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Okay here is the idea. I have been trolling around here going on a year and have been thinking about a new take on the cafe seat and tank.
Has anyone ever seen a seat and tail done out of wood. I was thinking of using mahogany like the classic old wooden speedboats. After the tail is shaped and sanded leave the sides natural and do a thick dark navy strip to lead into a navy tank. I know its not normal to see anything wooden on these bikes but it will be different. Bike is a mid 70's Honda CB450 btw.
Any thoughts or am i crazy to mix wood and metal in such a way?
+1 to Curb's seat. There's another member (can't remember the name) that talked about a wooden seat. He did comment on Curbcast's build recently though.
They'll get you the stripping, resins and wax stuff you'll need to form things like a wood "case" for your tank or making a read cowl.
If you want to make it out of solid wood, you're probably better off looking into planes, saws and other carving goodies you can get at http://www.leevalley.com/Default.aspx
Either way, hope you have some cash set aside for this project. I think it's an awesome idea, but you're going to pay out of pocket and you might have a couple attempts before you make something you're happy with.
do it. Its cool. Mine was inspired by a moped I saw with a skate deck for a seat. I just took that idea & sexed it up a lil bit. Gotta do it just that little bit better
I'm new to the site but excited to see people bouncing ideas around wood seats. I build a wood seat for my xs750, hear it is. The wood is solid walnut harvested from my farm in Indiana.
very unique bike he's brewing up there. I wonder what he's going to do as far as finish on the seat. He could almost go with just a clear polyurethane to match the gloss of the forks and give it a richer tone.
For an art bike, wood looks cool. For a daily rider I would never even consider it. I've ridden bikes with little padding and been sorry after only short rides.
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