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Re: Cafè seat shaping

Postby bwolfie » Sat May 19, 2012 5:21 am

With the liscense plate and all the wiring it's at 5 pounds.
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Re: Cafè seat shaping

Postby hobot » Sat May 19, 2012 7:08 am

Yum no wonder its nailed down or would blow right off in a breeze! The off the shelf Old Brits over stuffed solo cafe seats weigh about 6 lb. Have you a total weight yet? Them big meats are hard to heat much w/o leaning on them a good bit for time, after the finish scrubbed off good. Then if not familiar with fatso tires they loose grip on very edges more than the skinny ones do. Do you have to remove the tail light hangers to lift seat to check oil?
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Re: Cafè seat shaping

Postby bwolfie » Sat May 19, 2012 7:27 am

THe seat comes off with 4 screws, and the tail light stays on. Oil will be filled at the steering neck and checked on the side of the tank I am building. The seat will be just under 6 pounds with the battery in it.
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Re: Cafè seat shaping

Postby hobot » Sat May 19, 2012 7:39 am

Very good to read this am Brent. Should really shock and confuse the modern thumb commensor sports bikers no end. Do you plan to take it to share the stares at rallys? My Peel project is hung up - next step requires like a foot and half of Al welding for her cage before other stuff can be fitted. You come to mind often for that job of course.
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Re: Cafè seat shaping

Postby tjfisher » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:26 am

Round 2 lol !!! Stared shaping the next one with the tail light :-)
Be nice all it's work in progress But I really do want opinions


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It looks like the tail is tweeked but I think is optical delusion but I'm not done either lol !!!!
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Re: Cafè seat shaping

Postby Torontonian » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:28 pm

Yes, possibly tweaked and a new tire needed. And don't forget to build up the kicker with some weld so you can actually kick it. The foam will be a great place to put electrics into. Fire retardant I hope.
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Re: Cafè seat shaping

Postby tjfisher » Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:58 am

The foam is just for shaping I'll finish it off in Fiberglass with a fiberglass pan/fender . And it wil be a awesome semi water resistance area for the electrics . I can't wait to get a design I'm happy with so I can start glassing :-)
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