I'm turning my 1975 Honda CB500 twin into a bad ass cafe racer, click
here for more info on cafe racers. I could spend a couple hundred dollars and buy a metal or fiberglass seat that would do the job just fine.......or I can fabricate my own........if you know me then you know what I did.
First I fabricated a rear hoop in the frame
Bent some round stock steel into the desired shape and tack welded.
Added a backbone.
Heated, banged, bent sheet metal to fit to develop a cowling.
Added a seat pan.
Applied light weight body filler to smooth out the imperfections.
Sprayed with primer.
I had my upholster sew up some deer hide leather to fit on the seat pan.
Starting to look like something!
You're amazing, Willie! Looks very handsome already.
ReplyDeleteI don't even know where to begin to express my true appreciation for your craft. Your work is stunning, seriously, if I were faced with the proposition of fabricating my own cafe racer seat I would have researched the hell out of it and then I would have cowered and cried in the corner. Willie just gets it done, SO impressive.
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