60es' Style: Sissy Bars to the Sky

Wyatt had a pretty sleek, albeit very long one on his Captain America bike. Many photos in Easyriders and other chopper magazines, show that the squiggly lean-to bars on chopped Harleys grew taller and taller, and the backrests couldn't be high enough. Their nickname, sissybar, came from wicked tongues that claimed only wimps - "sissies" - needed such a thing to cling to. Because sissybars are a fashion, the movement is already ebbing away in the '70s. On Arlen Ness' diggers, they're off limits. With the soft choppers of the 80s, the theme was further diluted. Sissy bars then became grab bars with pads. Outside the USA, for decades, especially the German-speaking journaille and authorities went vehemently against this "craziness of the 'long-haired bombers' ". Only the harmonization within the EU created some free space with the topic Sissy bar.

Sissy Bars at W&W

From the 60es' style sissy bar with almost 70 cm height above the rear axle up to low grab bars, there are all kinds of designs. In addition fab material for DIY bars, prefabricated universal bars and of course model-specific retaining plates for swingarm frame models such as Sportster, FX, FXR, Dyna, Softail and Touring. Bates, Fehling, Khrome Werks and The Gasbox are the well-known manufacturers. The selection is completed by various pads, also from seat specialists such as LePera.