paultsmith
Active Member
I planned on making a fiberglas seat for my XS400, as I could not find any off the shelf that would fit and I was trying to do this on the cheap. I also didn't want to cut any of my frame and wanted to leave the battery, internal rear fender and everything else pretty much stock. This meant that I needed to make my seat a little longer than I wanted but, It seems to fit in with the size of the stock tank. Here are the pics and info from the build. Thanks to everyone on the board for help and ideas, as this was my first time with fiberglass.
I ended up cutting a piece of poster foam board and used this as my base. I also used green foam floral blocks, about $10 for all. I spray glued these together to get roughly the shape I was looking for.
I hacked out chunks of foam from the bottom to clear the internal fender and brackets.
I sanded the shape freehand using a sanding block. the foam was real easy to work with.
I ended up cutting a piece of poster foam board and used this as my base. I also used green foam floral blocks, about $10 for all. I spray glued these together to get roughly the shape I was looking for.
I hacked out chunks of foam from the bottom to clear the internal fender and brackets.
I sanded the shape freehand using a sanding block. the foam was real easy to work with.