Cafe Seat Mod

After many modifications, I finally finished my cafe seat. The "cap" is actually from a tryumph "Thruxton". I had to re-shape the foam on the seat so that the cap would would fit. The original hardware was used from the strap that originally went on the seat. I had it recovered in San Diego (very inexpensive) and the guy did a fantastic job. I just took him a picture of Thruxton seat and he matched it for 50 bucks. Once everything fit, I painted the cap with the same paint scheme as the tank and fender. I also had to reposition the rear tail light but it turned out great.

 

Here is a pic with the cap off the seat.

I hope you guys like it.
Cheers
JBL

 

HOLY SH!T DUDE!!!!

That's amazing.

Your bike is the nicest freakin seca I've seen.
Definately dig the easy conversion. I thought mine was easy with pulling the hinge pins, but that is simply magnificant.

When I painted my bike I had 2 options:
1.) Gloss black with the checker stripe; and/or
2.) Satin/Suede black with a triple stripe (like yours... obviously).

I am so glad you did yours the way you did. I have been dying thinking about how it would look.
Super classy. Again, LOVE IT.


BTW, dig the rolled seat cover.
I want to re-cover my 2-up seat and I was looking for one with the same pattern... so if anyone knows where to pick one up ready made I'm all ears (eyes... it is a forum).

 

Thanks Ease. Seeing the work you did on your bike, that means a lot.

The seat did take some time to make but I really like the cafe look. I used the original seat pan so everything "opens" like it oritinally did. I also made it hinge from the two screws on the side so it opens up like a small trunk so I can store my gloves and stuff when I get off my bike.

 

wow! that is sick!!!!

 

That looks slick, I've always wanted a cafe seat with the cap. What kind of bars do you have.

 

I have drag bars on my bike. I am thinking about bending them down just a little bit more but Im not sure yet. Along with the drag bars, I have a set or risers on that push the bars up and forward so that they do not hit the tank.

 

WOW! That is so cool ! Did you just shave down the stock foam and re-use the original cover ?

 

Looks awesome!!

Where did you find the tail/seat cafe cover?

 

Tony
I just shaved the original foam down with a hack saw blade then had it covered down in San Diego. I would have liked to use the original cover but I had to shave quite a bit of foam off so it did not fit very well. I did try but it was so inexpensive to have done in SD I just figured why not.

Chared
The cafe cover was off of ebay. It was intended for a tryumph "thruxton". They come in a bunch of different colors but I had to paint mine to match my tank. All rattle can.

Thanks again for the compliments guys.
cheers
JBL

 

that looks A-1, add a color matched mini fairing and its complete, i dig the color scheme...

 

A Thruxton will be my next bike. mark my words.

 

If I had the money, I would be getting a Thruxton myself. I tried to model my bike after the Thruxton. Even the racing stripe is similar to one of the options on the Thruxton. But, with limited $, I made my seca into the look I was going for.

 

Beautiful job on that bike..