Hey everybody, sorry i haven't' been around much.
But since moving to the new shop and the lack of XS650 donor bikes around here...
I've fallen into building a couple of SR500's and other stuff...
Long story short..
This lead me to making my own Vacuum Form machine and manufacturing my own cafe racer seats out of ABS.
Seats are thick 3/16 black ABS shaped around my own handmade mould.
After hating all the fiberglass generic cafe seats out there that were either too big, or too small and ugly or didn't fit the tank width properly etc...
Anyway the first few are done and up for sale now! More will be available soon, and i can build them to order if needed. Time frame would be a week to 2 weeks depending on the upholstery guys schedule. Custom colors and stitching also available. Price may vary for custom stuff depending how crazy.
There may also be a paintable Raw ABS version 1/8" thick with a 3/16" pan for upholstery later. Or a raw 3/16" abs version. (depending on demand)
(some pics on my blog of these tests at chappellcustoms.com)
Anyway enough jabber... check em out! and there's also a little video i did when i was building and testing the concept a while back.
for sale here for now (there were 4 this morning and one is already gone!)
http://www.ebay.com/sch/dochollywood6677/m.html?item=151040258982&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item232ab373a6&vxp=mtr&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
video here
But since moving to the new shop and the lack of XS650 donor bikes around here...
I've fallen into building a couple of SR500's and other stuff...
Long story short..
This lead me to making my own Vacuum Form machine and manufacturing my own cafe racer seats out of ABS.
Seats are thick 3/16 black ABS shaped around my own handmade mould.
After hating all the fiberglass generic cafe seats out there that were either too big, or too small and ugly or didn't fit the tank width properly etc...
Anyway the first few are done and up for sale now! More will be available soon, and i can build them to order if needed. Time frame would be a week to 2 weeks depending on the upholstery guys schedule. Custom colors and stitching also available. Price may vary for custom stuff depending how crazy.
There may also be a paintable Raw ABS version 1/8" thick with a 3/16" pan for upholstery later. Or a raw 3/16" abs version. (depending on demand)
(some pics on my blog of these tests at chappellcustoms.com)
Anyway enough jabber... check em out! and there's also a little video i did when i was building and testing the concept a while back.
for sale here for now (there were 4 this morning and one is already gone!)
http://www.ebay.com/sch/dochollywood6677/m.html?item=151040258982&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item232ab373a6&vxp=mtr&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
video here