| Author | Message | ||
     Harold |
My new girlfriend wouldn't get back on the Buell after just one short ride, and I didn't even hit it hard. No wheelies or anything. The Corbin gunfighter seat is much larger for the passenger than the stock, but she felt she was going to go off the back. 3 hours of fab time, and I have this. It looks a little erector set like, but it can't weigh more than a pound or two, and it will hold my seat bag on without bungies to keep it off the tail light. It is also low enough and far enough back to not make getting off and on the bike an ordeal, unlike the top box on my old HD bagger. You can see right in front of the horizontal brackets my front tie down posts I made before. The rear ones were bolts sticking out through the steel bracket I wrapped around the back. It worked for the seat bag, except it still would work its way towards the rear, or side, and didn't give you confidence that something very heavy would stay on the seat. Now my bags back attachment is the bottom of the vertical tubes for the sissy bar, and the bag can't work its way over the tail light. It only took 13 years to get around to it, but the old Buell will be able to carry more than me for once, without drama.     | ||
| 01x1buell |
thats pretty cool .. now i would think about plugging the ends ,rounding the edges a little bit, and polishing it. that could make it look pretty cool and flow with the curves of the bike... just my opinion but a good idea for someone on the back. | ||
| Goldtooth |
I would rather ride alone then have that on my bike. Sorry, good idea but looks too home made. nate | ||
| Redefine420 |
Looks painful | ||
| Jramsey |
Jeeze guys,it may not be the most aesthetic piece to ever grace a tuber but he fabricated it and now his new girlfriend is riding with him ....well I think thats............... GREAT!  Besides its not permanent and easily removable unlike some other tuber mods we've seen here lately. Harold, add a plate to the top and make it a 6 pack rack.  (Message edited by Jramsey on June 12, 2011) | ||
| 01x1buell |
hey i said i liked it just clean it up a lil bit thats all. | ||
| Harold |
Yes, it's a little crude, but you have to start somewhere. It is much easier to improve something, then to have to start from scratch. I plan on having a pad upholstered for the back rest in black to match the seat, and put the largest Buell sticker I can fit on the back side of it. My bike doesn't have any tank stickers, since I can't find any. It actually looks a little better in person, but my bike isn't to impress anyone else, except by its performance. I have more $ in the engine then I could ever get back, more than the bike cost. If I had it to do over again, which I may someday, I would use 1/4" by 1" aluminum flat bar, and take it to someone with a bender. The problem with these bikes is there is nothing to fasten to. I had already taken 1-1/2" by 1/8" steel flat stock, bent it in a U, and bolted it to the seats sub-frame. The round pegs fasten the front of it, and painted black, you can't really see it. That and a 3/8" bolt sticking out where the rear bolt in the tubing is at, gave me 2 places on each side to fasten the bungies on my seat bag. The aluminum tubing bolts to this steel with spacers to get it past the body work. I just thought you guys might get your own idea of one way to get something to make these bikes more practical. There is something to be said for being able to throw something together, and not have a penny in it. My round pegs with different size grooves lathed in have benefited me several times the couple of hours they took to make. Anything I can do to be able to haul more on the Buell, means one more reason and chance to take it to town, instead of the truck. | ||
| Court |
I agree. It did WHAT you needed WHEN you needed it. That matters. If it works . . some of the suggestions here would be a cool way to clean it up, integrate it and make it look more a part of the bike. Well done . . . you saw a problem . . you solved it. I see you have no future in politics.  | ||
| S1owner |
Guys remember not every one has a full machine shoo or metal shop available to them nor does everyone have the Monet to spend. A little ingenuity and some recycled metal I think its awesome. Does the job did not cost much recycled and is not permanant. | ||
| Tod662 |
Great example of the power of the triangle  | ||
| Court |
>>>Does the job did not cost much recycled and is not permanant. Sissy bar or girlfriend? | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
If it does its job where you made it for its  and its always a nice thing to make it yourself! | ||
| Harleyms |
my only question is...did you move your tail light back? if so how?...mine is up under the tail quite a ways...I like the looks of yours | ||
| Mtjm2 |
Well , One good thing , the sissy bar and girl friend are both removable . Now that youve done one , make another out of tube stock . Cant cost you that much , much less than the girl | ||
| Harold |
I made a bracket when I got the bike to move the tail light back. It was just out of .090 aluminum sheet as I remember, and was a U shaped that the light bolts to one leg, and the other leg to where the light used to bolt to. We used it for the first time Sunday, and she says it works. 88 cubes has a way of moving her back, even trying to take off slow, so this has made her secure enough that she is no longer asking me to buy another big bike. It's strong enough you can lift the rear of the bike off the ground. The flat stock has some give, so it was comfortable the way it is. I still want to get a cushion covered in black leather to mount to it to match the seat, and maybe paint the aluminum black or silver to match the bike, and round the corners some. Being lazy, it may take a while. | ||
| Firstbuell |
keep doze wimmens happy! simple as dat...... | ||
| Jim2 |
I once took my wife for a ride without first attaching the removable Corbin back rest. I accelerated a little brisk getting on the freeway and she later explains that I almost lost her!!! Turns out that she noticed I had left off the back rest but she trusted that I knew what I was doing and didn't say anything. Not her fault she didn't realize how important it is and I bet she'll say something if I forget to use it again. I've got to be more careful and responsible. The back rest is a good idea. Since you have a Corbin I wonder if there is any chance that the back rest tube is already in your seat frame but just covered over. I doubt it but maybe someone knows. | ||
| Harold |
Jim2, On a S1W the seat is only attached with a wing nut type bolt that goes into the seat pan from underneath the back fender. There is no hidden tube, which is why my contraption is bolted to the subframe. I wish there was, but I bought this bike to wheelie, and give my heart a quicker beat, so it didn't make any difference. The fact that after an hour on the stock seat you couldn't feel you ass any more, also didn't make a difference. The Corbin is better, but this was never a long range bike, although some have done it. Way before an hours drive, I am just happy not to have a ticket. |
