Custom Seat Finally Done! Kind of.

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williamsr815

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Well for anyone that followed my short lived build thread that I had on here, I finally finished my cafe style seat for the most part. For those of you that didn't see it, didn't care then but care now, or just forgot about it, here it is:
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=34866.msg377164#msg377164

My last update I was stuck trying to cover the seat. I finally broke down and took it to the local upholstery shop. I am very happy with how it turned out.

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I still have to sand it all down and I'm going to put a new coat of paint on it. I also plan on putting a black racing stripe down the middle to follow to contour of the gas tank. I have some old black vintage Honda decals I'm putting on the side covers but I'm still debating on what to do on the rear cowl with that large flat area just waiting for something creative. I was thinking about a classic round number plate but I think that would be too cliche and be slightly out of place since its not a full blown cafe bike. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
Does anyone have any recommendations for a new front fender? Preferably a plastic one so i can chop it down to the size and shape that i like. I'm hesitant to buy anything online without seeing it first since i have no clue how they mount.

Also, does anyone have a creative idea to break up the large flat space on the rear cowl? I know i just asked that above but i figured some people might just skip over it and i know there are some people out there that are full of ideas like this.
 
I can't help much with a plastic fender - any new ones are specifically shaped for modern dirt bikes. What about a fiberglass one from RocCity or GFTP?

And I just read your write up on how you made the seat - great job!
 
thanks, I put a ton of time and work into making this thing and I'm really glad how it turned out. Now i want to get a better coat of paint on it to make it really shine. Ill look into those fenders, thanks for the tip.
 
As far as decals go, search around on eBay for various decals. Terms such as "vintage", "ahrma", etc, etc can bring up some odd results. I just bought some cool ones from a store called decalheads in the UK.
 
Well here's an update to the seat. I destroyed the rear taillights on a pothole:
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I took it upon myself to build a better, stronger one. I started with an LED trailer light and epoxied it to an aluminum bracket I made.
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Then I made some reinforcements with more aluminum stock and triangulated it all.
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After some heavy duty rubberized paint for vibration reduction and corrosion resistance along with some trimming:
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It looks crooked in the picture because it was still just a mock up at that point. I will get some shots finished on the bike when I can. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks.
 
Good job man, but your taillight didn't get smashed because it's not strong enough. It got smashed because you don't have proper tire clearance. Need to fix that or it will juat keep happening.
 
Yes, I made a mistake with the first taillight and the plate caught the tire and everything folded up underneath. with this light, the plate is now about 2 inches further away from the tire and bent out more. I reinforced it for two main reasons, vibration and I don't entirely trust the epoxy. If the plate does catch again, I made sure that there is a failure point which will not destroy the entire assembly again.
 
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