how have you intalled your glass cafe seat?

[timber]

i did a search and didnt come up with a thread about how to mount a fiberglass seat to the rails. how have some of you mounted them? drill a couple of holes and bolt or screw it down, what other ways has it been done? some pixs on how they are mounted would be helpful also.

 

[CanadaDan]

Here the seat I'm using on my R75/7

The tooth in the front slips into the backbone under the tank and the rear has a bracket that bolts into the small tube that is welded onto the rear of the seat frame... all stock!

Available at http://www.caferace.com Not cheap... but it bolts right on.

 

[ProTeal55]

I made a flat seat "base" outta almu. and rivited it to the frame on my CB450 --->

Better pic of the tray I made for the battery to sit on --->

Then I built-up the inside of the seat with hardened plywood and put some industrial velcro to hold it down--->

Works really really well, as once I sit on that thing It takes a bit of strength to get the seat off..

No need to re-invent the wheel if you dont have too.. ;D

 

[chrisf]

Mine is a thin, very light cafe seat--maybe 1/8th or 1/4 the weight of some. Mine's pretty different than others because I won't use a sub-structure to get the seat to attach. To get mine to stay on the rails, I will use very heavy, industrial velcro.

--Chris

 

[timber]

i have heard of guys using velcro for the seat but never the base?

 

[locOleoN]

hmmmmm.. yeah.. I dont think Id use HD velcro to hold down the seat pan to the frame. It UR gonna do that, I'd also drill a few holes and use some zip-ties...

 

[Tim]

Velcro would be just fine. If you're putting so much lateral force on the seat to dislodge the velcro, you're toast anyhow.

Ask ProTeal - it's exactly what he describes in his post above.