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Sissybar - CX500 custom
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:48 pm
by Kal
Jules has expressed a preference for having a Sissybar on the back of the trike
Not a problem, should be easy
Can I find a sissybar with a fitment for the CX500 custom anywhere?
Like heck as like. A number of you guys have had CX's, any ideas where I can find one to fit?
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:06 pm
by Shiv
I think because it prevents you from tipping the bike over when wheeling.
Thus if you're concerned with your bike and/or your safety, you're obviously a sissy.
Or it makes the bike look ridiculous.
I don't know, been wondering the same thing myself. Not even sure what it's used for.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:14 am
by -Holiday
HAHA
come on!
a freaking sissy bar is a backrest...so people dont fall off the back of the bike.....if you're worried about falling off the back of the bike..you must be a sissy...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissy_bar
but the idea its there to keep you from tipping during wheeling is at least as rediculous as the name.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:17 am
by VermilionX
i know what it's for but im wondering why they called it a sissy bar.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:19 am
by -Holiday
VermilionX wrote:i know what it's for but im wondering why they called it a sissy bar.
i could of swore i just told you...
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:23 am
by VermilionX
-Holiday wrote:
i could of swore i just told you...
i thought you weren't serious.
...about the being afraid thing.

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:07 am
by TechTMW
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:44 am
by Kal
I was afraid of that.
I was hoping someone would know if sissybars for other bikes like the Goldwing would fit.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:12 pm
by jmillheiser
hey Kal does your old trike have the little luggage rack on the back? My CX had that rack which had a removeable sissy bar that attached to it. It was the hondaline luggae rack I think.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:28 pm
by Shiv
but the idea its there to keep you from tipping during wheeling is at least as rediculous as the name.
Yah but you see videos where some people go vertical with the bike and it rests on some kind of bar or something while others can go all the way back and flip over while wheeling.
Looks like a bar that the bike is resting on when it's doing that.