How To Attach Cafe Racer Seat To Frame
If you use a general grade fibreglass matt and lay up 4 6 layers you should be fine.
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The frame of the xs400 we started with has 2 retangular loops about 1 25 inches wide that sit on each frame rail near the front of the seat. Build a cafe racer or scrambler seat ing tail hoop to your xs650 builders kit รข how make diy motorcycle rear frame upswept install cowl and loop honda cb750 cb550 cb500 we built brat style suzuki gs550 how to build a cafe racer or scrambler seat step by guide ing a cafe racer tail hoop to your read more. After countless requests to solve the seat mounting dilemma many of you are experiencing we came up with this nifty idea that won t require you to drill through or scratch that recently powder coated frame. No one has ever looked at a stock honda cb and thought wow what a lean mean machine so even if your donor bike runs like a top you ll want to make some major visual changes to achieve that iconic cafe racer character.
Once you ve trimmed if needed your base plate fit your actual cafe racer seat on top to ensure everything fits and lines up accordingly. If you need to trim the sides to fit your frame rails better or the curve in the back now is the time to mark and cut those areas. Cafer racer large cc bike motorcycle with flat frame such as most cc for honda yamaha suzuki kawasaki this frame loop may fit other bikes with a subframe width of 230mm outside. But don t start grinding willy nilly.
I welded a 1 x 1 piece of bar iron to the seat pan just behind where the loops attach to the fame. We built a custom steel seat for our cafe. The foam gets a little thinner but no one is. Add to watchlist unwatch.
Our cafe hoops are made to be as easy to install as possible. Just prepare the surface properly and repeat the fibreglass steps. If the seat pan feels a little weak and you want it stronger you can always add layers later.