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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 04:54 PM
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I recently purchased my first street bike which is an Iron 883. Nothing drastically different than stock. I made the sissy bar that is on it. I'll be getting one of the HD clip on windscreens in the mail shortly. Any advice for cable routing? Just thought I would say hi. I've been browsing around the forum for a month or so.

 
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 05:17 PM
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 05:53 PM
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 06:09 PM
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I like your Sporty, nice color scheme. Welcome aboard.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 06:24 PM
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Nice work on the sissy bar!
 
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Old Apr 17, 2014 | 12:09 AM
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Welcome to the forum nice job on that sissy that's a good looking sporty.
 
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Thanks for all the welcomes. The sissy bar is made of a little dinky tubing so it's not as tough as I wished it was... I made it with what material was laying around at a short welding recert class I just finished. I'll make a tougher one if I ever get the money together to buy a welder for at home. Was tough to make it since I couldn't tack it together on the bike, a lot of measuring....
 
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I am assuming you are a structural mechanic in the navy by your name and location.I too was in airframes(hydraulics) in the worlds finest Navy.Welcome to the forum!
 
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