my cb650 build -- which seat???

[m900]

My build.. Which seat? The bike will end just ast the rear shocks, so all four seats will need to be trimmed to a point. The Roc City seats will let me hide teh battery, so no need for a battery box somewhere inconspicuous, so teh $$ is not that much of a consideration;

the "Norton" decal will be gone when I repaint the tank.

Thruxton style from Neuxstone $79;

Manx from Neuxstone $79;

Roc City's seat $105;

another Roc City seat $100:

 

[Deviant1]

The manx seat would be pretty bad-ass, but then you still have the battery issue. I like the first Roccity base because it's got a nice shape and it will hide the battery. As a side note, have you thought of making one specifically for your application? There are tons of threads on multiple methods for making a seat on this forum. It's easier to buy one, I'll admit, but making your own gives you more pride in what you're rolling. A trade-off either way I guess.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this build. Seems like the 650's are going pretty cheap around here still and you don't see many cafed up. Keep it comin man!

 

[m900]

The manx seat would be pretty bad-ass, but then you still have the battery issue. I like the first Roccity base because it's got a nice shape and it will hide the battery. As a side note, have you thought of making one specifically for your application? There are tons of threads on multiple methods for making a seat on this forum. It's easier to buy one, I'll admit, but making your own gives you more pride in what you're rolling. A trade-off either way I guess.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this build. Seems like the 650's are going pretty cheap around here still and you don't see many cafed up. Keep it comin man!

I have too much stuff to do to try to make a seat at this point, and I'd rather burn time on stuff like adapting a Brembo caliper for the front brake, and making ths suff I can't buy -- like battery boxes, and riding!

I like the Manx, but the battery issue is a bg deal... I also like the first Roc City seat, but I wonder if it will flow with the lines on the tank...

don't know what to do...

 

[Kev Nemo]

I'd do one of these:

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mount the battery sideways under the bump and your good

 

[Low_lo]

Im building a 79 CB650 myself. There arent too many of us out there for some reason. (on a side note, why is that? everyone builds the smaller and the larger CBs but its rare to find a 650.. ??? )

Have you seen this one on youtube?

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I think this dood did an excellent job with the lines, using the stock tank etc. His is more like your first Roccity seat and I think it looks top notch. Deals with the battery issue too.

When you get that brembo brake figured out holler at me. I had schemes of doing this in the future. Are you going dual front? And where'd you get that tank from?

 

[m900]

There's not a lot of CB650 builds because they did not sell a lot of CB650s.

I'm building an adaptor plate for the Brembo slave cylinder. I got it beacause a Brembo slave and master off a late 90's Ducati is not much more $$ than a full rebuild kit for the CB650 brakes... And my brakes needed to be rebuilt. I'll post about it when I get it done.

At this point, I'm really leaning towards the Manx, bu that can change asteh day goes on...

Im building a 79 CB650 myself. There arent too many of us out there for some reason. (on a side note, why is that? everyone builds the smaller and the larger CBs but its rare to find a 650.. ??? )

Have you seen this one on youtube?

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I think this dood did an excellent job with the lines, using the stock tank etc. His is more like your first Roccity seat and I think it looks top notch. Deals with the battery issue too.

When you get that brembo brake figured out holler at me. I had schemes of doing this in the future. Are you going dual front? And where'd you get that tank from?

 

[spacejunk]

here is a cb650 going on at another forum, (hope ya dont mind the other forum link) its not your typical cafe but i thinks its pretty cool,
http://www.bobbertalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=6285