Motorcycle Seat Repair & Modify 101

The right rear corner of the seat was ripped anyway, so I thought I might as well do a cut and shut job on the seat to improve the ‘lines’. The local wrecker was in a generous mood and gave me an old seat for just $5 (probably all its worth) so I could salvage it to repair my seat. I don’t want the seat to look brand new, but still want a custom look. See if you can figure out what I am going to do using the two images as a reference

What’s going on here then?

Apart from the fact that I’m almost out of Scotch....

Lucas type 679 Beehive Tailight

Received my new vintage Lucas type 679 ‘Beehive’ tailight from Trojan Classic Motorcycles. This was used on most British motorcycles from 1968-72. Looks very good, all I need to do now is make a nice looking bracket to mount it with.

Pre-loved stuff from the verge side

Who doesn’t love rummaging through piles of old junk? You never know what you might find! We are currently getting ready for a bulk rubbish collection, so everyone is piling up their junk on the verges. These are a few old bits I had pulled out of the piles. A couple of old leather straps & loops, some weathered timber veneer and a first generation iMac keyboard. Should be interesting to see how we can make use of these items.

Wrenchmonkees have my sticker on their door

The Wrenchmonkees got my sticker!

Go check out their blog & website, cool stuff!

http://wrenchmonkees.blogspot.com/

Crispy Cycles T-shirts

Get your original design Crispy Cycles T-shirt now, available in sixes XXL – S. Then when you get you shirt, take a pic of yourself wearing it and I’ll post it on my blog. Drop me a line at crispycycles@gmail.com for all the info.

Trial fit of 5x17 Supermoto wheel

Used my wheel building jig again to build a mock-up of the 5x17inch supermoto rim laced to the standard DR400 hub and a 150/70 street tyre. Looks really ‘tough’ bolted in place and looks like it will fit without too much trouble. Will need to modify the brake torque arm and probably make a spacer for the rear sprocket so the chain clears the tyre. I have also cut and shut the seat which I will recover using some old and some new materials.