So my goal for today was to get the seat mounted and what a pain! The seat pan was a little to long so I had to cut it down quite a bit. I was hoping to find a place with a water jet, or plasma cutter but no dice. So I got out the old jig saw slowly got it cut, but slowly is the key word.
I had to free hand the chalk line, the cutting was slow and steady, the pan is thicker then it looks, They told me 10 gauge when I bought the metal, its starting to get there.
Here it is all cut...
Just needs a little grinding.
The mount also needed a little altering to get the seat pan to fit like it should.
Here's the pan with the mount installed. It took a while to drill and when I say while I really mean forever. I think the carriage bolts will work out nice when I get the seat upholstered, they'll be easier to hide and wont spin when I tighten the nuts down.
Here's the pan ready for me to tack the mount into place.
Another shot of the pan ready to weld.
This is shortly after I welded the seat mounting bracket into place. I put the tank back on, (yes I did take it off for the welding) and now I need to order the seat springs I think that 3 to 4 inch springs should work out great, so let the search begin. They have some on e-bay that pretty reasonable. (The above is the biggest picture in this post, click it to see.)
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ReplyDeleteJust came back to say hello!!!!! I've posted here about your bike before. SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE :) just read everything u wrote up top and it answered some of my questions. I live in overseas and am having hard time getting anything done here on my XS1100 and ebay stuff here in Germany is really expensive. I would like a single person seat but without all the welding can you help me out somehow?
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ReplyDeleteNot a problem you aren't the only one that expressed interest in the seat. And I have the perfect solution. On the right side of the page just above the Shops Chops contacter 9000 is some awesome seat info just click on that and contact Shane he can help you with what ever you need.
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ReplyDeleteOr is it alotta work and not worth it? O ya of course it would need springs also :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to help if I could right now, but circumstances of my military employment make it not possible at this time. My honest recommendation is to give the "Shane" at Prichards Upholstery a call or email (prichardupholstery@gmail.com) he will be able to help you and he has the measurements and everything. Shane will be able to make whatever you want.
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ReplyDeletei contacted him but it was in the $100's. Thats almost more than my bikes worth ;) O well I'll have to figure something else out. I sure wish this was simpler and I had a shop and a metal plate with the springs and bracket so I could just slap it togethor and on the bike. Im not all that mechanically inclined any other suggestions? :)
ReplyDeleteThats why your bike is worth, as you said,"that much." Add the seat and it will be worth that much more it's a investment and the end result in most cases you get what you pay for however with Prichards you do get more. Take my word for it.
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