Seat

GS750

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Seat

Construction of the Seat

The seat construction is my copy of the single coilover shock a company called Exile makes a set up like this , I am using that set up as an example and building/modifing from there.

I will show what I used and what it cost. very cheap very easy looks different , not the typical double chrome spings on the seat.

The sheet of metal for the seat pan is about 3/8 inch thick , I am not 100% on the exact thickness , it looked heavy enough for what I needed so I bought it and used it, very strong and has no flex so it should work fine.

After I get the pan shaped and cut to actual size I will also double it with a support strip about 3" wide right down the middle of the pan from front to rear. This will eliminate any possible flex in the seat and support the mounting bolts to avoid stress

cracking.

"NOTE: in these pictures the seat pan that is displayed is the pan I will use but keep in mind it will be cut down a bit and fit more to the contour of the bike frame"

The mount is pretty simple The same method cut the sheet of steel and form it to the curve of the rear tire, This mount for the shock also serves as added support to the rear fender. When this is all welded together it will end up being one solid section in the frame.

The hinge used is from a utility trailer door. 4.5" wide x 7.5" long very heavy duty hinge, I needed the hinge to be 9.5" long but the 9.5" long hinge was 6" wide "to wide" so I used 2 - 7" hinges cut one in half and welded it to the other to give me a 4.5" X 9.5" hinge.

not to mention the added strenth in the doubled hinge.

(ABOVE) shows the hinge at 9.5" and it also shows the tank back on the bike, the front of the hinge where it is welded into the frame will also be part of the tank bolting to the bike at the rear of the tank. You can notice the hinge is slightly bent upward , I bent it to fit to the shape of the seat pan.

(ABOVE) This is what I ended up with, I need to trim the seat pan to fit and weld a "C" shaped channel on the bottom side of the hinge to bolt the shock on , I will more than likely make the "C" channel about 4" long with 2 or 3 holes to set the shock in various positions.

There will be several different holes drilled in the hinge so the seat pan can be located foward and or back to give different positions also.

2/16/2006

Seat update 10 - 27 -2006 ,, I been having second thoughts about the spring seat so I have also been fabricating a hard rigid seat along the way , so you might see pictures either way .

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