hogfest50
XS650 Enthusiast
mine isnt the hinged type its the one that locks down
sorry to be dim gary but what do you mean by 'clamp on' ? where does that hinge from ?The 2 clamp on style seats are 80 and up specials only. the size of the hump varies a bit, but that's about it.
peanut fortunately i can build another base and create a nice cover ive done this for a local guy B&H motorcycles here in cornwall many times .but thanks for the heads up !I just read through my old posts to remind me and I found that the brackets of the roadster seat are about 10mm shorter than those of the stepped special seats so although everything lines up ok the roadster seat brackets will need to be either swopped with those from the speial or extended to make up the difference. Then the roadster seat should fit straight on.
Velcrose sounds like a good idea but I suspect you will find the seat cover won't stay in place when you are accelerating and braking it will slide off the seat base. There is no way it could be strong enough to resist those type of forces.
I think your best bet will be to cut the seat brackets off both seats and swop them over but if you want to retain the original seat it should be easier enough to grind off the hinge brackets from the roadster seat and add some metal to extend them by a few mm and the roadster seat should fit straight on .
You could always swop the various roadster seat covers and foam around to get the best combo but you'll deffo need to fix the cover with the proper seat clips if you don't want to end up dumped on the floor with the bike charging off into the distance lol
mine doesnt side hinge it just drops down and locks in released by helmet lock and side release leversorry to be dim gary but what do you mean by 'clamp on' ? where does that hinge from ?
My 79 special ll seat has side hinges and hinges sideways as does hogfests I would imagine.
I cannot remember which model my roadster seat came of now but it also has side mounted hinges in exactly the same position as the special does but the brackets are too short to bolt onto the special frame.
peanut i use glue or pop rivits to hold the cover on and glue to hold the foam to the base velcro was an idea to hold the whole seat to the frame some how not a best idea.I just read through my old posts to remind me and I found that the brackets of the roadster seat are about 10mm shorter than those of the stepped special seats so although everything lines up ok the roadster seat brackets will need to be either swopped with those from the speial or extended to make up the difference. Then the roadster seat should fit straight on.
Velcrose sounds like a good idea but I suspect you will find the seat cover won't stay in place when you are accelerating and braking it will slide off the seat base. There is no way it could be strong enough to resist those type of forces.
I think your best bet will be to cut the seat brackets off both seats and swop them over but if you want to retain the original seat it should be easier enough to grind off the hinge brackets from the roadster seat and add some metal to extend them by a few mm and the roadster seat should fit straight on .
You could always swop the various roadster seat covers and foam around to get the best combo but you'll deffo need to fix the cover with the proper seat clips if you don't want to end up dumped on the floor with the bike charging off into the distance lol
I've seen pop rivets used before with washers but to be perfectly frank its a bit of a cowboy job . There is no way that a pop rivet and washer can evenly distribute the fixing loads of a bike seat and before long they will tear out .peanut i use glue or pop rivits to hold the cover on and glue to hold the foam to the base velcro was an idea to hold the whole seat to the frame some how not a best idea.
peanut i use glue or pop rivits to hold the cover on and glue to hold the foam to the base velcro was an idea to hold the whole seat to the frame some how not a best idea.
I just read through my old posts to remind me and I found that the brackets of the roadster seat are about 10mm shorter than those of the stepped special seats so although everything lines up ok the roadster seat brackets will need to be either swopped with those from the speial or extended to make up the difference. Then the roadster seat should fit straight on.
Velcrose sounds like a good idea but I suspect you will find the seat cover won't stay in place when you are accelerating and braking it will slide off the seat base. There is no way it could be strong enough to resist those type of forces.
I think your best bet will be to cut the seat brackets off both seats and swop them over but if you want to retain the original seat it should be easier enough to grind off the hinge brackets from the roadster seat and add some metal to extend them by a few mm and the roadster seat should fit straight on .
You could always swop the various roadster seat covers and foam around to get the best combo but you'll deffo need to fix the cover with the proper seat clips if you don't want to end up dumped on the floor with the bike charging off into the distance lol