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I just completed my seat for my XS650 caferacer but you can easily build a norton manx styled seat for any bike following the same steps.
What you need:
- metal for seat base (I used aluminium and sheet metal) (I paid $10 at a blacksmith)
- a yoga mat or any foam you can shape. has to be dense enough to work on with a grinder. look in the basement or garage for camping gear
- "polster cotton". I got some of the stuff they use as last layer before putting the fabric on furniture. cost a few dollars.
- faux leather for upholstry
- really strong universal contact glue
- a friend with a sowing machine
first the seat basel
Then I marked it up and started bending by hand
Getting there
But the old seat mounts make it sit high on the frame. They have to go. More grinding!
I also have to cut the base to clear the rear fender.
I just completed my seat for my XS650 caferacer but you can easily build a norton manx styled seat for any bike following the same steps.
What you need:
- metal for seat base (I used aluminium and sheet metal) (I paid $10 at a blacksmith)
- a yoga mat or any foam you can shape. has to be dense enough to work on with a grinder. look in the basement or garage for camping gear
- "polster cotton". I got some of the stuff they use as last layer before putting the fabric on furniture. cost a few dollars.
- faux leather for upholstry
- really strong universal contact glue
- a friend with a sowing machine
first the seat basel
Then I marked it up and started bending by hand
Getting there
But the old seat mounts make it sit high on the frame. They have to go. More grinding!
I also have to cut the base to clear the rear fender.