fabed up my own sissy bar

[street]

I am all for doing it yourself, but this time, I am going to say, "leave it to the experts."

Isn't the rear fender 'glass. (not sure on that year model)

And the bends on the bar are not symmetrical....uh, not sure if it is straight.

Look on ebay for AIH sissy bars. If you can get the footballs and the bar you could do that.

I got their tall bar and the mounts for $80 You will have to drill extra holes somewhere, but it might be better than shorting out your bike when the signals snap off.

Also how did you weld the chrome without the chrome contaminating the weld?

i to my buffing wheel on the grinder and took the crome off. the bar was made to mount down on the frame of a ridge that is why the bends are differant, but it was center of the bike. like i said it was just a idea and i wanted to see what it looked like and the sissy bar been sitin on the shelf for a couple years now. if it would of worked out i would of redone the hole bar and had a friend of mine run it threw the powder coater. but such is life.
i hope i can find mounts and a sissy bar for $80 bucks

 

[Bmarchant]

This place sells mounts for sissy bars.
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They would mount right to the struts....... A lot safer.

 

[RCAdd1ct]

i to my buffing wheel on the grinder and took the crome off. the bar was made to mount down on the frame of a ridge that is why the bends are differant, but it was center of the bike. like i said it was just a idea and i wanted to see what it looked like and the sissy bar been sitin on the shelf for a couple years now. if it would of worked out i would of redone the hole bar and had a friend of mine run it threw the powder coater. but such is life.
i hope i can find mounts and a sissy bar for $80 bucks

Look here:
american ironhorse sissy bar mounts football mounts: eBay Motors (item 180508914464 end time Jun-16-10 10:08:45 PDT)

I went by his shop and picked up my parts since he was local.

My HD has a Ginz choppers bar on it. It looks good. I am thinking about having them make a custom one for my AIH chopper.

Reason I asked about the chrome is that even after grinding the top layer off it is a chemical process and will get into the metal. The residue will contaminate the weld and could emit harmful fumes. I am not a welder, but this was what I was told.

 

[hollywoodjohnny]

Strut kits for his bike are non existent anymore. Thats the reason I am fabbing my own mounts for mine!

That sucks, Did not know that

 

[street]

Look here:
american ironhorse sissy bar mounts football mounts: eBay Motors (item 180508914464 end time Jun-16-10 10:08:45 PDT)

I went by his shop and picked up my parts since he was local.

My HD has a Ginz choppers bar on it. It looks good. I am thinking about having them make a custom one for my AIH chopper.

Reason I asked about the chrome is that even after grinding the top layer off it is a chemical process and will get into the metal. The residue will contaminate the weld and could emit harmful fumes. I am not a welder, but this was what I was told.

big thanks for the link and help from everone. i have not stoped learning sence i found this site, and i can't say thanks enough for the help. i have always learned stuff the hard way, if it didnt work i had to figure out why and start all over tell i got the look and function i needed.
them football things look way easyer to mount than what i was doing, thanks again.

 

[RCAdd1ct]

Here is another link:
AIH Sissy Bar (WILL ALSO FIT A SOFTTAIL): eBay Motors (item 200475027256 end time May-31-10 13:31:25 PDT)

make sure you measure the width.....not sure what will fit your bike.