After reading through this thread, with me thinking about getting a luggage rack for mine,  I'm leaning towards making my own now. Just do away with the stock Sissy bar itself and do the whole sissy bar and luggage rack from scratch with diagonal supports on each side.  Plus doing it this way I could make the Sissy bar with back rest taller for more support for my kids when I give them rides,  Might even be able to come up with a way to put in a back rest for myself doing it this way for those longer rides as well.  This might be the only way to get rid of the breakage issues I'm reading about in this thread from the OEM and aftermarket ones.

R.F.

High_Plains_Thumpr wrote on 07/10/12 at 00:49:26:



That's a decent suggestion, thanks.

The small 90 degree steel braces (see my post on the second page of this thread) have turned out to be quite strong, it seems to me.  However, if I encounter future problems, I'll consider these side braces.

They would, however, require a bit of disassembly, as I'd need to put nuts in the inward facing sides of those chrome-plated rear fender struts.

greenmonster wrote on 07/31/12 at 22:32:38:

It is a bit higher than the stock.  The image in the previous post by me was hotlinked to the seller's site.  It looks to me like Scootworks no longer sells this item but they have two other versions for the Savage/S40 available.  Both are shown on the page if you scroll down.  One has a studded pad and the other is plain.  I don't know if what I got is available anywhere now since Scootworks was the only place I ever saw it.  Both images are hotlinked to the same location.  I did see some pictured further down the page that resemble mine but did not see if any fit the LS650.  You might call them to find out.

This is what I got:




This is what they show now:

greenmonster wrote on 08/01/12 at 18:47:54:

Seriously, scroll down the page a little further and they describe some with round bars that resemble what I originally bought from them.  It can't hurt to give them a call and ask whether any are available for the LS650 and, if so, at what cost.  They still look pricey when all parts are considered but it can't hurt to ask.  I hope you can find a similar one.

I had been searching for the Highway Hawk model mentioned earlier in this thread because I'd remembered seeing it several years before but was unable to locate any.  Take a peek at eBay every now and then.  You never know what somebody will get tire of and take off.

My brother is a welder. He works on bikes and has been thinking about building some sort of custom part to sell. I'll pitch the idea to him. What modifications would you all make to seviersavage's design to make it perfect?

CalisOsin wrote on 08/07/12 at 11:14:49:



Maybe a little bit beefier bar stock, with a reinforcement (perhaps a section of angle stock) welded to the inner sides of the two corners where the welds broke on mine.

To me, strength is more important than looks, but I don't want it to get rusty over time, either.....

Nice mods Joe!!!