Topic: '78 CB750F — "Black-Hearted B%tch*" build

[Becker]

One of the bonuses of living in a metropolis is plenty of foam options - fashion district, sailing shops, upholsterers, etc.
I picked some dense foam from an outdoor sports store for kayaks and used this as a base. Filled in the holes, levelled in all out, and some nose height and tail 'lip'.
Used the leftover bits from the old seat that were not rotted, to give a final shape. And found some soft stuff at a textile shop to smooth my awful handiwork, gaps and all.
Before gluing down the cover, I put down a garbage bag over it all. This should help keep it somewhat drier.

The foam was messy to shape!! That rasp, SurForm(i think) was a godsend.

[Becker]

Sewed up a cover. I added a layer of smoothing foam to the center to give it some more shape and fix some of the leftover knicks in that last white layer.

The staple gun that some website said would shoot through the fiberglass, didn't work. Different staple lengths, different depths, different angles, soft or firm.... All a No Go. Ill have to now find a better solution, as its too late for the carpet teethed thing.
I've used Super77 spray glue to hold it down temporarily and it seems to hold okay. I used this to glue down the foam to fiberglass, and foam to foam layers.

Its a bit narrow for the tank but more importantly, I CAN NOW FIRMLY PLANT BOTH FEET Less height and width = awesome.

So, i now realize the brown colour of the tank is crap. Looks like a dead tree branch compared to seat.

[wannabridin]

Really digging the seat color!  Cool build, can't wait to see it on the road!

[65Ch3v3LL3]

You could always rivet the vinyl to the seat pan. Either get some wide head rivets or use some washers so that it holds the material better.