small mod cafe seat

dartyD

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Hey guys, so ill eventually go the whole nine yards as far as cuting the frame. But i wanted see if anyone has examples of a cafe seat done on a cb/cl350 with no cutting of the frame.

Thanks.
 
I still need to trim it up and upholster it.
 

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I bent tis up for my CB350F out of very similar "material" to what you have ;)

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Mocked it up in cardboard then cut out the metal. Folded the 90s in brake made out of 2 hinged pieces of oak clamped to the bench top and rolled the rear over a coffee can.
First attemept at TIGing alluminum looked like crap... So I covered the hole thing with vinyl.

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No frame cutting involved other than grinding off the broken hinges for the stock seat
 
Wow! That looks great! Heres what i so far. Mind you this is first time at this and im working with what i got laying around. Im not sure if the gas tank thing will work for a back cal but thought id cut it off and look at it.
 

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More progress
 

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Would it effect the integrity of the handle bar by fliping them upside and drilling new holes for the wires & controls?
 
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