'81 kz440: brat cafe build

[dmrhoades]

haha thanks..the side stand on these things make taking pics very difficult

[7aliveatlast7]

so today i went to the local "you pull it" yard in search of some good, firm seat foam for my seat.  i ended up getting the entire bottom of a front seat in perfect shape for $4.24!  got it home and got the turkey knife out and went to town.  please pardon the awful cell phone pic, but this'll give an idea of what it will look like.  the vinyl came off an old bench press set my parents had in their garage.  dad pulled it from the trash years ago, and it's finally getting used for something, ha! just pulled some of the material loosely over the seat to get an idea...

[dmrhoades]

Lookin good!

[CafeRacer650]

Looks awesome dude!  Looking forward to seeing your progress!

[7aliveatlast7]

little seat update.  so i wanted a seat pan i could staple into once i was ready to stretch my cover around it, and i knew the best way to do that would be to make it out of abs plastic.  i scratched my head trying to think of where to get such a big, flat piece as i needed, and finally it came to me...50 gallon drum.  my in-laws happened to have an old one laying around, and they said it was all mine if i wanted it, so i got to cutting it up.  it's nice and thick, and the only problem with it is it likes to curl back up a bit when not screwed down (since the piece i used was cut from the side of the drum), but that's no problem.  mother is working on sewing up a boss seat cover for me, so i should have that by tuesday and have the seat finished and mounted soon after!

[tron97]

Right on, I used abs for my seat pan as well.. It works great. Super easy to upholster, flexes a bit, and doesnt absorb moisture.

[jdub]

I dug the baby blue color of the tank in the original post.

Other than a drum, if you can't get one, where do you get ABS like that for the seat?

[tron97]

http://www.amazon.com/H2O-Audio-Snow-Skate/dp/B0000AMA6N/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1344277951&sr=8-3&keywords=snowskate

I used something like that...fit my frame hoop perfect with a wee little trimming.

[7aliveatlast7]

I dug the baby blue color of the tank in the original post.

Other than a drum, if you can't get one, where do you get ABS like that for the seat?

yeah, i was a fan of the blue as well, but i think i'm ready for a new direction.  nothing's in stone yet though!  as for the ABS, i have no idea!  i guess the snow skate thing works too, never thought of that. 

[7aliveatlast7]

finally have a decent seat.  not my favorite thing ever, but it was home grown and practically free.  came to less than $8 for everything involved in it. 

[jdub]

I like it.

[CafeRacer650]

It's lookin' mean!!

[7aliveatlast7]

thanks guys!  forgot to mention i also scored a 50' roll of copper colored exhaust wrap on amazon for $10!  haven't seen it for less than 45-55, so i was very pleased with that deal to say the least.  reason for it being so cheap was that it was "used" but in "like new" condition.  i thought how the heck could you "use" exhaust wrap but still have it in "new" condition?  figured i'd chance it and see, and it turns out "used" meant that the packaging it came it had been opened, but the wrap was still in it's plastic wrapper inside haha. 

[Shermanator86]

Looking good man, best $8 seat I've ever seen

[7aliveatlast7]

haha, yeah, not bad for the price!  at this point, i'm at a crossroads...i'm not sure whether to go with the dual straight pipes, or make a 2-1 collector and run the shorty reverse cone muffler i bought thinking i would want it for this build.  as of now, i'm leaning towards the muffler, but we'll see what happens!

here's a quick (and crappy) shot with the muffler mocked up on it.





or the straight pipes.