CB160 Racer seat cushion, Moyou + Misc.

Tired of looking at this seat pan.

(REALLY tired of waiting for parts..)

 Shoe shine.

 How meat cutters get used at my place.

 Comfy?

 Thanks for the lessons, Mom.

 Eh.  

It works.

 I like the idea of never washed white.

Like the C2 grips.

Like a canvas for my buttocks.

 Rough life.

 Gaskets in from Canada.

 Keys made.

Seat dance Sunday

No maiden voyage today.

Time to make a cush-cush.

 Definitely not Moyou approved.

Seat is getting closer

Getting closer.

 Not Moyou approved yet.

 Sand and fill sand and fill sand and fill sand and fill....

Mt first seat bump.

I knew this tank would come in handy some day...

.....it had screws and bondo to patch holes...

 Deconstructed.

Tacked.

 Moyou approved.

 Filled.

 Cleaned up a bit

 Visualize.

Honda CB160 Seat Modification

Today was seat mod. day.  

Tomorrow is parent teacher conference day.

Stock seat de-foamed.

 Stock seat nasty.

 Choppy.

 The mid section of the seat slides onto two stays welded to the frame. 

I figured this would be a good starting point for a fairly symmetrical seat.

 Attached the sides.

1

 2&3

 4

 Eh.

Good enough for now.

It lines up with the tank pretty nice and is about 1.5 - 2 inches slimmer.

Originally thought I would work the springs back in the equation but have a different idea now.

Pony chop

Rubber mounted seat

Exhaust extension 

Rear fender re-worked

Stripped down

Rubber mounted seat

(skateboard bushings)

 Cut, drill, weld in the stay

 Done

Hopefully this reduces the amount of vibration to my boooty

Always patient

Always kind

Unconditional love 

 Short exhaust

Slightly extended

Can't wait to hear it

What's left?

-Figure out/finish tank mounting

-Welding cradle on at the front

-New stator side cover...again

Grant and Gunnar \/ Honda CB500 and CB350

The weather was amazing today...working on bikes is way more fun when it is warmer too.  

Got a lot done.  

Gunz should be taking his cb350 home tomorrow as long as CRC2 has what he needs.....then I can spend Sunday getting the garage ready to park my car in it for the real winter weather before it starts.

Grant and I rode back to my place and we took off his turn signals.

Before

After....sorry about the bad picture.

He also added Indiana to the front fender.  He made this plate in high school a while back.

Gunnar and Ben showed up a little later and I had his seat pan ready for some cushion.

Ben and Gunz put on the chain and we messed with the clutch for a minute but realized he needs a shifter lever and the clutch mechanism doesn't have the 3 steel balls it need to work properly.  

Off to CRC2 tomorrow.

When they left I came in to finish it up.

Cut the foam with my electric meat knife again.....so good.  Fabric is ready too.

I hate rivets.

If they make an automatic rivet gun, I want it.  

My baby hands always hurt so bad from this.

This is what the bike looks like done.  Bad picture again...I am too lazy to re-shoot.  

I will get some decent shots before he takes her home tomorrow.

I also wired the bike up this morning.   

I used the same rectifier that I have on my 350's.  

Everything runs like it should. 

(right now)

Checked the charging system and it was doing its job.

I had my workspace somewhat organized the other day.  

Maybe I can clean tomorrow.

The germ is in my house

I have been putting this off for a long time.  I have to make a seat for Gunnar this week so I thought I would get everything out and make mine first.  I was originally going to use the original foam that had been cut and formed but I decided last minute it was too gross.....and I wanted to use my electric meat cutter on the foam to see how well it would work.

Would you like a demo?

I will never use the hot knife to cut foam again.  Ever.

Yeah, I skipped the most annoying step.  .  . cutting out and sewing the seat vinyl.

Not finished yet but its getting close.  I need to make circle emblems out of wood, and finish the rear brake and wire it in.

Vroom Vroom?

The seat is longer that I wanted it to be.  I will probably end up cutting it down an inch or two (and the frame) and wiring a brake in the back of it.