My Seat and how to cover it ???

[SusanC]

The problem is the rear struts, they are incorrect for the bike, still looking for a good used set but may have to purchase new. Otherwise the shocks are the correct length. Have been doing some work to the old girl and hopefully will have a new and improved picture soon.

SusanC

[SusanC]

I wanted to add to my last post, the shock that you see in the picture does look like there is something wrong with it, but when you stand beside the bike it looks normal, I'm not sure what the deal is with that, we have checked it several times and have found nothing wrong.

The swing arm is factory length also, we have had the whole back end off the bike (and now have another bike to compare to). I would say that possibly it looks different because it is a chrome swing arm but quite a few bikes have these now, possibly I need to take some more pictures to compare with, a few things look sort of distorted in that picture.

I don't know, this is a learning process, and since I haven't had a bike for many years it may be a good refresher to have to figure out all this stuff. It makes it a bit easier that the weather is totally horrible, it would be a bite to be missing some nice riding weather figuring out all this stuff.

Thanks everyone, enjoying all the ideas!

[bustedlifter]

Hey Sue, how's that Ironhead coming along?

[Sawyer]

Hi Susan,

Good looking Sportster, I had one just like it.

I'd recommend changing the shocks to Progressive shocks and maybe just alittle shorter.

Replace the rear chain with a slightly longer one to get the rear tire away from the fender where it's rubbing.

If you want to redo your seat, i'd recommend making a new seat pan.

I redid a Mustang Seat, the customer wanted something thinner, The Mustang seat has a lot of foam making up the shape of the seat. After removing the foam the seat pan was not shaped properly. i had to weld some steel to the seat pan to make it look right.

Here's some photos.

After welding some steel, just cut to shape.