booked with work and Father's day stuff so I won't be able to make it to the run.

-Josh

That's pretty much it. I'll take some pics in a little while for you. The $$ on your link is just for the chrome part- With harley, each piece is priced individually- upright, pad , rack. But for just a little more than that it can be had on ebay- which is still pretty cheap.

Thanks Roundy



-Josh

Wait Wait Wait... Does this mean there IS an easily removable passenger backrest out there? Details boys!! Or did you have to permanently mount it? Thanks!!

I just posted a few pics for you guys.

What I have is the HD Tall Upright, HD Touring Pad, and luggage rack scored off ebay for well less than half of the triumph setup.

The black mounting bracket that comes with the upright is not needed.

What I did was...Remove the seat. Cover the fender in masking tape (to draw on and not scratch the fender). Draw a center line from the seat bolt hole to the locking pin. Lay the seat on and slide the upright under the seat and trace it out. Remove seat and mark bolt holes for the bracket (make sure its lined up on the center line). Drill holes thru fender(not into tire!!!). I used 3 pieces of heater hose, cut into squares with a hole punched in the middle, on the bolts as grommets/spacers between the upright and the fender. The heater hose also helps hold the bolts in place during installation, and takes up the slack from the slight difference in curve from the fender to the bracket. I used 3/8 stainless bolts 1.5in long and lock nuts.

I had to grind about 1/8in off each side of the seat bracket to fit into the hole in the upright. (Dremel)

It takes less than 10 minutes to install or remove this setup using two people. (Somebody has to hold the nuts under the fender.) It could probably be done alone if you lift the bike for more room between the tire and fender.

Future plans include welding the nuts to the bottom side of the fender, so one person can do this with just a wrench, and using allen head bolts.

Tools required -- tape,pencil,drill, drill bits, sockets, wrenches, center punch,tape measure, common sense, dremel or grinder.

My pics were taken without the seat bolt in only because of my own laziness.

There is a pretty beefy bracket inside the fender the goes from one fender strut to the other, that my bolt holes are drilled thru. This piece should be plenty strong. I have about 1500mi on with no problems.

Now the disclaimer- I have related everything I thought relevant to this installation. I am only providing information and my experience. Should you drill a hole in your tire, destroy your fender, knock over your bike, or are in some other way not fully satisfied - Its not my fault- you have obviously forgotten the most important tool - common sense!

Thanks for the info!! So other than drilling a few holes, it's completely and easily removable?

It looks pretty straight forward and i like the look. Looks like this is the direction i am going to go with this. Benny, as far as i can tell to remove the sissy bar you pop off the seat and take the bolts out and that's it. Roundy will chime in if I'm wrong. I also ran across THIS PRODUCT in my searching and it looks like this might make it totally a quick removal. It's hard to tell though without looking at the part personally.
Thanks again Roundy. You Da Man!

-Josh

Benny,
Yes it is completely and reasonably quickly removable, and my holes are hidden by my seat. Now I don't know how different a SM seat is from a BA seat in the way that it mounts, but it should be adaptable.

Yoshi,

The aftermarket setup you point out is definetly cool, but I'm not sure how the rear seat bolt would go in, and I didn't see a pic of the sissybar.

I have seen the HD setup on a HD in person and I also remember someone on the old board had done this, so it was pretty easy to figure out.

I didn't mean to hijack your thread, you are only limited by your imagination- before I decided on this I was looking at sissybar/racks for a honda shadow (they look pretty close to fitting).

Thanks Stewart. My only concern is that if I go solo, which I do frequently, I'll have a bunch of holes in my fender.... But then again I have a luggage rack that should someowhat camoflague then.

I never thought of the look with a solo seat, I guess cause I don't have one and I like the look of the SM seat.

Benny, I've seen Stewart's sissy bar in person and it looks great. The only reason I won't do it is because of the fact that most of my riding is done with only the solo seat. The rack he used would put three holes right in the middle of the fender and exposed for all to see. It's not perfect fro what I want but it is a very nice bar and rack setup.

Thanks Wojo. My girlfriend does ok on the back, but she would be much more comfy with a sissy bar. But I LOVE the look with just a solo seat, a know? Dilema...