Now for my seat I had planned do have it look something like the triumph scrambler, so i was going to use plywood
and see how that works out i guess, its pretty flexible with how I have it cut out to accommodate the frame but im either gonna try and reinforce it with some steel sheeting or redo the seat pan with a thin steel sheet? i dunno what kind of seat other people have done without cutting or modifying the existing frame?
anyways heres my materials and process for the seat
Idea i had for the tank paint, a little honda tribute
the template mocked up with the tank and some paint ideas
and on the bike
and then on making the seat, i got some foam from walmart and some of those foam floor tiles as well and glued them on to the wooden seat pan
trying to weigh it down to make the glue stick
i cut out the floor tile layers but left the top foam layer to keep a little but of protection over the metal frame, the plan is for it to slip on top of the frame and line up so its barely noticeable
it lined up really nice and feels good, although im still looking for ways to fasten it to the frame itself and maybe how to reinforce it at all if anyone has any suggestions?
And then the seat with some weatherproof leather stretched overtop, its a real frankenstein upholstery job haha I did it myself with a carpet knife and about a thousand staples, she aint pretty but it gets the job done, at least i think...
And now that the Forks, Front wheel, and headlight casing is painted i decided to reassemble the front end, I picked up some after market blinkers to look a little more sleek, its starting to come together now with everything and having the forks lowered, tank is repainted again back to a dark cherry red colour although I AM NEVER SATISFIED!!!!
i had planned to do some black designs over top but we'll see how far i get before deciding to strip it down again
Of course gotta have the black tape for no apparent reason
its purpose is limited now but maybe when its back on the road it'll do more than hold the headlight in place, new headlight brackets from ebay, stille want to puit some fork bnoots on it to really make it look mean, but as it stands now here it is