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Help a green horn out. I have an 82 gs750tz with a strong motor, clean carbs, and a good transmission. I've done a few restorations on similar bikes but those have all been OEM rebuilds. This time I want to do something a little more fun.
The plan so far: lower the front end, clubman the steering, leave the airbox alone but put in a stock k&n, remove the back fender, relocate the plate bracket and light. Generally just dress it up some and improve the already really good handling, and rebuild the shitty brakes, and fix the leaky valve cover.
All of that except the seat I've had expirence with.
What I want to do is use the original seat pan (save the "build it from scratch" bullshit, I know all the reason why that's a better idea and true custom thing and I don't care. I want to try it this way first.)
Has anyone ever tried using EVA foam to shape and build a seat?
Eva is the stuff that those anti-fatigue floor mats are made out of and people who do cosplay stuff use it to make fake armor. I actually tried it last Halloween and made a pretty bitchin rocketeer helmet. It's stiff but if you heat it up you can bend it and also shave and shape it like normal styrofoam. The plan is to build up a block on the original seat pan and make a bum stop where the passenger rise is on the pano it of it. That way I could still potentially carry a passenger and they would have modicum of comfort. (Albeit terrifying comfort ft every time I go on her a bump and their ass slides closer to the bare wheel.) Then do a quilted layer of something softer and thinner sewn into the seat cover. Probably going to use outdoor pleather from a craft store unless I can get my hands on something better or if you have any better ideas.
What do you think so far? If you need and if I figure it out I'll share my sketches for the seat design to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about.Attachment 14431
The plan so far: lower the front end, clubman the steering, leave the airbox alone but put in a stock k&n, remove the back fender, relocate the plate bracket and light. Generally just dress it up some and improve the already really good handling, and rebuild the shitty brakes, and fix the leaky valve cover.
All of that except the seat I've had expirence with.
What I want to do is use the original seat pan (save the "build it from scratch" bullshit, I know all the reason why that's a better idea and true custom thing and I don't care. I want to try it this way first.)
Has anyone ever tried using EVA foam to shape and build a seat?
Eva is the stuff that those anti-fatigue floor mats are made out of and people who do cosplay stuff use it to make fake armor. I actually tried it last Halloween and made a pretty bitchin rocketeer helmet. It's stiff but if you heat it up you can bend it and also shave and shape it like normal styrofoam. The plan is to build up a block on the original seat pan and make a bum stop where the passenger rise is on the pano it of it. That way I could still potentially carry a passenger and they would have modicum of comfort. (Albeit terrifying comfort ft every time I go on her a bump and their ass slides closer to the bare wheel.) Then do a quilted layer of something softer and thinner sewn into the seat cover. Probably going to use outdoor pleather from a craft store unless I can get my hands on something better or if you have any better ideas.
What do you think so far? If you need and if I figure it out I'll share my sketches for the seat design to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about.Attachment 14431