Project "Bratastrophe"

[T3chnic4l]

So, I've done a few random posts here and there but I decided to do one cumulative post to show my current build. Good, Bad, Complementary or Insulting Fire away! Questions, and advice is welcomed.

 

[deadchef]

looks good, did you make the seat? do you have a side shot of the bike with that long fender on the back? just trying to visualize how it looks with the rest of the bike.

 

[Whiterabbit]

My 2 cents.
Lop the rear fender off just below the tail light.
Looks like you're kick'n ass on everything!
Maybe polish the fins in the cylinders.....
Well, you asked.

 

[T3chnic4l]

I'm going back and forth on polishing the fins, so it's nice to hear someone suggest that. I did make the seat, I made it out of 1/8 steel. I laid paper on the frame to get the shape, cut out the pattern then I heated and bent the pan by hand. I laid down some gold's gym exercise mat for the foam, 1.5" thick super thin but really dense and comfortable, shaped it with a sanding pad on a grinder. Only thing I farmed out was getting it covered in the black leather with silver stitching. All told the seat ran me $84 and a little sweat.

 

[T3chnic4l]

I'll get the fender back on the rear today, I took it off to fine tune the mounting of my battery box hanging above the swingarm. I've re-done the entire wiring harness, and I've tried to route it through the handlebars and frame as much as possible.

 

[Whiterabbit]

Your seat is great. I was planning to go the same route if I can find a halfass decent place to do the cover. I used that same matting on a solo seat and as heat and sound deadening in my truck cab. Thousand and one uses.
Your bike is looking good!