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Is that the best you got? OK.. now my TURN...
So as I lay sick in bed with the flu TWICE this Christmas/NewYears holiday I realized that I havent contributed anything REALLY useful to our forum lately other than a bunch of smart alexy one-liners, etc..etc.. So I decided that I should do my part and do another seat build..
As you all know I got a cb450 in December, ( http://dotheton.com/index.php?topic=2478.0 ), so today I decided, lets start there and build the "signature" cafe racer seat ;D...its something I can do indoors...
Of course Im gonna use the old mething of chopped back end of a tank, ( http://dotheton.com/index.php?topic=736.0 ), however, Im gonna do it the rphilli550 way and do it without any welding what-so-ever.
In other words, Im gonna do it super cheap, and super quick and show that it can be done by anyone with a drill and a bunch of nuts and bolts...
In my other cafe racer seat builds I outsourced some of the work. I had the leather done by a taylor and the welding done by a welder.
This time, Im gonna do it all myself proving it can be done without any specialised expertise ;D
So, here's what I started with. A perfectly flawless brand-new cb450 seat... Hell, if I want to make a perfect Cafe Racer seat, I may as well start with a perfect OEM one... Cost me $0, (came as part of the bike)
So after I took off the outside chrome trim and pulled the leather off, I wasn't surprised to find a perfect rust free pan and foam.
Earlier, in the summer I chopped, primed & painted a cb360 tank for the cowl. So here is what Im starting with:
Cost of the tank $5 at a swapmeet
Next step is to cut and trim down the foam...
As you all know I got a cb450 in December, ( http://dotheton.com/index.php?topic=2478.0 ), so today I decided, lets start there and build the "signature" cafe racer seat ;D...its something I can do indoors...
Of course Im gonna use the old mething of chopped back end of a tank, ( http://dotheton.com/index.php?topic=736.0 ), however, Im gonna do it the rphilli550 way and do it without any welding what-so-ever.
In other words, Im gonna do it super cheap, and super quick and show that it can be done by anyone with a drill and a bunch of nuts and bolts...
In my other cafe racer seat builds I outsourced some of the work. I had the leather done by a taylor and the welding done by a welder.
This time, Im gonna do it all myself proving it can be done without any specialised expertise ;D
So, here's what I started with. A perfectly flawless brand-new cb450 seat... Hell, if I want to make a perfect Cafe Racer seat, I may as well start with a perfect OEM one... Cost me $0, (came as part of the bike)
So after I took off the outside chrome trim and pulled the leather off, I wasn't surprised to find a perfect rust free pan and foam.
Earlier, in the summer I chopped, primed & painted a cb360 tank for the cowl. So here is what Im starting with:
Cost of the tank $5 at a swapmeet
Next step is to cut and trim down the foam...