A quicky P-Pad

[Ian]

I had to do a removable P-pad for a seat I did and only had a couple of hours to do it (including delivering it) I took some pictures as I was doing it in case it would be useful. I used 4/5 chap for the top and 2/3 oz for the sides, but I've done them like this with veg too.

Here goes:

1 Cut a piece of ABS - this is 3/16

2 Bend the curve into the plastic over a flame

3 position the suction cups and drill holes to take a small rivet. Glue washers over the holes on the top side

[Ian]

4 Next, I glued on 3 layers of 1/2 inch neoprene and shaped it

5 Make a pattern - hint: the sides on the curved sides are not just straight strips.

6 Cut the leather and sew it up

Edited September 3, 2008 by Ian

[Ian]

7 Put the cover on and glue it to the back - I used Barge

8 Glue on a backing - this is trunk lining carpet

9 Rivet on the suction cups - I put tiny self adhesive velcro dots over the rivet heads, so they won't contact the paint

[Ian]

10 Voila a quick p-pad!

11 and on the bike

Actually, I sould have used the medium suction cups rather than the large, since this was a very small pad (he insisted it should only be 5x7). After one ride his wife refused to ride on it again, so I'll be re-doing it in a larger size.

The seat was also a quicky - 3 days in including molding the fiberglass pan (which involved 2 trips out to the shop which was a distance away), shaping the foam (and another trip out to check the contour of the foam) and doing the cover (and another trip to install the seat) - whew, glad that's over!

[ArtS]

Wow! That's a great job and to be done so quickly too!

ArtS

[King's X]

Very nice work. Where do you get that ABS plastic? Somewhere general or a specialty shop? Any help would be appreciated.

[rdb]

You've got a little bit of skill in those hands of yours. Nice work, and thank for the lesson.