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it's a very nice seat that you bought. :D

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Pete, it's getting just that, the full treatment. Stan's never seen the seat up close and personal, so I thought I'd photograph it a bit so He could. ;)

suprisingly, the seat pan was very solid and as such, it shouldn't take all that much to get it back in proper shape. a little blasting, priming and painting and it will be good as new. now He needs to pull finger and find the other pieces He's needing so it can be packaged up as one shipment.
 
That's in amazing condition: Have the local powder coat blast the & paint the seat pan, install new cover and it will look amazing again
 
:eek::eek::eek::eek: Jeeeez, you don't muck about, do you, that was quick.
Now I am as happy as a dog with a belly full of pee and a street full of lamp poles, that foan looks really good still, and the pan is also good, I find that normally they crack in the middle from guys lifting the bike onto the centre stand by the sissy bar, bending the pan, then it leaves that unsightly gap between the tail piece and the rear of the seat, this one seems fine.
Looking at what seats go for, this sure was a steal, thanks Dale.
 
Stan, that seat was a GOOD deal! just some minor bending to the seat pan's edges. the seat foam is in very good shape, no major rot to the seat pan and all the seat cover retention tabs are solid as a rock.

I was a bit bored last night and your seat suffered because of it.
 
hahahaha, that is fine, be as bored as you like, I will be nothing other than proud to display any work of yours on my bike, any time.
 
That pan's in better condition than mine was after I ripped the original foam off, so it should come up real well. And yeah that foam looks good too!

Even in the condition mine was, a wire brush to get the bulk dodgy bits of rust off followed by rust converter over the whole thing and then a couple of coats of POR 15 Blackcote (just what I had handy) and it looked real good.

The only issue was all the cover mounting spikes bar one are gone, but the upholsterer's not worried about that.

So are you reusing that foam and cover? Or new stuff going on?

And please share your boredom with us Dale, you do good work ;)
 
Ya Pete, the Idea is to use the foam, that is the primary reason I bought the seat, to get back to stock, the original pan I have is not bad either, living in a rust free area, and a cover is freely available from Pit Replicas, but unbutched foam is gold.
I just got lucky that the whole seat is good here, so i will just bolt it straight on when it gets here.
There is apparently a small hole in the front somewhere, but it will do for now.
I was quite excited because the ad said it came with one of the side beadings, but Dale said it was not packed with the seat, I was going to use it as a template to make up a new pair out of aluminium flat bar, because they are more scarce than rocking horse sh#t.
Oh well, will just take a few measuments and eyeball it and make a pair up.
 
Flyboy said:
Ya Pete, the Idea is to use the foam, that is the primary reason I bought the seat, to get back to stock, the original pan I have is not bad either, living in a rust free area, and a cover is freely available from Pit Replicas, but unbutched foam is gold.
I just got lucky that the whole seat is good here, so i will just bolt it straight on when it gets here.
There is apparently a small hole in the front somewhere, but it will do for now.
I was quite excited because the ad said it came with one of the side beadings, but Dale said it was not packed with the seat, I was going to use it as a template to make up a new pair out of aluminium flat bar, because they are more scarce than rocking horse sh#t.
Oh well, will just take a few measuments and eyeball it and make a pair up.
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Sounds good Stan, and with some good pic's of the real deal you should definitely be able to make some up. Trial and error and you'll get it perfect I have no doubt :)
 
If I may ask a few questions. How hard is it to get that foam off the seat without tearing it up? Use a putty knife or something to keep it from tearing? Do you re-glue it with contact cement, or what?


cg
 
I used a plastic putty knife to remove the foam from the pan. the only reason for using a plastic putty knife was, it was in the house and I didn't feel like going out to the garage to get a metal one.

if you go slow and work from different angles, separating the two goes fairly easily.

I'll use 3M spray trim adhesive to glue it back on. why do you ask? it's because it's what I have on the shelf.
 
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Thanks Rusty. I'll probally pull my foam off and clean up the pan now that I have an idea what the approach is.

cg
 
Charlie,

The hardest thing to the whole project is collapsing the seat foam while trying to unhook the seat cover from those triangular retaining tabs. slightly pry open the tabs before beginning, it will make it a bit easier to get the seat cover off the tabs.


it would greatly help if you have two people doing the job, one to press down on the pan and one to pull the seat cover off the tabs.
 
I've pulled the seat cover off already. The seat was soaked with water when I got the bike, so I removed the cover to help it dry. It's been 7 months now so I think it's dry. The pan has a bit of rust on the under side and I'm sure it's under the foam. I'd like to do it right, but was unsure how well the foam would hold up to being removed. I think the spray contact adhesive would work better than the brush on as it would give you time to set the seat in the right spot. I wasn't sure if the adhesive would eat the foam. I try a small hidden spot before going wild. Thanks again!

cg

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This is what my pan looks like. Not to bad.
 
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Charlie, compared to what seems to be the norm, that pan of yours looks to be in good nick. won't take much to get it as new again, being proactive and stripping it to get the water away from the pan straight away is good common sense.
 
Dale ..run a piece of 1X down the center of the pan and another on the cover side. Use some wood clamps or deep C clamps and compress the foam that way. Keeps it all held down and makes everything else hands free.
 
Chuck, I'll give your idea a try when I go to reassemble it. thanks for the tip!
 
Just be sure you have evrything lined up and centered on the foam as precisely as you can. Then lay the cover side board on and flip it all over. add the bottom board and the clamps. You dont need to compress it very much..just enough so you can work the edges over and rehook them. May i also suggest that you get a small can of seam sealer for like on canvas tarps and do the underside of the seat cover that faces the foam. This will seal any pores or tiny imperfections in the lining so rain or wash water doesnt seep thru and get the foam wet..which may mildew and mold. I think thats the reason the usually had a plastic film between the two from the factory. Or of course you can wrap the foam in some 3 mill poly.
 
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