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alisonsup Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 71	Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike 12/18/16 at 10:41:24 The sissy bar is 3 feet tall and the luggage rack is 32 inches by 25
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alisonsup Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 71	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #1 - 12/18/16 at 10:43:20 Another angle
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alisonsup Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 71	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #2 - 12/18/16 at 10:45:53 I put two weights on it to see how much weight it could bear. One weight was 45 lbs and the other was 35lbs. I held both of them together.
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alisonsup Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 71	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #3 - 12/18/16 at 10:47:42 Custom made
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Reply #4 - 12/18/16 at 11:23:46

Whoa, that is a lot of hauling capacity! Nice fabbing skills.

So, is all the stress going to be down in the square holes where the sissy bar mounts (circled in red)? Wondering if you should add a strut to another bolt on the side rails for support.
Also, be careful when you load that up. Your tail/brake light will most likely be invisible. How about a flashing LED brake light up on the sissy bar?

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Blade Full Member Offline Posts: 135 Sydney Australia Gender:	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #5 - 12/18/16 at 13:04:41 You mught find that your friends now ask you if you can help them move house! One consideration though is if there is a lot of weight that far past the rear axle, you may find the steering become lighter as the bike acts like a balance beam.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #6 - 12/18/16 at 20:01:01 On that note, might wanna consider some heavy duty shocks.
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #7 - 12/18/16 at 20:24:07 Tocsik's point is important and Blade's even more so.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #8 - 12/18/16 at 20:36:24 I've never seen anything like it. Sometimes there's a reason for that.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #9 - 12/19/16 at 03:52:00 I was going to write a "danger/warning" comment like the others did - then I realized you are only teasing us. You really wouldn't load this oversize rack up and attempt to ride it....would you?
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Struch Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 134 LA Gender:	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #10 - 12/19/16 at 05:02:12 Love the sissy bar
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28663 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #11 - 12/19/16 at 06:46:04 It's a 2 wheeled flatbed...
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Reply #12 - 12/19/16 at 20:30:17

I drilled two holes on the side of that metal bar and bolted it down to the fender for some extra support(its kinda hard for y'all to see where i did this on the photo). Then I placed the sissy bar into the pre-made slots and welded it to the bike(back fender). The luggage rack was then welded to the sissy bar. No I didn't plan on carrying 80 pounds but I was surprised that the luggage rack was that durable. I only made it that size so I could have plenty of space to tie down an acoustic guitar and luggage bag on the back for when I go on the road. The max I'll probably be carrying at any given time will probably be no more than 15-20 pounds. But should I ever carry more I think I will do a shock upgrade.

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alisonsup Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 71	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #13 - 12/19/16 at 20:31:43 I was also a little concerned with the brake light and I think I will install one on the sissy bar near the top so it can be in clear view.
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alisonsup Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 71	Re: Sissy bar and Luggage Rack Upgrade on my bike Reply #14 - 12/20/16 at 08:24:40 Thi is what I wanted to carry on the rack. Two bags with clothing in them and a guitar.
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