Make your own seat Bobber style.....

Start off with a steel pan and drill a bunch of holes around the edge. I added a very dense foam to this springer.

 

Hello, What I would be interested in is seeing pics of how you formed the seat out of steal? Since yours turned out to literally be PERFECT! I would like to know how you did that????
I find Bobbers very interesting to say the least since they tend to bring out the individuals personality more than a stock bike and being 64 I am a loyal fan of the bikes of the 60's era when we had everyone trying to put something that spoke ORIGINALITY to say the least.
Sure does look like you definitely know what you are doing. Great job to say the least and I am glad you put it up where all can see your workmanship. Gets me thinking even more about the day I will be able to start my first Bobber. grunt007, 81, XJ 750 SecaR, Mi.

 

Thanks 007, I ordered the steal pan for my bike Friday off of e-bay and I will show the members on here step-by step on how to make a seat for there bobber. The tooling is where the art comes from. Its old school stuff that I love doing!!!! Its alot of fun, hope some folks out there would try it!!! Stay tune....

 

Planning on giving it a try. Even took a short class at local Tandy for tooling. Been practicing and trying to come up with pattern I like. Think I'm gonna try rivets rather than lacing around the edge Depending on how much padding you want, a Yoga mat works GREAT...

skillet
BTW a2z, lookin' GOOD...

 

This is great man, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Would this technique work to make a longer. bratstyle-type seat like this?

 

Hey! You need a shorter NICK that old men like myself can remember? My question is this------>Where did you order the steel pan from? Just wondering, that sounds like a much easier way then forming it all by hand.))))) grunt 007, 81' Xj 750 Seca, Mi.

 

I went on good old e-bay and ordered a plain steel pan with front bracket. I paid less then 40.00 bucks and I can't til it gets here so I can weld on it and punch out alot of holes in it. @ Skillet, dude this is a LOST art. I wish the younger generation would get more involved with this stuff. Its alot of fun and it looks kick- a$$. Wait til you see what I'm tooling into the seat. @ C-muck, it could be done but you would loose the foam base and I noticed no rear shocks. Dude you would have to be hard core. It would be rough-riding. Thanks guys for all the questions. I will post step-by-step.

 

Heres is one I did about a year ago. No tooling but got high scores at a bunch of bike shows. This is a custom built Tempest bike... Thanks for looking.....

 

I forgot to show you the best part. The back of the seat.

 

Man, you do some fine work to say the least. I personally think you should consider doing this for some $$$$$ Must be nice to have true talent to say the least. This is the sort of things that make Bobbers so interesting to me. Each one one way or another has it's own Personal identity to say the least. Keep up the good work, I am sure it will pay off one day. grunt 007, 81'XJ 750 SecaR, Mi.

 

a2zcustomupholstery Wow man nice work. Are you going to continue on this thread?

 

Yes Sir Waldo, I can't wait to show the members how easy it is to make and personalize there own seats. I will use this thread. Thanks guys...

 

Sure LIKE the shape of that seat pan on the Tempest bike!!!

skillet
BTW might put the 5-finger discount on that idea (LOL)...

 

Okay, let the fun start!!!(1) here is where I'm mounting the front of the seat. (2) the seat pan with 1/8 inch holes. (3) the lay out Still nedds 3 more colors.

 

Old sign aluminum makes a good seat pan (like STOP signs, but don't go steal one - it may cause a serious accident!) They make good side cover material too.

 

All that tooling has got to take a lot of time, nice design.

 

Tooling took about 3 hours and I still have to add 4 more colors to it. I plan to have 4 differant seats to show off at the bike shows.

 

Check it out.

 

Nice, I bought tools a few months ago. One of these days when I have the money I plan on getting some leather and seat pan so I can try it out.

 

@ Hasersys, I noticed you live in Sebastian Florida. Lets hook up and I'll help you with your seat dude.