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Joe F

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Cutting Sissy Bar while still on the bike?
08/09/10 at 05:33:05

I was thinking of cutting my Sissy Bar down so that the brackets are the same height as my luggage rack. Then I could put a bigger case to replace my ammo can on the rack. The 50 cal can fits great turned sideways but I'd like something a little bigger. I'm kind of lazy and am wondering if I could use a Harbor Freight side cutter to cut the bars off while they are still on the bike. How bad an idea is this?

Tell wife its a good day to go out for the day
Roll bike out of garage into empty driveway
tape the sissy bar and draw a line from the rack across the tape to know where to cut.
Remove Rack
Cover back half of bike in something (wet carpet, plywood, rubber mat, something non-flammable)
Cut off bars
Clean up
Re-mount rack

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Re: Cutting Sissy Bar while still on the bike?
Reply #1 - 08/09/10 at 07:50:19

I did mine that way to get the height right for the bar I later welded across the remaining uprights to start the manufacture of a mount for a package rack that replaced the rear pillion. It is solid steel so have more than one cutoff disc for the grinder and cover the bike well, very well with non-flamable material. I have an old wool blanket that came with the shop that I used for a spark shield. Max

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Re: Cutting Sissy Bar while still on the bike?
Reply #2 - 08/09/10 at 20:10:35

Joe F wrote on 08/09/10 at 05:33:05:

I was thinking of cutting my Sissy Bar down so that the brackets are the same height as my luggage rack. Then I could put a bigger case to replace my ammo can on the rack. The 50 cal can fits great turned sideways but I'd like something a little bigger. I'm kind of lazy and am wondering if I could use a Harbor Freight side cutter to cut the bars off while they are still on the bike. How bad an idea is this?

Tell wife its a good day to go out for the day
Roll bike out of garage into empty driveway
tape the sissy bar and draw a line from the rack across the tape to know where to cut.
Remove Rack
Cover back half of bike in something (wet carpet, plywood, rubber mat, something non-flammable)
Cut off bars
Clean up
Re-mount rack

you going for a MK19 can next?

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Joe F Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 85	Re: Cutting Sissy Bar while still on the bike? Reply #3 - 08/10/10 at 14:51:24 The ammo can is a perfect fit. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/86ke6398XjJOurAnJ_StNQ?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aWWWQu5M6wSl8-QHcRVpPA?feat=directlink
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