detacthable sissy bar ?
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detacthable sissy bar ?
I was wondering how much it would cost to put a detachable sissy bar on my street bob. Installation and all that. How hard is it to install it yourself? do you have to rewire or drill any holes?
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RE: detacthable sissy bar ?
I put on my own detachable sissy bar on my 04 Superglide because Harley wanted 160 bucks. You will need to splice the wires under the fender because the kit includes longer bases for the turn signals so that the sissy bar can attach. I did not have to drill any holes. I used my motorcycle jack to lift the bikeoff the ground so the space between the top of tire and under the fender was wide enough to work under the fender without removing the tire. have some shrink wrap available to secure the wire splices for wet conditions. It took me about an hour so so but saved some cash. Its not hard to do, just a little pain.
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It took me a couple of hours to install the docking kit. The directions said to remove the rear tire???? I did jack up the bike and removed the lower shock mount and let the rear tire drop so I could get my big hands between the fender and the tire. I did not loosen the wheel. You have to cut the wires to remove the turn signal. When you splice them back be sure to lay them in the holding clips on the underside of the fender so they won't fall down and hit the tire (like mine did and wear into causing you to redo the whole thing. If you see your trun signal indicator arrow flashing real fast, the wire hit the tire and wore into).
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Go this route man.. no rewiring.. drilling.. or any of the other BS.. The only restriction is you cant use a back rest thats taller than 10.5 inches... I have it and its as strong as I have ever seen or known a backrest to be..
http://www.xtremerevolution.com/store/showproduct.aspx?variantid=18061&aid=10050
after install it uses a 94-01 style (cant remember exactly even though I just bought one) 6 11/16 inch wide FXR / sporty type rail insert.. and depending on the heigt of your rest you can get whatever size backrest pad you want.
Good luck.
http://www.xtremerevolution.com/store/showproduct.aspx?variantid=18061&aid=10050
after install it uses a 94-01 style (cant remember exactly even though I just bought one) 6 11/16 inch wide FXR / sporty type rail insert.. and depending on the heigt of your rest you can get whatever size backrest pad you want.
Good luck.
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RE: detacthable sissy bar ?
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I was wondering how much it would cost to put a detachable sissy bar on my street bob. Installation and all that. How hard is it to install it yourself? do you have to rewire or drill any holes?
I was wondering how much it would cost to put a detachable sissy bar on my street bob. Installation and all that. How hard is it to install it yourself? do you have to rewire or drill any holes?
In about a half hour I'm going to start my install, so I can tell you after that how much time and pain it takes. I posted a thread similar to yours yesterday and all my responders said they did it without a lift with no problems. Seems everyone that responded to yours did use a lift - so, who knows. I know I installed my rigids without a lift or a stand.
You DO need to be careful with what and how you do your wires. The signal light kit does call for you to cut the wires in order to pull the old "stalk" off and replace it with a new one that matches the docking hardware. However, it comes with the butt splices you will need to reconnect them and they include heat-shrinkable insulation as well. I had one of my wires come out of the retension clip a few months ago and get rubbed in two by the tire so I've already spliced one side one time.
I can tell you this much.... If you are comfortable turning a wrench at all and don't mind cutting and splicing the wires, it's worth it to do this yourself. The dealer will probably want at least 3 hours labor to do it for you.
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Okay, the job is done. I started about 9:30 this morning but it's tuff to really say how long it took for several reasons. First of all, I was back and forth between working and installing. Also, I had to remove the old sissy bar and sideplates first and the loc-tite was doing its job unfortunately so it was hard to back the screws out with the torx set I had - I ended up making a trip to the store to get a torx socket. I also had an issue most others wouldn't have to deal with. My left rear light was already spliced because of a tire rub a while back and I couldn't pull the splice through the old or new light stalk. So, I had to remove the splice and it didn't give me enough wire to get the job done on that side - so, back to the store to buy some wire. I would say the job on a normal install is fairly simple if you just follow the directions in each box. If you have everything you need right beside you, you should be able to do it in less than 3 hours - maybe even faster. Took me 5 but that includes 2 trips to the store, some work duties, and a lot of extra wire splicing.
Definitely did not need the bike on a lift but at least a stand would have been nice.
The only potential issue I have is that these sideplates are apparently a little narrower where the back of my sundowner seat is and it rubs the seat pretty hard putting the sissy bar on and off. Not sure if that will eventually rub a hole or not but I'll just have to try and be careful.
Definitely did not need the bike on a lift but at least a stand would have been nice.
The only potential issue I have is that these sideplates are apparently a little narrower where the back of my sundowner seat is and it rubs the seat pretty hard putting the sissy bar on and off. Not sure if that will eventually rub a hole or not but I'll just have to try and be careful.
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RE: detacthable sissy bar ?
Didn't drill anything. The only modifications you have to make are cutting the wires to the signal lights and splicing them back together.Other than that, everything else is bolt-on.
A friend of mine has a lowrider with a detachable sissy bar and he just got rid of his signal lights and installed an all in one LED tail light that has integrated turn signals. I wouldn't suggest that, though, because his turn signals are really hard to pick up on for some reason.
A friend of mine has a lowrider with a detachable sissy bar and he just got rid of his signal lights and installed an all in one LED tail light that has integrated turn signals. I wouldn't suggest that, though, because his turn signals are really hard to pick up on for some reason.