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Offline Shtonecb500

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Looking for a specific seat.
« on: January 18, 2017, 08:27:24 PM »
Im very picky about cafe racers. If the lines aren't done well, the curves of the bike don't draw my eye, then I'm sad. I like custom fabrication that looks like they could have come off the line as far as how different parts of the bike interact with one another.

With that being said, I don't have a welder yet so I've stayed away from buying aftermarket parts and trying to just "stick them on".

My CB is my daily rider, that means I can't stick a typical cafe seat on it. Ive kept a stock seat on there and I dig it but I found this cb750 floating on google and it solves all of my problems. Nice and thick but still gives me the shape I agree with. I like the height of the seat but if anything I would want it slightly lower to be more in line with the top curve of the tank through to the cowl shape of the seat. Providing a nice solid declining curve.

My question is does anyone know if this is manufactured seat or a custom seat?
Does anyone know who the bike belongs to so I can find out?

Thanks.

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Re: Looking for a specific seat.
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2017, 10:29:44 PM »
The rear "cowl" potion of the seat needs to be lower in height. The seat appears to be custom.
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Re: Looking for a specific seat.
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2017, 06:21:33 AM »
As you are very picky, I am not sure if this would float your boat. It is made especially for the CB750K I bough this quite afew years ago and checking the seller's web-site, I cannot find it anymore. You may want to check with them directly

https://pwonline.de/start

Here are a few pictures. one of them I have posted before, showing the seat on my K'76 frame
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Re: Looking for a specific seat.
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2017, 08:01:05 PM »
my friend,

Thank you for the suggestion, but I want that specific seat and I've come to the conclusion its custom made. Its lines and angles are perfect, and it gives me the cowl rear end look without having to chop the frame and still allows a stock fender. Ive already begun preparing my own seat using a stock cb500 seat pan. Im determined to have exactly what I want and thankfully artistic and mechanically inclined enough to pull it off. Ill post pictures next week and make a video of the process. i feel like i want to have that racer look while preserving its stock form. It can be done.
73/74'' CB500/550 resto-mod - sold
75' 750f 91' cbr f2 swap cafe - mock up
74' 750 chopper hardtail - complete - sold
74' CB750/836kit - Black mix & match - daily rider - always tweaking
71' cb500 K0 survivor - complete
71' K1 - CANDY GOLD/BROWN Winton kit - in process

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Re: Looking for a specific seat.
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2017, 08:16:39 PM »
How bout something like this
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And the little ones z50r, xr50r, st90


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