I upholstered a seat pan I made this weekend. Everything went better than expected!

[the_nutt]

The pan is 16g steel that I formed with an angle grinder, c-clamps, and a hammer. My friend tacked the corners in the front, that I also made.

The foam is closed cell foam I bought from a local kayak supply store.

I glued the foam to the pan, then used rivets to attach the fabric to the pan. I think it will probably stretch over time, because I didn't think to use grommets in the fabric.

I'm very happy with how it turned out considering I've never done anything with fabric before, aside from sewing patches, haha. Its comfortable as well. The closed cell foam does a good job dampening vibrations and bumps, and the 1/4" of soft foam in the pleats of the fabric give it a softer initial feel.

Investment: $10 metal, $20 fabric, $8 foam, ~$10 rivets and adhesive

 

[Tron]

Hell ya..looks great.. Any full shots of the bike?

 

[the_nutt]

Hell ya..looks great.. Any full shots of the bike?

Not yet. I have some kind of irrational anxiety against shooting legitimate photos of projects until I deem them complete. But with that said, I'm going to start a project thread soon and post full photos.

 

[I am Carbon]

Yep nutt I agree with Tron great job!

 

[GeorgeKillianLett]

Looks sweet! Now get the build thread going so we can see the rest of the bike!

 

[DickECCP]

Looks good, what type of fabric it that? Just textured vinyl? How thick is? I like it.

 

[jdizon]

I like the fabric you chose

 

[Tron]

Im just stoked to see another bike with an xsB tank..

 

[jasonslackisrad]

Thats the exact type of seat I want to do

I love the simplicity of following the factory frame line.

 

[the_nutt]

Looks good, what type of fabric it that? Just textured vinyl? How thick is? I like it.

I got the fabric from here. It had 1/4" of soft foam attached to the back for the pleats.

 

[GoldToothGarage]

niiice. glad to see another XS650 holding it down in the ATX.

 

[the_nutt]

niiice. glad to see another XS650 holding it down in the ATX.

I just put up a build thread. If you see me tearing around say hi!

 

[JP50515]

Where did you get your steel?

 

[the_nutt]

Where did you get your steel?

A metal supply house in Austin, Westbrook Metals

 

[DogBunny]

niiice. glad to see another XS650 holding it down in the ATX.

What he said.
Nice job.
Westbrook Metals is about a mile form me, I get lots of stuff there. Sometimes for free when they are busy, or almost free when they aren't, they will let you go through the scrap barrels if you wear leather gloves and look serious.

 

[the_nutt]

What he said.
Nice job.
Westbrook Metals is about a mile form me, I get lots of stuff there. Sometimes for free when they are busy, or almost free when they aren't, they will let you go through the scrap barrels if you wear leather gloves and look serious.

I didn't think to go through the scrap, but will definitely do that next time. I just bought a yard of 16g and used it throughout a few different projects.

I'm also going to message you about a thermometer...