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What about the front mount for the crash bars?  Well, I had two little pieces of big bike strut left over and the flatter part on the far side of the bandsaw blade looked perfect for the job.
Because this flange is wide I decided to cut the flanges short and bend the main web over to cap off the end.
A lot more cogitatin' and measuring and I drill the hole to mount the front mount of the crash bars.  You can see the flanges on the left splayed out and ready to weld to the sporty strut.  The existing hole in the big bike strut was almost cut in half when we made the other piece that mounts the bags at the rear, but this partial hole lines up with the front mounting hole of the sportster strut.  Once again, the welds can break and the part will still be attached. 
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