Highway Bars

[dannylightning]

verry cool, loos easy to make too

[duosport]

Well I made my attempt at low rent crash bars. I think I accomplished moderately good looks but their effectiveness as crash bars leaves much to be desired.

[duosport]

The support flanges I made from sturdy 1/8" thick galvanized steel. The main tube is a 3/4" solid threaded steel rod with a rubber tube sleeve. The problem is the flanges are flat steel and are only about an inch or so apart. They torque. The right side support required an "S" bend in it to clear the exhaust pipe. I suspect that the other members set ups also flex at the supports a bit too.

I think I will be removing this bar from my bike.

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by duosport

Well I made my attempt at low rent crash bars. I think I accomplished moderately good looks but their effectiveness as crash bars leaves much to be desired.

I know you don't want to make the bike look like a bridge project but is there a possiblity you could add a brace from the bar down to the foot peg mount ? That would prevent torqueing and add a lot of strength.

[duosport]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

I know you don't want to make the bike look like a bridge project but is there a possiblity you could add a brace from the bar down to the foot peg mount ? That would prevent torqueing and add a lot of strength.

That's a thought. Maybe. I can look into it. Not sure of the appearance of it.

[duosport]

I had a look and there is the bolt for the reflector just north of it all so that is not a bad idea. If it tightens it all up and I paint the mounting hardware flat black it would be pretty invisible.

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by duosport

I had a look and there is the bolt for the reflector just north of it all so that is not a bad idea. If it tightens it all up and I paint the mounting hardware flat black it would be pretty invisible.

Right on !! Excellent idea. :2tup:

[blaine]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

Right on !! Excellent idea. :2tup:

That would definitely make things stronger.
:2tup: :cool:

[cayuse]

yeah, duo, you've got to stiffen it up it you're going to leave it on. Getting back to my earlier concern, you don't want an accessory on there that makes a great place to rest your feet but ends up screwing up your exhaust in a 'lame' tip-over. After connecting it to the frame using the reflector screw, try gently laying your bike down on it's side and see if those galvanized bars flex at all.

[SpiritOaks]

Thanks for pointing me to this post Blaine!! I'm definitely putting hubby to work soon.... :crackup Orpheus, those pegs are the original stock rear pegs, right? I plan on removing the rear seat and thus the pegs, so that would save having to buy those. :rawk: I will be coming back to this post again. :2tup: