Was going to add a sissy bar/backrest to my bike for wife's comfort
HD website is very confusing on what I will need for install

Which parts do I need? Specifically, do i need the turn signal relocation? And which docking hardware?

Sissy bar
http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...senger-upright

back pad
http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...r-backrest-pad

turn signal relocation (one review says I need, other says no)
http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...-11-5396806--1

docking hardware A
http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...-01-5409710--1

OR

docking hardware B??
http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...01-5396406b--1


Thanks in Advance

 

Why not install a Bowman Welding bar with passenger pad and save yourself a boat load of time and trouble?

If all you want to do is add a bar and passenger pad don't waste time with that HD overpriced nonsense.

A 16" passenger pad bar for your Wide Glide ready to be installed; add the pad and you're golden, no relocations or docking hardware needed, no drama; I've got their 16" non-passenger pad bar. High quality, USA made

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2010-2017-HA...3D162293508037


This is the bar I used for my Wide Glide, absolutely first rate workmanship; the HD stuff? Meh...

 

+1 on the Top Hand Ventures, I have the same one on my Street Bob, except mine has the pad mount. Fit was flawless and you dont have to relocate anything

 

How is the install on that?

Would you be able to cut into the steel to give it a notch for quick detach?

 

You won't do a quick detach on the Bowman Welding bars; they're a direct replacement for the stock bar and mount exactly the same.

If your goal is to have a quick detach you may need to look at the HD offerings.

Personally, I'd go with the Bowman and just leave it on the bike permanently; their bars are beautifully made; the Wide Glide was made for a nice tall sissy bar, she doesn't look right otherwise

 

OP

Here's a look see

Ghost

 

there's quick detach and theres fixed position..

i have the quick detach and it does need the quick detach hardware and relo since my signals are still on the rail.
see the hardware?






i still have this low/sideplate version if you are interested. you'll still need the hardware quoted above. the sideplates give you a ton of options