Members Beener Posted January 15, 2010 Members Report Posted January 15, 2010 Ok, so I will probably be publically flogged for posting this here but I need some opinions and I know that this is the area best suited to getting the answers. I have a 1956 NSU Prima scooter that I will FINALLY get to finish restroing this summer. The seats are peculiar and don't really have a pan to speak of. The standard, off the shelf seat is really a rubber sock type contraption that "hangs from the seat frame. There is a fairly large suspention spring under the seat frame so the idea is that the rubber really is just a big sling to hold your back end. How would I make a nice carved leather seat sling for this type of seat frame and could I just make it like all others and lace the top and bottom together as if they were over a pan, but not really? Does anyone really understand what I mean other than me? Here are some pictures to help... Quote Never lived a day that I didn't learn something new. May have been something completely useless or trivial but at least it was something new!!
Members Storm Posted January 16, 2010 Members Report Posted January 16, 2010 Ok, so I will probably be publically flogged for posting this here but I need some opinions and I know that this is the area best suited to getting the answers. I have a 1956 NSU Prima scooter that I will FINALLY get to finish restroing this summer. The seats are peculiar and don't really have a pan to speak of. The standard, off the shelf seat is really a rubber sock type contraption that "hangs from the seat frame. There is a fairly large suspention spring under the seat frame so the idea is that the rubber really is just a big sling to hold your back end. How would I make a nice carved leather seat sling for this type of seat frame and could I just make it like all others and lace the top and bottom together as if they were over a pan, but not really? Does anyone really understand what I mean other than me? Here are some pictures to help... Hey Beener, I love the net. First check out some of the images and info on these sites. http://scoot.net/56prima/ http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NSU-Prima-Scooter_W0QQitemZ220510010669QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycles?hash=item33576bbd2d http://scoot.net/56prima/dealers_manual/ (This is a downloadable NSU Dealers Maintenance manual) It is also downloadable. http://www.nsuprima.com/mm.html (More Info) The seat seems to be a molded plastic mounted on the spring unit. You could add foam and to a cover over the top. Do you have that molded seat? Storm Quote Please keep in mind that unless I ask for anyones critique I do not want nor require same.
Members Beener Posted January 16, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 16, 2010 Hey Beener, I love the net. First check out some of the images and info on these sites. http://scoot.net/56prima/ http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item33576bbd2d http://scoot.net/56p...dealers_manual/ (This is a downloadable NSU Dealers Maintenance manual) It is also downloadable. http://www.nsuprima.com/mm.html (More Info) The seat seems to be a molded plastic mounted on the spring unit. You could add foam and to a cover over the top. Do you have that molded seat? Storm Quote Never lived a day that I didn't learn something new. May have been something completely useless or trivial but at least it was something new!!
Members Beener Posted January 16, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 16, 2010 (edited) Hey Beener, Yes, I have all the information on the seats and I actually had the two seats that the scooter came with origiannly, problem is that the seats are rubber. No molding other than what comes after sitting on them. It is really just two pieces of rubber molded together to creat a sleeve that the seat frames give shape too. The reason I want to make leather ones is becauce the seats are normally rubber and 60 years old. Mine disintigrated the first time I tried to put weight on them. Ben Edited January 16, 2010 by Beener Quote Never lived a day that I didn't learn something new. May have been something completely useless or trivial but at least it was something new!!
Members Beener Posted January 17, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 17, 2010 Actually, I was thinking about it today and it would be very similar to a three legged camp stool. Infact, that really all this seat is in the first place on out of leather instead of rubber. Quote Never lived a day that I didn't learn something new. May have been something completely useless or trivial but at least it was something new!!
Members Storm Posted January 17, 2010 Members Report Posted January 17, 2010 Actually, I was thinking about it today and it would be very similar to a three legged camp stool. Infact, that really all this seat is in the first place on out of leather instead of rubber. Actually Ben I thought that covering the frame in fiberglass and resin in a form fitting way would be a good base. Then add someneopreme foam and cover it in tooled leather. The attached picture shows a leather cover for the original rubber seat. Storm Quote Please keep in mind that unless I ask for anyones critique I do not want nor require same.
Members Beener Posted January 18, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 18, 2010 Wow, ok thanks. I wasn't really with you at first, but I am now. So, would you carve some foam to be the bas for the form fitting seat, them cover it with masking tape and paste as the base for the pan? Once I have the pan, I would imagine that the seat would be similar to a custom bike seat? Anyway, I think I am on the same page, as I would be worried about the seams of anything that was not supported. The tooled leather cover over a fibreglass pan makes way more sense. Thanks Quote Never lived a day that I didn't learn something new. May have been something completely useless or trivial but at least it was something new!!
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