I'm thinking overhanging the plate just a little bit but not so far back it's on line with the tip of the fender. I believe my tail light sits higher than the license plate on a stock bike, so I need some help there in determining how high to make this thing rise up from the strut bolts, and also how far back to build it. One problem I have is that years ago a jig saw happened to take the last foot of my fender off. I was planning on building up my garage capabilities a little bit this summer, but I've got so many gears turning in my head I just jumped in head first and ordered up a few hundred dollars worth of tools Hopefully they don't get here until AFTER finals are over or I'll never get any studying in. Hopefully I can make some more computer models next week to convey the final options, but it is basically to the point where a physical model is needed. I just don't have much time for the next week and a half and after that I don't have access to computers with that software. ![]() I knew I was arriving at a pretty well developed mock-up when I assembled D on the computer. Zero tolerance issues that way, but this sissy bar might not bolt up to any other America in the world unless you drill the holes out one size larger. I built this sissybar with rear mounts welded on first, bolted it up and then positioned the front mounting points and welded them in place. ![]() Unless you have the bike right there as you're making the sissybar, the only way around this tolerance issue is to make bigger holes so there is some wiggle room. I don't know how much tolerance triumph allows when welding the nuts on the inside edge of the fender, but I do know when I built my sissybar, the distance between the left side mounting bolts was a little over a mm wider than on the right. This is so that there can be more room for error in manufacturing and the parts will all still mate up together. Look at your fender strut and you'll see the holes are ovals, not round. Drilling the holes right just might be that difficult. Harald, you touched on one of my biggest concerns with producing sissy bars. This isn't the first time the subject of aftermarket luggage racks/sissybars has come up and I've got a few variations of designs in mind. ![]() I've got tons of time this summer and I've been toying with the idea of making a few things to sell.
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