Gotta agree, if I'd of seen Nox's I may have saved the trouble of modifying mine. I prefer the look of no sissybar/luggage rack, but it seems I was always wanting to carry something, whether it was something small like warmer gloves, a warmer shirt or something I just bought. I tried saddlebags and didn't like them. For me the sissybar/luggage rack was preferable to saddlebags. I'm curious, for you guys who don't run with a sissy bar, where do you stash stuff? Do you use saddlebags?