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davido wrote: Quick update. I finally got everything togethe rfor shaping the seat. Took time today to go get it done,the plan being to trim off some over-foamed areas and glue the offcuts on to where I need it.Got some glue,some edging for the seat base and bought an electric carving knife for trimming

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Well, I got about 3 pieces trimmed and then the piece of shit electric garbage knife packed in.Everything grinding to a halt again!!!. Now I need to wait for the shop to reopen,take the knife back,get my money back,find a new (different brand) knife and find the time to get into it again!!!!!
Very frustrating.

cool to see the foam worked out. How do you think it will hold up? is it comfortable?

I got back to the seat today. Bought another electric knife and had at it

I did the best I could on the 2xcomp foam.I carved it away to the basic shape

Then went over it with the rotary sander and some 40 grit paper

More or lesley what I was going for. Then I glued some softer,shop bought foam (about 3cm) and strapped it all down



I had to glue it all down onto the seat pan,as the edges were curling up. Then I went at it again with the knife and the sander





and thats pretty much it. I think that I will still need to tidy it up a bit and maybe cover the whole thing again with a very thin layer (1cm) of foam so I dont have any imperfections showing through the vinyl cover. In all It was a pig to do as I didnt know what I was doing.Pretty much learned it from a lot of youtubeing.Im happy with how it turned out though.A good end to the holidays and one more thing off the list.

Doctorot,I have no reason to think it wont last.I have no idea how comfortable itll be .For sure not as much as the matress that came on the original bike but time will tell.
Lacher,I looked into the hotwire idea but evreything I read seemed to point to the electric knife as the best method.The hotwire seemed more for polystyrene rather than foam though I am curious.I think that if it does work it would be cleaner than the knife,which is quite brutal.

How the bike sits now.

Nice.
Steve

Thanks Steve.
I bought a couple of different vinyl type fabrics last week and roped my better half in on the sewing machine. It was a lot of work (best part of a day) Me measuring it up and cutting the patterns and her doing the sewing. I was suprised at how well it came out. It looked great,better than I hoped.Unfortunatley it didnt fit!!! There was no stretch in the fabric and we couldnt get the contours fitting properly. Bugger!!!!
Im going to head into town tomorrow and see if I can get a more stretchy vinyl and try again.






If anyone has any advice,tips,tricks whatever about sewing up a seat cover,please let me know. We need all the help we can get on this.

Been a while since my last post.Things are NOT going well. Dark days are upon me,my KZ friends!
Ive been kicked out of my basement!
A letter came to the house (all the appartments) from the building owners,saying that it is not allowed to have motorcycles in the basement due to the fire hazzard!
I am GUTTED. This totally fucks me up.I have no idea what Im going to be able to do and,to be honest,Im still in shock about it.

Anyway,Its not the end of the build.I cant and wont let that happen.I have too much invested in this already.
Time,money,effort.Blood,sweat and tears.But it might be a while till the next post!

davido wrote: Been a while since my last post.Things are NOT going well. Dark days are upon me,my KZ friends!
Ive been kicked out of my basement!
A letter came to the house (all the appartments) from the building owners,saying that it is not allowed to have motorcycles in the basement due to the fire hazzard!
I am GUTTED. This totally fucks me up.I have no idea what Im going to be able to do and,to be honest,Im still in shock about it.

Anyway,Its not the end of the build.I cant and wont let that happen.I have too much invested in this already.
Time,money,effort.Blood,sweat and tears.But it might be a while till the next post!

That sux,
Pete

ah!
the hell you say!

any small storage units close?

leon

That's what I was thinking. A small storage locker close?
Steve

Man that BLOWS! So sorry to hear about that and hope a solution presents itself soon! I like the option of the storage locker, but what about any friends or family around that would loan or rent out some garage or basement or shop space? I have heard of some shops (normally smaller family run) letting you use or rent space to do your project there. Just spitballing but hope at least one of these ideas pans out for you!

Brett

Sneak it into your sitting room

Irish-Kawi wrote: Man that BLOWS! So sorry to hear about that and hope a solution presents itself soon! I like the option of the storage locker, but what about any friends or family around that would loan or rent out some garage or basement or shop space? I have heard of some shops (normally smaller family run) letting you use or rent space to do your project there. Just spitballing but hope at least one of these ideas pans out for you!

Brett

That's what I was thinking Brett.