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Ichiban Moto
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Re: Ichiban Moto : Yamaha 500 cafe racer build
So I went through as many seat fabrication threads as the search function could find for me on the forum...
... using the tips and best practices learned, I made my own badd ass café racer seat !
It takes many hours, advanced skills, specialty tools and patience... but it is worth it to have a seat custom made for the bike vs. trying to save up for one of those expensive plastic seats. I might try to make my own gas tank too...
Here is a video on youtube to show you how to make an awesome seat like mine:
http://youtu.be/fKqJPoGC4FM
So I went through as many seat fabrication threads as the search function could find for me on the forum...
... using the tips and best practices learned, I made my own badd ass café racer seat !
It takes many hours, advanced skills, specialty tools and patience... but it is worth it to have a seat custom made for the bike vs. trying to save up for one of those expensive plastic seats. I might try to make my own gas tank too...
Here is a video on youtube to show you how to make an awesome seat like mine:
http://youtu.be/fKqJPoGC4FM
Re: Ichiban Moto : Yamaha 500 cafe racer build
Looking good man. In the future you can lengthen the working time of the epoxy by applying it to a Hawaiian shirt with some jazz playing in the background. Also, if you use a Dickies pocket shirt instead of a regular t-shirt, it gives you extra material to french a tail light into.
Looking good man. In the future you can lengthen the working time of the epoxy by applying it to a Hawaiian shirt with some jazz playing in the background. Also, if you use a Dickies pocket shirt instead of a regular t-shirt, it gives you extra material to french a tail light into.
Re: Ichiban Moto : Yamaha 500 cafe racer build
Just for clarification, there is a difference between polyester resin (what was used in the video) and epoxy resin. Epoxy doesn't smell bad like polyester and it provides a much better mechanical bond than the polyester resins. Takes much longer to cure in cold weather and is much more expensive though. It's a better material, but you won't find it in use too much due to the cost.
Just for clarification, there is a difference between polyester resin (what was used in the video) and epoxy resin. Epoxy doesn't smell bad like polyester and it provides a much better mechanical bond than the polyester resins. Takes much longer to cure in cold weather and is much more expensive though. It's a better material, but you won't find it in use too much due to the cost.
crazypj
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Re: Ichiban Moto : Yamaha 500 cafe racer build
I used to know a guy who built Kayak's and surf ski's for a living.
You can use almost anything as a lay up material, he often used printed cotton flags for people, but, they were backed with glass and kevlar
Green199 said:
I used to know a guy who built Kayak's and surf ski's for a living.
You can use almost anything as a lay up material, he often used printed cotton flags for people, but, they were backed with glass and kevlar
Ichiban Moto
Bad Ass Cafe' Style
Re: Ichiban Moto : Yamaha 500 cafe racer build
At first I thought this would be a bit premature... but then I spent some time looking through dozens of bikes that won the prestigious honor in the past. I see that some didn't look finished and some were not even running properly during the month they were on the banner.....
So yes, thank you- I accept your nomination ! !!!
edit: I have come up with a name for the bike .. I see that all of the winners have snappy names
jsharpphoto said:
At first I thought this would be a bit premature... but then I spent some time looking through dozens of bikes that won the prestigious honor in the past. I see that some didn't look finished and some were not even running properly during the month they were on the banner.....
So yes, thank you- I accept your nomination ! !!! edit: I have come up with a name for the bike .. I see that all of the winners have snappy names
Ichiban Moto
Bad Ass Cafe' Style
Re: Ichiban Moto : Yamaha 500 cafe racer build
There have been so many questions pm'ed and posted about tools... so instead of trying to type everything out or post photos, I made a quick video:
http://youtu.be/yVViJZ640yM
There have been so many questions pm'ed and posted about tools... so instead of trying to type everything out or post photos, I made a quick video:
http://youtu.be/yVViJZ640yM
