Mt very first seat from the pan up

[Bobby hdflame]

I agree on the pan curve. When you bend them and they look about right, take them just alitte more. Ya really need a good butt bucket to keep from sliding off. The seat looks great!

Joker

I still can't get over how good your seat looks for a first one! I can't wait to try out some tooling myself. First I gotta do a little more reading here so I can learn from you pros!

I would like to make some stuff for my motorcycle, a new seat being one of them. D

Since you guys are talking seat pans, Does anyone have any "How-To's" on making a seat pan out of metal? I've been thinking about using fiberglass, but have never used fiberglass either. Would I need some specialized tools for dishing out the seat, or could I just use something like a sandbag and round hammer? I want a bigger one, more old school type Harley Police seat, deep dished, and haven't had any luck finding just the pans online.

Also, where's a good source for neoprene rubber to use for seat foam?

Thanks for any advice,

Bobby

[David]

I still can't get over how good your seat looks for a first one! I can't wait to try out some tooling myself. First I gotta do a little more reading here so I can learn from you pros!

I would like to make some stuff for my motorcycle, a new seat being one of them. D

Since you guys are talking seat pans, Does anyone have any "How-To's" on making a seat pan out of metal? I've been thinking about using fiberglass, but have never used fiberglass either. Would I need some specialized tools for dishing out the seat, or could I just use something like a sandbag and round hammer? I want a bigger one, more old school type Harley Police seat, deep dished, and haven't had any luck finding just the pans online.

Also, where's a good source for neoprene rubber to use for seat foam?

Thanks for any advice,

Bobby

Hey Bobby,

Nothing wrong with making your own pan, but why go to all that effort....They take an awful lot of time to cut bend drill and powdercoat, when you can buy a great one for $60 or less. Neoprene.... I use Foam and More in Troy, MI.

If you want an old style pogo style seat pan look up Spitfire Customs..... Ask for Bill Schalk Sr.

Dave

[Bobby hdflame]

Hey Bobby,

Nothing wrong with making your own pan, but why go to all that effort....They take an awful lot of time to cut bend drill and powdercoat, when you can buy a great one for $60 or less. Neoprene.... I use Foam and More in Troy, MI.

If you want an old style pogo style seat pan look up Spitfire Customs..... Ask for Bill Schalk Sr.

Dave

Dave,

Thanks a BUNCH! That's exactly the kind of pans I'm looking for. And for that price, there's no way I'd try to make one from metal or fiberglass. Where do you get seat hardware from for those pans?

Can you recommend a book or video where I can learn how to do the different kind of stitching around the seat edges and in the middle. From what I can see, most of the stitching around the edges looks functional, but some in the middle is just stitching for looks only.

BTW, I looked at your site and you do awesome work!

Thanks for the info, I'll go check out the foam site now.

Bobby

[David]

Dave,

Thanks a BUNCH! That's exactly the kind of pans I'm looking for. And for that price, there's no way I'd try to make one from metal or fiberglass. Where do you get seat hardware from for those pans?

Can you recommend a book or video where I can learn how to do the different kind of stitching around the seat edges and in the middle. From what I can see, most of the stitching around the edges looks functional, but some in the middle is just stitching for looks only.

BTW, I looked at your site and you do awesome work!

Thanks for the info, I'll go check out the foam site now.

Bobby

Thanks for the nice words Bobby, for seat hardware, without a doubt the best comes from Fabricator Kevin. You can probably get the pan from him too. As far as a book for the lacing that's the easy one. Check out Tandy Leather. They have a booklet it's about $5-$6 called How to Lace.

Good luck with your seat.

Dave

[Bobby hdflame]

Thanks for the nice words Bobby, for seat hardware, without a doubt the best comes from Fabricator Kevin. You can probably get the pan from him too. As far as a book for the lacing that's the easy one. Check out Tandy Leather. They have a booklet it's about $5-$6 called How to Lace.

Good luck with your seat.

Dave

Thanks for the reply. I'm filling out the paperwork for wholesale pricing at Tandy at this moment!

Do you have any contact info for Fabricator Kevin?

Thanks a bunch!

Bobby

[rickeyfro]

fabkevin@comcast.net 586-291-4798 www.fabkevin.com

Thanks for the reply. I'm filling out the paperwork for wholesale pricing at Tandy at this moment!

Do you have any contact info for Fabricator Kevin?

Thanks a bunch!

Bobby

[David]

Thanks for the reply. I'm filling out the paperwork for wholesale pricing at Tandy at this moment!

Do you have any contact info for Fabricator Kevin?

Thanks a bunch!

Bobby

Here is Kevin's web site.

http://www.fabkevin.com/home.htm

Dave

[Kustomizer]

Great Looking Seat!