How To Make A Metal Motorcycle Seat Pan

After mounting it all up I have made a custom seat that sits lower and looks more proportional without modifying the bike. Bought a fiberglass kit from Advance Auto as well as a package of the cloth.

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Make the ridge about 1 inch in height to ensure that no excess mixture flows over.

How to make a metal motorcycle seat pan. The upholsterer drilled holes and used pop rivets with washers to put on the cover so I did the same. I used the front hole on the seat bracket and mated it to the rear hole in the frame. So if you can not do much forming go abit thicker.

Get pan with holes drilled for rivets. I then dropped the back of the seat bracket down to get the seat position a little lower. A metal seat pan would have been very difficult to build and would be hard to make fit as tight and right as we would like so we broke out some fiberglass.

Use the other hand and grab the tail of the seat and pull backupwards. With the seat mounted up I decided to move the seat back. Slide your sheet metal between the angle and bar and then tighten two bolts to hold the sheet metal down to the work bench.

Cover foam with whatever material your little heart desires. Next mix fiberglass resin and hardener per instructions. I decided to use a seat pan that Id made previously as internal structure and to give me some method for fastening it to the frame.

Cover pan with foam and shape accordingly. Here you may to know how to attach leather to metal seat pan. Take one bar and put it on top and then drill holes on both sides through both pieces of steel and the work bench.

Strike the steel repeatedly with first a metal-headed mallet then a rubber mallet to form the concave seat pan. The washers are to help the material not pull through. If you know someone with a bead roller you can also have them roll beads into the sheet metal to make it more stiff.

Now Ive leant the easy seat pan construction. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. The ridge can be made one of two ways.

Mar 14 2002 Oddometer. Watch the video explanation about Cafe Racer Tail Light install Making a Steel Seat Pan - Cafe Racer Garage Online article story explanation suggestion youtube. I cut down and reupholstered a custom flat pan seat made for one of my off roaders back when.

I hadnt made one until I did my midlife crisis bike in 2010. We trim the backrest area about seven inches or so up the fender. This requires an interesting motion.

Choices for a metal seat pan Rubber Glue kwick grip etc Rivits. Making a seat pan can seem very difficult if you have never done it before. When you add about two inches of foam to the bottom you will need to have enough seat pan left for some back support.

I put nuts on the bottom to make sure it stayed flat. I like to use fiberglass cloth as well as mat so buy both. Find a few tips.

The shape of the back depends on what you like. Videos you watch may be added to the TVs watch history and influence TV recommendations. The first is the shape you want your seat pan to be and how it will sit in the front at the tank and in the rear on the fender.

Frank Warner Dec 2 2008 4. Turn over the steel seat onto a mallet bag or metal shaping form. Now youre going to take the other angle and bar-stock and clamp it onto your piece of sheet metal.

You have to keep the nose of the seat pinned while you rotate the back end in an upward arc and the seat will come off. In this video Eddie Barrett shows you how to make a motorcycle seat pan on a Harley Davidson Street Glide Bagger Learn how Atomic Autoworks does it. It all really comes down to how you will form the material.

Remember this will work on any bike from a chopper to a cafe racer or a stock bike to a trike so try it. Don Weber of Mr. Back then I used 3mm sheet metal which is tough to cut and shape.

Once you have decided to try it you will want to go out and pick up some supplies first. Pull the material tight over your foam and rivet the material to the pan from UNDERNEATH using rivets backed with wider washers. I cut it to length then poked holes through the tape and set it in place.

You could make the pan from 14 gauge mild steel if you were putting bends into it such as a 90 degree bend on the edge. Use mesh metal which can. Sketch on the steel seat shape where the concave seat pan will be.

In Part 1 of Fabricating a Motorcycle Seat Pan join Tommy in setting up your bike getting your template laid out and transferred to metal. Remove the two mounting bolts then push down on the lowest part of the seat near the front. I then welded mounting tabs with studs on the bottom of the seat and attached the seat to the original seat bracket.

Be sure to not drip any excess on exposed parts and wipe away. You can use duct tape above or use clay. Using a paint brush apply a thin layer of resin in the seat pan tray making sure to cover entire area.

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