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Second mounting point for sissy bar
07/16/14 at 09:05:41

I'm looking to make a sissy bar and mount it to the swingarm point where the shocks meet the swingarm, but I believe I need a second mounting point and I'm looking for suggestions. Is there a technique, besides just tightening the hell out of it, that I can utilize where I only use one mounting point, but prevents it's from pivoting. I can't mount it to the fender since I'm running shocks.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Second mounting point for sissy bar Reply #1 - 07/16/14 at 09:16:46 I have never seen anyone mount a sissy bar to the swingarm.....unless they are running struts in place of the shocks. The sissy bar will bounce around all over the place....it will move up and down with every bump. On bikes with shocks....the sissy bar is mounted to the frame. Dave
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JohnsonLager Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 121	Re: Second mounting point for sissy bar Reply #2 - 07/16/14 at 09:19:57 Thanks for the reply. Can you tell me more about how they mounted it to the frame? Pictures would be greatly appreciated, at the moment I'm falling short on finding resources for s40 sissy bar mounting. Thanks
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JohnsonLager Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 121	Re: Second mounting point for sissy bar Reply #3 - 07/16/14 at 09:23:47 What's going on here?
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Second mounting point for sissy bar Reply #4 - 07/16/14 at 09:31:40 JohnsonLager wrote on 07/16/14 at 09:23:47: What's going on here? Fender is mounted to the swingarm, and the sissy bar is also the rear support for the fender. Not a great design, at least not if you intend to ride on roads with bumps.
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JohnsonLager Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 121	Re: Second mounting point for sissy bar Reply #5 - 07/16/14 at 09:51:47 Here's an idea I'm considering: Double mounting to the fender
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JohnsonLager Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 121	Re: Second mounting point for sissy bar Reply #6 - 07/16/14 at 09:53:13 Or mounting to the top of the shock and the fender
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Reply #7 - 07/16/14 at 17:55:06

That last pic will not work for 2 up.It will pivot on the front mount and just bend the fender.
Here is my Shovel I'm doing.There will be a fender strut that goes over both bolt holes in the frame and the fender will be bolted to the struts.

Here it is with the sissybar I was going to use.It works on the same principle as our stock fender struts.

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Second mounting point for sissy bar Reply #8 - 07/16/14 at 23:33:53 ...the red bike is what was left of my 1957 Panhead barhopper. Sissybar bolts to the fender. Came off a 1970s UJM, most likely a CB550-750 four cylinder, could have also been off a KZ650-1000 four. Might put it on Sam once Lisa (my wife) has her bike running again so Caitlyn (grandniece) doesn't tumble off the back.
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Reply #9 - 07/16/14 at 23:40:48

Demin,
Thank that is basically one option I'm considering right now

WD
I can't really see how the sissy bar is attached. Do you have any pictures w/o the bags

Right now I'm considering welding the rack on to the fender. Bending it and welding it to the bottom side of the fender.

Does anyone have an opinion on using electrical conduit as a sissy bar?
I know it's not the strongest stuff out there, but I used it for a luggage rack and I think it might be strong enough for a sissy bar.

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