This isn’t the biggest update but it shows what I’m working towards.

I’m using the back half of a rusted out 500t tank to make my seat cowl. I wanted to slim it down so I cut out a 1 3/4″ section and welded it back together.

Mock up.

This is the beginning of my solo seat on my cb500t. I’m going for a super low, slim and minimal seat that fits with the curves of the tank.

Cutting out paper templates to get certain measurements.

Laid out the design on 16 gauge sheet metal.

muscled some bends.

Stance

This weekend I finished fabricating the front end of my bike.

Started by mocking up and drafting the gauge/switch bracket.

Spray mounted my mechanical drawing onto an 1/8″ flat stock steel and then roughed out the shape with the hacksaw and cleaned it up with files.

Installed! Left switch is for the High/Low beam and the right side is the On/Off kill switch.

Stance.

Here’s how it looked stock.

Replaced the shitty oem rubber/solid pipe with a stainless brake line from Max. Huge thanks to him for hooking me up with it. had to trim a spare banjo bolt to make it work but i’m real happy with the results. this should really improve my marginal braking power. THANKS MAX!!!

i’m using a spare set of cb360t gauges on my 500t. i disassembled them to polish the cases. after stripping the paint i wet sanded with 320 grit and got a nice brushed aluminum look. i dig it.

ricky, ed and i can’t figureout how to turn back the mileage without running the risk of breaking it. anyone have a simple solution to get the mileage to zero?