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sissy bar

sissy bar noun: a looped bar behind the saddle of a motorcycle or bicycle, serving primarily as a backrest for the driver or a passenger.

Noun

sissy bar (plural sissy bars)

  1. A looped bar behind the saddle of a motorcycle or bicycle, serving primarily as a backrest for the driver or a passenger.
    • l weld a short piece of steel stock to each side of the sissy bar. The steel is still hot from the welding, so a quick shot from teh acetylene torch makes them easy to bend. I use a box-end wrench to provide leverage for bending. Take care to make sure the final position matches from side to side...2005, Billy Lane, Billy Lane's How To Build Old School Choppers, Bobbers and Customs, →ISBN, page 125
    • His tail light was mounted on the sissy bar and his fenders were bobbed and painted to match the tank.2007, Martin J. Cvitkovich, Split-The Early Years, →ISBN, page 32

Examples of sissy bar in a sentence

  • l weld a short piece of steel stock to each side of the sissy bar.2005, Billy Lane, Billy Lane's How To Build Old School Choppers, Bobbers and Customs, →ISBN, page 125:
  • We repacked, this time strapping the blankets and tent to the back of the sissy bar and on top of the two suitcases, which left room for the rear passenger.2014, Gregory W. Frazier, Down and Out in Patagonia, Kamchatka, and Timbuktu, →ISBN:

Forms of sissy bar

pluralsissy bars

Questions about sissy bar

What does sissy bar mean?
Sissy bar means a looped bar behind the saddle of a motorcycle or bicycle, serving primarily as a backrest for the driver or a passenger.
How do you use sissy bar in a sentence?
l weld a short piece of steel stock to each side of the sissy bar.
What part of speech is sissy bar?
Sissy bar is a noun.
What is the plural of sissy bar?
The plural of sissy bar is sissy bars.

Words near sissy bar in the dictionary

  1. Sissons
  2. sissoo
  3. sissoo spinach
  4. sissoos
  5. sissy
  6. sissy bar
  7. sissy bars
  8. sissy hypno
  9. sissy squat
  10. sissy squats
  11. sissyfication

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