Little help with sissy bar please

[Balloontyre]

Howdy muscle bike forum!
Doing research on this I've read it's a Persons sissy bar for Schwinn Stingray 1965/6 and onward, on both legs it's stamped 8571 (possibly the stock number).
Has anyone come across this sissy bar on a Schwinn?
Thank you for the input.

 

[furyus]

No expert here. Is the bar stamped Persons? Looks like a Persons knock-off to me. I believe Schwinn went to a different sissy bar in ‘65, the high-loop bar, and boy would I like to find one of those. The ‘63-‘64 Sting-Rays used Persons bars, but they looked a little more squared off than the rounded one in your pic. But what do I know?

 

[Balloontyre]

@furyus thank you, nope just marked with number. Ya similar to the squared early persons, not a high loop.
I have a early persons and both are constructed in the same manner except the loop, same weight of steel too. Dunno? Totally out of my norm...

 

[rfeagleye]

I believe that one is a Persons made bar, sold by Schwinn as a Schwinn Approved sissy bar for BMX bikes. That is why the loop is so low on the top. You are correct that the 8571 is a part number.

 

[GTs58]

It looks like the loop is at a 90 from the legs. Maybe that got smashed by USPS during a delivery like my chain guard. lol

 

[parkrndl]

I just got one kind of similar to that from Fleabay. I didn't realize the top was folded down 90° until it actually got here. Now, mine is different because it's not an axle mount. I do believe that the comment above about BMX bikes is correct. Right in this thread here on the CABE is a late 70s Schwinn Scrambler with a similar sissy bar.

 

[GTs58]

The Mini Ray.

 

[piercer_99]

I always thought they did it that way, so you could lift your friends bike and he could do a burn out as you let it down slowly.

At least that is what we did.

 

[Balloontyre]

The mini Ray and scrambler don't show the axle mount legs so I'm still confused.

I really appreciate all the effort so far, Thank you.

 

[furyus]

All the BMX bars attach with clamps unlike your axle mounted bars. I believe yours are older than the early BMX era. Also, seems everything Persons made said Persons USA on it somewhere, even when made for someone else. I still think these are Persons knockoffs from way back.