I wanted a retro looking seat for this project
and found one. It’s a tan-coloured
seat. I’m not a fan of the brown seat, and when you look at
the pics of with the black tins it doesn’t look that great.
But imagine the tan seat with tropical turqoise and Indian Ivory,
I think those colors will work. I fabricated some brackets for the
seat as it came with only the front bracket. It’s hard to mount
the seat without a seat support so I made one that I could bolt the
seat to. With the new seat support I was able to mount it to the
bike frame. Being long legged I wanted a tall seat height of 31".
Same as my little 800. I want the seat springs just for show as the
bike already has suspension, so used long bolts through the springs
to adjust the height of the back portion of the seat. Very comfortable
for short spins up and down the road. I also fabricated covers to
hide all the under seat stuff (battery, wires...). In the pics you
will see a cardboard template. I’ll cut the template in plexiglass
and paint semi gloss black. In some of the pics you will notice stock
handlebars and in some of the later pics the baby ape bars are installed.
Notice all the handlebar plumbing around the bars (wires, brake/clutch
line) ...ugly for sure. Stay tuned for progress on the bars. I’m
going to install the wires and brake/clutch lines through the handlebars
if possible.
