Seat Pans...not A Bobber

[ikewineb]

I picked up two softail seats this weekend. The HD dealer had a take off sale, selling used parts. I got them for $25 each. I picked out the roughest of the stack. I figured I'll try to learn/practice in steps. Start with a recover of an existing pan, then foam and cover, then pan foam and cover. Now, I need to find a source for seat tangs. The front ones seem simple enough. It's just a simple piece of bent bar stock. The rear fender tang needs to be dressed up a bit.

[BadX]

your going to have to do some serious trimming to get a softail seat on a Dyna. There is a guy over on the HDForums.com who makes Dyna and sportster seats, I don't remember his name but look through the classifieds for him, he may sell you just a seat pan. Next option would be to get in touch with C&C seats and see if they would sell you just a seat pan, those guys are pretty good to work with also.

[Twisted 66]

after reading this post I have just added another item to my "to do" list lol I have my old stock seat from my Suzuki boulevard in my garage and it never even occurred to me to sculpt down the foam and recover it DUH! thanks for the thought

[David]

Thumbs down on the fiberglass seat pan..... Steel doesn't crack!

Dave

[ikewineb]

I'm not going to try to put the softail seat on the Dyna...I know that won't work. I got them to practice with and make a mold from. If they turn out well, I'll sell them. If not...no one will ever hear about it ;-). One pan I have is for a duce and the other a softail 00 and up, I believe. The Duce is missing the rear tab and the softail is missing the front tap. Those, I can make. If anyone has a picture of those taps or the measurements, that'd be a huge help. For now, I plan on just setting nuts in the fiberglass for the tabs to be bolted on the seat.

It's confusing...I know. I agree the steel pans are obviously stronger than fiberglass. I think working a metal pan for a two up seat is just way too much work. Every two up seat I've ever seen has either a fiberglass pan, or an ABS plastic pan. If you have ideas of how to make a two up steel pan, I'm all ears though. I'd love to hear some ideas. I'm going to tear the seats apart and try and get my molds made this weekend.