homemade sissy bars?

[scrumblero]

I need some ideas for a sissy bar I gotta make, lets see some of those homemade sissy bars!! :roll:

 

[Markm]

find an old aluminum crutch (goodwill) and run it upside down :mrgreen:

 

[karfer67]

go on bike rod and custom and check out the progression of the custom muscle bike. i think around 65 66 they show a ton of goofy tall sissy bars. take your pick

 

[icyuod2]

heres a few ideas for you
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/feature ... ar-school/

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Made out of electrical conduit pipe :wink:

 

[scrumblero]

Made out of electrical conduit pipe :wink:

now thats what I'm talkin about! how did u bend the loop at the top? is it chromed or painted!

TIA!!!

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Buddy of mine used a pipe bender :wink: It's not chromed or painted, it is just like you would find it off the shelf except that I steel wooled it to get the writing off

 

[scrumblero]

OK man .. I'm goin for it! I can always weld it together at the top if I cant bend that small of a radius.. how did u smash the mounting spots? I wanna have a plan before I jump in... :roll:

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

OK man .. I'm goin for it! I can always weld it together at the top if I cant bend that small of a radius.. how did u smash the mounting spots? I wanna have a plan before I jump in... :roll:

Oh yeah, hammer for where it goes on the seat and a vice at the bottom :wink:

 

[scrumblero]

oh your my hero!! I'm gonna hack at it as soon as i get the yard work done.. :x

 

[aka_locojoe]

Conduit and elbows.

 

[scrumblero]

well.... it didn't turn out too bad I guess.... :roll:

 

[BrunneCustoms]

Wow! It's looking good. Really tall. Or is that just the picture?

 

[scrumblero]

err.. its almost 5 feet, I guess thats tall... :lol:

 

[Fireproof]

That looks cool!
So, now you gotta tell us . . .how did you do the “bend” at the top.

 

[B607]

Made out of electrical conduit pipe :wink:

That's a really nice looking StingRay. Did you make that? When I was a kid my brother and I got new StingRays for Christmas 1966. We knew we were getting them and my dad asked what color we wanted. I wanted black. Sorry, no black StingRays. Whaaaaaa! I got coppertone and my brother got blue. When I outgrew the StingRay I bought a black Deluxe Typhoon. Black Schwinns and black Chevy trucks do it for me. Gary

 

[Graylock]

That looks cool!
So, now you gotta tell us . . .how did you do the “bend” at the top.

Like this?

Pie shape cut under, bend, and weld. Bend some more.
.......or not......... :|

Graylock

 

[Robeast]

THANKS for the picture, scrumblero! Your "wood clamp/bike holder" is right up my alley! I know what I'm making this morning! My garage is too crowded for a stand, but being a furniture guy, these are items that are in there already. Oh yea, The sissy bar turned out pretty cool, too!

 

[scrumblero]

Thanks guys! Graylock has it, cept I wasnt smart enough to leave the little bit between them.I just hacked em off with the chop saw.....

and Robeast, the clamp thingy is workin great, so far I have ZERO spots to touch up on the paint on this build... that might be a first !!!! :lol: :lol:

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

well.... it didn't turn out too bad I guess.... :roll:

Pretty cool with that point at the top :mrgreen: Looks great :wink: