Lurker out of the Closet
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JustinLonghorn
No Purple Hearts, No Blue Ribbons
Consider this your official welcome, sir.
leadfoot
If Satan lived in Heaven, he'd be me
Welcome from a fellow new guy.
I just got an 80 cb750 and am interested in what you did to make your seat cowl, I've been struggling with ideas to make one work without cutting off my subframe.
Here's where I'm at so far, seat fabrication is next on the list...
I just got an 80 cb750 and am interested in what you did to make your seat cowl, I've been struggling with ideas to make one work without cutting off my subframe.
Here's where I'm at so far, seat fabrication is next on the list...
Andreas
Cheap Bastard
Hi leadfoot,
First of, I love that rear fender.
Second, thats exactly what I wanted to do as well, ad a cowl but not cut of the subframe.
The cowl itself is an old XS650 tank of CL i got for $10. I cut it of, long enough to cover the sub frame fully. I got that idea from someone else in the forum, cant remember who, who did the same thing, but did cut of the sub frame.
I used 2 brackets from Ace Hardware to mount to the cowl and allow it to clamp to the point in the frame where the seat would bolt on, and drilled the tank (now a cowl) towards the rear to allow me to bolt it on to the part of the frame where the rear fender bolts were.
The best parts about this are:
A. It leaves a lot of space free in the back to move the battery which is next in line
B. The tab on the tank which used to bolt on to the fram makes a nifty mounting space for the tail light.
So its essentially a 2 part unit. The seat is separate from the cowl.
For the seat I used an old no parking sign (not saying where I got it) to make the seat pan. I bent it to form to allow it to bolt on the tank mounting bolt in front and rest against the sub frame in the back. I drilled holes in the center to bolt it to the frame at the brace with 2 holes by the battery box mounts.
I used a piece of pine to form the seat and fill the half circle in the cowl. I glued 2 layers of cut up walmart camping pads (thanks to some other guy in the forum) to them and streched some fake leatehr from micheals on to it.
I also used hardware brackets to bilt the wood together.
I finished the metal edges by using the trimming you can buy at a car parts shot for car door edges.
Here are some closer pics so you can see the process somewhat. I did not take too many pics during the process which I regret.
Good luck on the build.
First of, I love that rear fender.
Second, thats exactly what I wanted to do as well, ad a cowl but not cut of the subframe.
The cowl itself is an old XS650 tank of CL i got for $10. I cut it of, long enough to cover the sub frame fully. I got that idea from someone else in the forum, cant remember who, who did the same thing, but did cut of the sub frame.
I used 2 brackets from Ace Hardware to mount to the cowl and allow it to clamp to the point in the frame where the seat would bolt on, and drilled the tank (now a cowl) towards the rear to allow me to bolt it on to the part of the frame where the rear fender bolts were.
The best parts about this are:
A. It leaves a lot of space free in the back to move the battery which is next in line
B. The tab on the tank which used to bolt on to the fram makes a nifty mounting space for the tail light.
So its essentially a 2 part unit. The seat is separate from the cowl.
For the seat I used an old no parking sign (not saying where I got it) to make the seat pan. I bent it to form to allow it to bolt on the tank mounting bolt in front and rest against the sub frame in the back. I drilled holes in the center to bolt it to the frame at the brace with 2 holes by the battery box mounts.
I used a piece of pine to form the seat and fill the half circle in the cowl. I glued 2 layers of cut up walmart camping pads (thanks to some other guy in the forum) to them and streched some fake leatehr from micheals on to it.
I also used hardware brackets to bilt the wood together.
I finished the metal edges by using the trimming you can buy at a car parts shot for car door edges.
Here are some closer pics so you can see the process somewhat. I did not take too many pics during the process which I regret.
Good luck on the build.
leadfoot said:Welcome from a fellow new guy.
I just got an 80 cb750 and am interested in what you did to make your seat cowl, I've been struggling with ideas to make one work without cutting off my subframe.
Here's where I'm at so far, seat fabrication is next on the list...
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leadfoot
If Satan lived in Heaven, he'd be me
Thanks very much for the pics and info!
I'm pretty happy with my fender chop, came out decent considering it was my first attempt lol.
Nice job on your seat/cowl, pretty clever way to do it. I may have to swipe a few of your ideas in my attempt. My goal is to make a seat/cowl that attaches just like the stock seat. That way I can quickly swap seats for when I ride with my wife on the back. Going to start on it next week, I'll be sure to post up build pics and final result when I get it done. Thanks again.
I'm pretty happy with my fender chop, came out decent considering it was my first attempt lol.
Nice job on your seat/cowl, pretty clever way to do it. I may have to swipe a few of your ideas in my attempt. My goal is to make a seat/cowl that attaches just like the stock seat. That way I can quickly swap seats for when I ride with my wife on the back. Going to start on it next week, I'll be sure to post up build pics and final result when I get it done. Thanks again.
Andreas
Cheap Bastard
Thanks man. Initially I was going for something like this, but since my wife hates my bike and i would have to chop the rear i did not.
I also thought of buying a stock old seat pan, strip it, put the pan on and re upholster. But the pans were too pricey, no matter how bad condition they were in.
If you find an aluminum sheet long enough, you could form it the way i did but all the way to the back, build brackets to fit the original bolt holes on the side of the frame and attach cowl to sheet. That was my original thought but i could not find a street sign long enough. A one way sigh may have worked but it was in a much to visible area.
I did try not to go the five finger discount path, but any aluminum from the hardware was way too thin, and anything in that thickness was being sold in 4x6 sheets, way more than I needed
I also thought of buying a stock old seat pan, strip it, put the pan on and re upholster. But the pans were too pricey, no matter how bad condition they were in.
If you find an aluminum sheet long enough, you could form it the way i did but all the way to the back, build brackets to fit the original bolt holes on the side of the frame and attach cowl to sheet. That was my original thought but i could not find a street sign long enough. A one way sigh may have worked but it was in a much to visible area.
I did try not to go the five finger discount path, but any aluminum from the hardware was way too thin, and anything in that thickness was being sold in 4x6 sheets, way more than I needed
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