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Jim_R Ex Member	no sissybar 10/18/05 at 19:41:31 I took mine off when installing my saddlebag brackets. I like the look. What do u guys think of having one or not?
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: no sissybar Reply #1 - 10/18/05 at 22:42:05 i believe my thoughts are well known on this issue, bob the darn thing. no sissy bar, no rear seat, no passengers. big arsed tire. yipeeeee..
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jbrough7 Ex Member	Re: no sissybar Reply #2 - 10/19/05 at 03:22:30 I concur. Took the ugly thing off and the bike looks like a sportster in one fell swoop. still have to get rid of those ugly chrome thingies on the fender!
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Michiel Pielkenrood Guest	Re: no sissybar Reply #3 - 10/19/05 at 05:08:29 I think my girlfriend would break up with me, she simply loves riding on my bike with me and couldn't do without a sissybar (as I accelerate like a maniac 8)), so although it doesn't look good, it stays on!
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: no sissybar Reply #4 - 10/19/05 at 05:29:20 I like the look with it removed but I've become accustomed to having my ammo box trunk mounted on the luggage rack and I strap other stuff to it for my commutes to/from work and elsewhere. It looks better gone but it's just useful to me.
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threezukes Ex Member	Re: no sissybar Reply #5 - 10/19/05 at 05:47:13 I took the pad off and took a grinder to the pad mounts. I think it looks better with just the bar and no pad.
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Richard Amirault

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Reply #6 - 10/19/05 at 06:21:20

My 2004 didn't have one when I got it. The bike had been 'rear ended' in an accident and the sissy bar was gone.

I replaced the damaged side rails and got a replacement sissy bar/pad off eBay .. but when I installed the side rails I didn't realise that I needed to put the sissy bar on at the same time (not afterward) ... but it is nice not to have it because now I can bungee large things on to the passenger seat and let it hang off the back ... something I couldn't do if the sissy bar was there.

Richard in Boston, MA, USA

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Reply #7 - 10/19/05 at 06:30:54

Jim_R wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:

I took mine off when installing my saddlebag brackets. I like the look. What do u guys think of having one or not?

The rear end of the fender rail bolts to the sissy bar which bolts to the fender. If you remove just the sissy bar and keep the rails you need to cut the bar to retain the rear rail mounts. (unless you want the rear ends of the fender rails to be not fastened down.)

The rear turn signals mount to the fender rails, with the wire under the rail. If you remove the sissy bar and fender rails you need to replace/relocate the rear turn signals and wiring.

My LeatherLyke saddlebags mount to studs that mount to the fender rails thus requiring the sissybar for support. I need the bags.

I've always felt that the short sissybar was silly looking -- either remove or replace with an 18" tall sissy bar.

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: no sissybar Reply #8 - 10/19/05 at 06:39:38 Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10: I've always felt that the short sissybar was silly looking -- either remove or replace with an 18" tall sissy bar. Agreed. I may try to make a taller sissybar myself.
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jbrough7 Ex Member	Re: no sissybar Reply #9 - 10/19/05 at 07:06:53 Life sucks, eh? Should we go for form or function? I look at pontiac solstice's because of their looks but I buy montana's because of their functionality. Oh, to be young and single again!
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clueless-FSO Senior Member Offline Posts: 454 Birmingham, Al Gender:	Re: no sissybar Reply #10 - 10/19/05 at 13:24:15 Took off side rails and sissy bar. Signals now on rear fender. Like it much better!
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jbrough7 Ex Member	Re: no sissybar Reply #11 - 10/19/05 at 14:30:55 did you have much trouble with the signal lights? i'm looking to do the same
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lcs151 Ex Member	Re: no sissybar Reply #12 - 10/21/05 at 11:42:00 whats the easiest way to get the bar off? saw it off?
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: no sissybar Reply #13 - 10/21/05 at 11:45:02 Its not hard to just take out the bolts that are holding it in place,but i guess the easiest way would be a plazma cutter
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Richard Amirault

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Reply #14 - 10/21/05 at 12:31:13

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:

The rear end of the fender rail bolts to the sissy bar which bolts to the fender. If you remove just the sissy bar and keep the rails you need to cut the bar to retain the rear rail mounts. (unless you want the rear ends of the fender rails to be not fastened down.)

I don't think so .. at least not on my bike ... the bolt that attaches the back end of the side rail and one half of the sissybar goes thru the same hole.

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