As sometimes happens while being creative, I've changed my mind. After doing some serious sitting and staring, something just wasn't looking right to me. So, out comes the grinder. I removed the chopped rear fender and the new taillight and cut off the rear seat bracket making a nice flat surface to mount a new seat pan. I also removed the old seat swivel mounts and got rid of the old seat pan which I had been planning on recovering. So, next I needed to create a new seat pan...This cardboard cut out is the first draft and will eventually be transferred to a sheet of metal and mounted to the frame. A nice thin pad of some type will complete the look. After sitting on it with the new seat design I can feel quite an improvement in the comfort of the hand controls. Just lowering the seating angle a couple inches really helps the comfort of the whole design. The idea is to get a side mount tail light with a license plate bracket for the right side of the bike and leave the seat nice and simple and clean. I'm liking this new direction and am glad I made the jump into some more fabrication with it...when sparks are flying you know you're having fun!
I also got both of the carbs rebuilt and installed with their new filters...oooh shiny!
-Bocaj
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