Looking for a measurement off of a Pit Bull W? 280 tire....

[cyclepartsmaniac]

I'm hoping someone will volunteer to help out with this. I need a measurement for a sissy bar. I need to know what the center to center distance is for the two sissy bar mounting holes in the fender struts. It's a 2008 Pit Bull with a 280 tire. Can anybody get that for me? I'd really appreciate it. I would like to build this sissy bar for a gentleman that is in Afghanistan with the US Army Corps of Engineers, he will be coming home in a month and has never seen his bike. He wants to add a little chrome to it before he gets home.

Thanks in advance,

Eric Barnett

 

[greybeard 59]

Here's the help you requested: the answer is 11.0236 inches to be exact. not a math wiz but have a little helper called worldwide metric.check it and save it to your favorites list comes in handy:
>:: World Wide Metric ::<

 

[woodbutcher]

Here's the help you requested: the answer is 11.0236 inches to be exact. not a math wiz but have a little helper called worldwide metric.check it and save it to your favorites list comes in handy:
>:: World Wide Metric ::<

he asked for the center to center of the mounting holes for the sissy bar, not the metric to standard of a 280 tire.

 

[greybeard 59]

Woodbutcher, my bad for speed readin, but the metric table link is still a good reference.:2thumbs:

 

[woodbutcher]

:2thumbs:

 

[cyclepartsmaniac]

Thanks for the converter, it is pretty helpful but not quite what I was looking for.

 

[Gas Man]

Doesn't anybody have a 280 rear wheel around here????

 

[heems]

My sissy bar is attached so I am not sure about exact center-2-center measurement. It seems about 13.5'' if I am not mistaken.

 

[Gas Man]

Could you pull it and measure it? It would be easiest to measure the eyes on the sissy bar than trying to measure over the fender.

Eric is a good guy and if he's working for a member of the military its double good.

 

[cyclepartsmaniac]

Pulling the sissy bar could work but there might be one problem. The sissy bar will spring outward a bit when it isn't in the hole if I remember correctly. It might not but that is one thing that would have to be taken into consideration. A little masking tape on it might prevent that from happening.

 

[heems]

I pulled it off tonight. Best I can tell it's 13 1/4''.

 

[cyclepartsmaniac]

I pulled it off tonight. Best I can tell it's 13 1/4''.

Thanks Heems,

Did you notice if the sissy bar sprung at all when you pulled it out of the holes?

 

[heems]

Ever so slightly, yes. So it's not going to be exact science...

 

[alhall88]

Can't you just measure across the outer ends of the sissy bar with it installed then all you need to do is subtract the bar diameter to calculate the center distance?
Another method would be to tie a string across the bar with it installed and mark the center of the bar on the string and then measure between the marks on the string.