krukster86
Been Around the Block
LOL I actually used the "poor man's photoshop" aka MS Paint 
The white on the seat is actually the metallic/chrome seat pan trim
The white on the seat is actually the metallic/chrome seat pan trim
CB360 Cafe Seat (from seat pan and tank)
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krukster86 said:LOL I actually used the "poor man's photoshop" aka MS Paint
The white on the seat is actually the metallic/chrome seat pan trim
Pretty good for MS Paint... thought this might help a bit to visualize it a little better...
Hope that helps!
cretin75xs
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looks great...I am considering doing my own tail section. Keep the post coming.
krukster86
Been Around the Block
Unfortunately as some people have pointed out, the cowling angles into my butt. I popped it on the grinder last night and fixed the problem by trimming the section about 5-10 degrees. Turns out the CB360 seat pan has a funky shape so it raised the end of the cowling up a bit.
krukster86
Been Around the Block
OK a minor update. I am tackling upholstery. After a few hours last week of trying to do this myself I think that I will try to get a quote from the upholstery guy that did my "stock" seat cover. I figure the DIY job would stick out like a sore thumb and I hope I can keep the price in the $150-$250 range :-[
Anywho, here is the trimmed seat foam:
I Bondo-ed up the rest of the seat pan holes. I don't think they do too much good in the long run but for now it makes the seat pan easier to look at haha:
Here is 1/2 of the free vynil leather stuff I have:
mock up:
Anywho, here is the trimmed seat foam:
I Bondo-ed up the rest of the seat pan holes. I don't think they do too much good in the long run but for now it makes the seat pan easier to look at haha:
Here is 1/2 of the free vynil leather stuff I have:
mock up:
krukster86
Been Around the Block
Now that the gf is back at U of I, I have some time to work on the bike again ;D
I spent most of the remaining weekend working on the cafe seat, other than picking up the powder coated parts in my other thread. I worked on the bum-stop part of my seat, which proved to be a whole lot harder than I originally imagined. As it turns out my first attempt came out much better than my second
1st attempt: I had no idea what I was really doing. I just glued together 2 pieces of high density shop floor foam together to match the shape of the "hole" in the cowling. A lot of GOOP later, I have this seat. It came out pretty nice looking, but with the "leather" layer, it got quite thick and really needs to be shoved into the cowling to stick. It looks really nice, but if I were to ever smack my butt into it too many times I fear that it will eventually slip off and fall into that chopped tank/cowling.
2nd attempt: I once again used 2 pieces of that foam. This time I made the second piece of foam a centimeter larger than the first to prevent the bum-stop cushion from sinking into the cowling. The uneven surfaces made slapping on the "leather" more challenging and created ugly folds and "air pockets". It fits into the cowling a lot better than attempt #1 but is somewhat of an eyesore.
From what I see here, I think I will stick with my first attempt for now and continue to wait for my upholstery guy to come around.
I spent most of the remaining weekend working on the cafe seat, other than picking up the powder coated parts in my other thread. I worked on the bum-stop part of my seat, which proved to be a whole lot harder than I originally imagined. As it turns out my first attempt came out much better than my second
1st attempt: I had no idea what I was really doing. I just glued together 2 pieces of high density shop floor foam together to match the shape of the "hole" in the cowling. A lot of GOOP later, I have this seat. It came out pretty nice looking, but with the "leather" layer, it got quite thick and really needs to be shoved into the cowling to stick. It looks really nice, but if I were to ever smack my butt into it too many times I fear that it will eventually slip off and fall into that chopped tank/cowling.
2nd attempt: I once again used 2 pieces of that foam. This time I made the second piece of foam a centimeter larger than the first to prevent the bum-stop cushion from sinking into the cowling. The uneven surfaces made slapping on the "leather" more challenging and created ugly folds and "air pockets". It fits into the cowling a lot better than attempt #1 but is somewhat of an eyesore.
From what I see here, I think I will stick with my first attempt for now and continue to wait for my upholstery guy to come around.
krukster86
Been Around the Block
OK so I noticed that I forgot to support this bumstop pad. Even with the cushion that is better secured, it slipped back into the cowling after lightly punching the cushion several times. So I looked at Loco Leon's thread for advice. I am adding additional layers of the high density foam to the back of the "finished" pad like in his tutorial. These get progressively smaller as I go deeper into the cowling so that the pad has something to push against rather than open air. At the moment I just have 3 such pieces getting GOOP'ed together.
krukster86
Been Around the Block
OK I did a bit of reworking on this bumstop pad and I added a narrow folded strip for aesthetic purposes. I GOOP'ed on some more high density foam to act as a wedge to secure the pad in place in the cowl. Considering my zero skills in upholstery and using only GOOP and this material, I am quite happy with the results!
locOleoN
Is that the best you got? OK.. now my TURN...
hey.. sorry that missed part of the thread...
Looks like you have done what I would have suggested anyhow...
Just keep in mind, that you;ll probabbly put your tool kit in there.
I found that with the extra layer and the tool bag, flashlight & homemade jumper cables.. (Like I have..), you'll not have to worry about the cover pushing back into the cowl...
great job dude!!.. Total DYI...
Looks like you have done what I would have suggested anyhow...
Just keep in mind, that you;ll probabbly put your tool kit in there.
I found that with the extra layer and the tool bag, flashlight & homemade jumper cables.. (Like I have..
), you'll not have to worry about the cover pushing back into the cowl...great job dude!!.. Total DYI...
krukster86
Been Around the Block
Ok gang,
I have hit a slow period in my cafe development and I would like to get your advice and opinions on that "hole" in the cafe seat cowling. As cool as the floating taillight is, I spent a good deal of money on a lucas style taillight assembly and powdered the chopped rear fender.
I am trying to come up with a way of hiding that hole, but not 100% sure how. My idea for now is to temporarily affix some thin sheet metal aluminum to the hole and slather on a huge amount of Bondo and just spend a couple afternoons sanding it down to give a streamlined shape. My only concern is that it is just going to be Bondo hanging off the edges of cowling, so I am not sure how strong Bondo is in this situation and if it is prone to cracking. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
I have hit a slow period in my cafe development and I would like to get your advice and opinions on that "hole" in the cafe seat cowling. As cool as the floating taillight is, I spent a good deal of money on a lucas style taillight assembly and powdered the chopped rear fender.
I am trying to come up with a way of hiding that hole, but not 100% sure how. My idea for now is to temporarily affix some thin sheet metal aluminum to the hole and slather on a huge amount of Bondo and just spend a couple afternoons sanding it down to give a streamlined shape. My only concern is that it is just going to be Bondo hanging off the edges of cowling, so I am not sure how strong Bondo is in this situation and if it is prone to cracking. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
krukster86
Been Around the Block
Grandma took a whack at fabricating a seat cover, and for a simple home made job it surpassed my expectations...not to mention it was free!
I found a local guy on my Chicagoland Sportbikes forum to weld a piece of sheet metal to the back of the cowling so I can lay down some bondo to fill up that hole. Hopefully I can get that done in a week or so.
I found a local guy on my Chicagoland Sportbikes forum to weld a piece of sheet metal to the back of the cowling so I can lay down some bondo to fill up that hole. Hopefully I can get that done in a week or so.