Seat is finally 100% done. Took about 2 months from conception on paper to finished product. It was my first time doing metal stuff like this. The seat def has some minor imperfections… but it has character. I designed the pad, and had someone upholster it for me.

-Ed

Got the tail light on today. Looks pretty cool. I’m psyched.
Now all that’s left on the seat is to sand down the top, and coat it with Boeshield T-9.
Seat pad is at the upholstery place right now getting made.

The seat isn’t finished yet. But at least it’s on the bike now.
It’s rubber-mounted in 4 spots, distributing my weight, so I’m hoping the seat doesn’t vibrate to death and break itself apart. Fingers-crossed.

Made some gusset brackets for the mounting hinges. Good idea adam. They look cool.

License plate… crotch rocket style. Right now it’s zip-tied there (and crooked). I need to make some sort of actual real bracket.

This is what’s left:
- Grind off the excess shit on the seat, and clean it up.
- Paint the underside. Boeshield T9 the top.
- Get my seat pad made by J&J auto upholstery. I think it’ll soften the hard edges of the seat.
- Rig up my tail light. Riding dirty, and sketchy right now w/o one.

New seat is 1/2 of the way welded.

Pic below is a mock-up of it on the bike with a seat pad …just so you you can get an idea of what it’ll actually look like on the bike.

I got all the pieces to fit almost perfectly.

Then I spot welded it together…

Then I welded the whole thing together… until I ran out of gas.

Next, I need to finish welding, trim the excess shit off… Grind everything smooth, then make my mount brackets. Then get my seat pad made.

So, I’m still working on the seat for the cb650. This is my first time working with metal since high-school metal shop. So, it’s been a while. I’m pretty much winging it. Below are my steps for figuring out what I’m doing and how I’m doing it. So far it’s turning out real good. I’m ready to start cleaning edges up, make some bends, and then welding I guess.

1) Photoshop it out

2) Template it out

3) Plan it out

4) Draw it out

5) Cut it out

6) Check it out