A sissy bar (highlighted) mounted on a Harley-Davidson DynaA sissy bar mounted on a Schwinn Sting-Ray
A sissy bar, also called a "sister bar" or "passenger backrest", is an addition to the rear of a bicycle or motorcycle that allows the rider or passenger to recline against it while riding. Alternatively it can serve as an anchor point or support for mounting luggage or equipment that is not part of the bike. They can serve as one of the main mounts securing the rear fender to the motorcycle. Over the years the sissy bars have been a focal point of expression for the bike builder. Custom sissy bar designs can be simple or extravagant. They can be built for comfort, purpose, style or a combination of all three.[1]
In the early 1960s some states initiated laws that mandated the use of a bar on the back of a street motorcycle for safety reasons. At the time bikers were not a group particularly concerned with safety, and started referring to the bars as "sissy" bars because they were not happy about having to comply with the new law. Some bikers began making excessively tall sissy bars as a form of protest, which later became part of the modern chopper look. A variety of materials were used to fabricate these custom sissy bar designs such as tubing, wrought iron, plate metal, and even welded chain.[1]
Sissy bars for cruiser-style motorcycles are usually affixed to the rear fender struts, and are typically made of chrome-plated steel with a foam padded seatback for comfort. Some elaborate custom examples can extend three feet or more. A backrest for a touring motorcycle is often shorter and less elaborate and may be built into a top box.
^ ab"What is a Sissy Bar? New Way to Think about Sissy Bars for Motorcycles – Lowbrow Customs".
A sissybar, also called a "sister bar" or "passenger backrest", is an addition to the rear of a bicycle or motorcycle that allows the rider or passenger...
SissyBar is an American indie pop band. They formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994 after founding members Joy Ray and Courtney Holt became obsessed...
motorcycle and characterized by ape hanger handlebars, a banana seat with sissybar, and small (16-to-20-inch (410 to 510 mm)) wheels. Notable examples include...
straighter bars with longer risers; the addition of four-way flashers; a one-piece seat; smaller turn signals; the deletion of the sissybar; and the addition...
the day, while many banana-seat cycles were fitted with tall chromed sissybar passenger backrests at the rear of the seat. In mid-1968, Huffman released...
upright riding position with a king/queen seat and a factory installed sissybar. The VN750 also featured adjustable air shocks front and rear, with Showa...
lowrider cars. These bikes often feature a long, curved banana seat with a sissybar and very tall upward-swept ape hanger handlebars. A lot of chrome, velvet...
Shy Boys The Siddeleys The Silly Pillows Sing Sing Yo Yo Honey Singh SissyBar Troye Sivan Sleepy Township Slow Pulp Small Factory Smallpools Dan Smith...
dealer installed Windjammer brand fairing, saddle bags, sissybar and highway bars. Highway bars were also used for comfort on long trips and sometimes...
like on the FLH, narrow 21 inch wheel, buckhorn handle bar, bobbed fender, a small sissybar, and even flames paint job. It still had twin shocks, though...
spring-fork, a new sleeker Sting-Ray banana seat, and a Person's Hi-loop Sissybar. The Super Deluxe also gave the rider a choice of White wall tires or...
(51 cm) rear. The rear hoop above the seat resembled a dragster anti roll bar "sissybar". Even the kickstand was designed to give the stationary bicycle a lean...
nightlife, including Gilley's, a popular Pasadena bar and nightclub. Bud meets fellow nightclub patron, Sissy, at Gilley's. They fall in love, marry soon after...
Rodríguez-López, Scapegoat Wax, Scenario Rock, Arman Méliès, Mandrake, SissyBar, and Crooked Cowboy and the Freshwater Indians. Papineau received initial...
Later a Silverado model, which included such amenities as a windscreen, sissybar and soft sidebags was introduced as an upscale model. The V-Star 1100...
O'Connor Single Gun Theory Siouxsie and the Banshees Sir Mix-a-Lot Sisqó SissyBar The Sisters of Mercy Sixpence None the Richer 16 Horsepower Skank Skinny...
May 1971. It featured 'ape-hanger' handlebars, a 'banana seat' and a 'sissybar'. A small highlight and 2.0 imp gal (9.1 L; 2.4 US gal) tank were fitted...
hidden sub-tank to increase capacity), a low height two-piece seat with sissybar and backrest, cruiser handlebar, cast wheels, chrome front fender, a round...
described as "a classic New York drag bar with low lounge lighting and a lengthy bar". Specifically, "SissyBar will have a similarly designed backbar...
Before they officially started to date in 1997, they hung out together at a bar and Larry kept putting quarters in the jukebox, playing romantic songs by...
as well as sculpting a 3D metal spade which was incorporated into the sissybar. The crew incorporated the phrase "POW/MIA" and the POW/MIA logo wherever...
other such furniture used for resting one's back Fishing rod backrest Sissybar, a backrest on a motorcycle This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
publication called Choppers, which featured articles on extending forks, custom sissybars, etc. It was a small, black and white publication that ran from 1967 to...
Global Information
