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Mounting aftermarket seat

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I recently bought one of those cafe-style fiberglass seat pans, plan on having it upholstered. Wondering how everyone else came up with a mounting solution. It's going on a 73 cb750, replacing the hideous mustang-style seat. I'm almost certain that I cannot retain the seat pan from that and use it for the cafe-style seat. What is the best thing to use underneath the pan to back it up and mount the hinges and seat lockpin to? Right now it's just a fiberglass shell with a gelcoat. No way in hell I' just going to drill it and just bolt the hinges up.
Any suggestions? Thanks for the help.
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To clear things up, this is what I bought:
Cafe-style seat, bumpstop seat, CR750 seat, whatever...


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Sweet! That's funny, I actually had some Delryn in mind, thought about using a whole sheet, but that's a little expensive...
I'm still trying to get a good procedure going here, trying to figure out how to mount it after its been upholstered. Maybe I can have the leather guys attach the upholstry with heavy-duty snaps, so I can mount the seat like you did, and then simply snap the covering on. Whatever I figure out, I will throw up some pics.
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