my 750 seca chop - tractor seats are comfy!

like the title says, this was a ratty beat to crap 82 seca 750. now it dons a modified frame, soon to have removable ammo cans, maxim tank, trailer fender, and yes....an antique tractor seat!

the seat hasnt been blasted and coated yet, it will be white silvervein, wich i think will compliment the white tins and black frame/engine.

i chopped the shocks about 2"

drag bars with pull back risers ~4"

MX twist throttle (no bs buttons or grabage, just a twist throttle)

the engine is hi-temp flat black, somewhat visible to the right in the background.

ill keep the pics coming as i SLOWLY find the time to work on it......it may be done for some snow riding at this rate! :roll:

 

PS- sorry for the crappy pic, its really dark with my sisters cell phone. ill get it out while its still light out and take some REAL pictures from a few angles so you can see the sissy bar better.

PPS- although i LOVE the look of an entirely blacked out bike, i felt it was beginning to be the "cookie cutter" bike build. so i went with gloss white

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK! give me the good, bad, and ugly....i like it, you dont have to and it wont hurt my feelings!

 

Awesome looking bike. I love tractor seats as well, I put one on mine and rode it for 4 hours strait and it was still comfortable. Even did the same drive the next day again the same story comfortable as anything. Waiting at red lights are not that great the sides pressed into my legs a little bit but Im riding more than stopped. Again looks sick keep posting the pics

 

thanks AMC 8)

here is tonights progress, not much other than the engine got bolted in and i sat on it making engine noises. then i fred flinstone rode it 100' or so down a hill to see how it felt. :lol:

pardon the dusty engine, looks bad with the camera flash :?

 

I cut my tractor seat down so i could get my feet to the floor, i think it gives a better line as well. nood looking bike so far though

 

is a 82 and 83 the same

 

i do not know....? i bet someone here does!

 

Do you have any plans for trimming the seat at all? Better yet, do you have another seat you can give to me? lol, looking good. Seat would probably look a little more at home on a fat tire bike, but with an inch or two off the perimeter, should look perfect on the XJ.

 

for now the seat stays as is! the only other ones i have are on tractors still, it was hard to find a decent one laying around.

right now the tire is a 120, i plan on stepping up to a 130 when i get it on the road, so that will help a little. also when i have the ammo cans on it will be more at home. the seat right now is still not as wide as the engine. i do think it will blend in better after i coat it white silver vein.

 

My tractor seat.

 

i guess you did cut it! is yours rigid mount or do you have springs under it?

 

Tractor seat = sick. I'd call you a redneck, but that looks just too cool man!

 

i'm runnin a damper from a mountain bike under it and a pivot at the front

 

additions:

-Hella 700ff series driving light for headlight
-my custom muffler painted and wrapped
-cut off neck reflector brackets and mounted amber LED running luights in their place. (in front of tank) i figure this is a safety feature that might help get me noticed rather than mowed down.





tonight i work on the wiring. not much tim eto work on it though. GOTTA HURRY! its getting cold......... :?

 

today i took the bike back apart and started wiring, almost done, had to stop to throw hay. i hope to have the bike done monday, depends on how late the wedding sunday goes.......

side note- when the oil filter is off, dont crank the engine to test the starter circuit. oil goes everywhere. i was overdue for a big mess, hopefully this counts. trucks make bigger messes when you have a slip up so ill take the bike mess any day!

 

I like the led lights idea. I would love to do that to my bike, what size lights did you use? Are they marker lights for a trailer?

 

What kind of risers do you have on there, and were did you get them? Oh yeah sorry, the seat looks bitchen to.

 

risers are from a yamaha bike that a local harley parts place was parting out. i dont know what year or model they came from. 80's yamaha.

the LED's are just 3" marker lights, i cut the bracket off for the reflectors and screwed through the plating on the frame. the forks almost touch, but they stop about 1/32"nd before hitting.

 

pardon the rough running lopey idle....in this vid i was checking my home made wiring harness. there were no air filters, carbs need to be tuned for the new exhaust, and the "choke" was not hooked up and probably needed.

anyway here it is......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdzBRbYwD9s

 

ok i forgot to bring the camera in, so no pictures but i did ride it today.

HOLY CRAP it wanted to run! i got the carbs dialed in beautifully and the bike loves this exhaust. i couldnt get to wild and crazy on it, because i havent finished the front brakes yet.

for the record - the tractor seat is AWESOME.