Cafe Racer Seat Pan Install
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Cafe racer seat pan install. Like comment share. We hooked up with our newest boutique manufacturer legendary motorcycles who builds some of the best cafe racer seats and fuel tanks on the market and put together this how to for installing a fiberglass abs plastic or sheet metal seat pan. Cb550 s 750 s xs650 s. And here she is.
The foam gets a little thinner but no one is siting back there anyway. Just prepare the surface properly and repeat the fibreglass steps. Not only did they do a great job but the price was pretty good. If the seat pan feels a little weak and you want it stronger you can always add layers later.
It doesn t get much better than a cafe racer seat made by legendary motorcycles. Thanks for checking out moto mango. Stay tuned for more to come on this build. All padded up and ready for some bum lovin.
I dropped the seat pan off at this place. Having that up sweep on your cafe racer tail hoop allows more travel for every mm you raise the rear. I logged about 100 miles on it the other night and my bum was happy the whole time. I hope you guys enjoyed it.
1968 1969 honda cl175 k0 1968 cb175 k0 cafe racer seat with metal pan 2637. If you use a general grade fibreglass matt and lay up 4 6 layers you should be fine. On some of their seats in gloss black gelcoat you could just about buff them and install them never even needing to paint them. Installing a custom cafe racer seat on my honda cb750.
If you do fibreglass a seat pan the only re imforcement i use is the cross bar on the 2 screws. In addition to sweeping the tail hoop up i will add a recess in the seat pan when fiberglassing to allow the wheel to travel up inside the frame while still keeping the straight line of the seat. It will fit on your frame just like original seat but much more sporty then spring seat.