Race seat, pic of finished article....

CBXTrev · Post by **CBXTrev** » Oct 19th, '13, 15:06

I have hated the thick seat padding on my R1 track bike from day 1, so far have tried twice to sort a nice looking place to put my backside and think I have now finally done it......found myself a suitable piece of metal sheet and fabricated it into the base that you see in the pic. Now I can just stick on a nicely cut piece of HD foam and it's done and will look pretty good I think and will no longer resemble an armchair. The HD foam will completely cover the base. Had to do it this way as the seat unit for the R6 has the middle missing which is usually covered by the bulky sub seat.
Will post a pic of the finished article once I have the HD foam which is coming from eBay

Post by **billinom8s** » Oct 22nd, '13, 08:34

good thinking, just make sure the battery terminals are insulated from that sheet of metal.

CBXTrev · Post by **CBXTrev** » Oct 22nd, '13, 20:40

billinom8s wrote:good thinking, just make sure the battery terminals are insulated from that sheet of metal.

...for sure, will put on some kind of rubberised covering underneath, also going to fabricate a neater, better looking battery box....

badgerKDD · Post by **badgerKDD** » Oct 22nd, '13, 21:18

Why not fabricate the final seat out of fibreglass, that way no need to do any insulating and it should be lighter too

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CBXTrev · Post by **CBXTrev** » Oct 22nd, '13, 21:29

badgerKDD wrote:Why not fabricate the final seat out of fibreglass, that way no need to do any insulating and it should be lighter too ......

Never used fibreglass before, but a good idea, I will have to look into it.....cheers

badgerKDD · Post by **badgerKDD** » Oct 25th, '13, 21:06

Give me a shout if you need any advice or such like, its my field of expertise. I've just repaired Graham's X7 seat base using fiberglass as the steel was too thin and fragile to be welded.

CBXTrev · Post by **CBXTrev** » Oct 25th, '13, 21:15

badgerKDD wrote:Give me a shout if you need any advice or such like, its my field of expertise. I've just repaired Graham's X7 seat base using fiberglass as the steel was too thin and fragile to be welded.

Cheers, will do.....thanks for the offer of help.

CBXTrev · Post by **CBXTrev** » Nov 10th, '13, 10:47

Really pleased with how it turned out.......

CBXTrev · Post by **CBXTrev** » Nov 10th, '13, 13:02

Different angle for you....hopefully won't be upside down??????

Post by **billinom8s** » Nov 10th, '13, 14:20

Funky · Post by **Funky** » Nov 11th, '13, 10:03

Looks nice and comfy. Good job

badgerKDD · Post by **badgerKDD** » Nov 11th, '13, 22:13

Yep have to agree with Funky, that's a nicely finished seat! Well done sir

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