First crack at my cafe seat foam

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28 Apr 2008 21:18 #209940 by XL777

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Hey everyone I thought I would post some pics of my cafe progress. I took the stock foam from my LTD seat and cut it to rough out a cafe seat shape. Then I carved and shaped it with a sanding disk. I still have some grinding to do to balance it out but this is what I have after a few hours.

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1978 KZ1000 B2 LTD
Fresh top end rebuild
Rebuilt head
Wiseco 1015 pistons
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Wired george mod

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28 Apr 2008 21:19 #209941 by XL777

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28 Apr 2008 21:20 #209942 by XL777

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28 Apr 2008 21:21 #209943 by XL777

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28 Apr 2008 21:22 #209944 by XL777

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It has been a lot of fun try this out. I plan on putting some harder foam underneath and memory foam where my butt will go. Now I just have to learn how to make a cover.

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28 Apr 2008 21:59 #209956 by JohNLA

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Looking meaner alreadyB)

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29 Apr 2008 02:47 #209970 by HerrDeacon

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Nice shaping XL, I used the same tool to shape my foam and it works great.

That will look good when it's covered.

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29 Apr 2008 08:10 #210011 by ZER

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XL777 wrote:

It has been a lot of fun try this out. I plan on putting some harder foam underneath and memory foam where my butt will go. Now I just have to learn how to make a cover.

Sewing vinyl is not that hard at all, just as long as you already know how to use a sewing machine.

I have a spare KZ440 seat, maybe I will make a tutorial of some sort once I get a little free time in the next few weeks.

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1983 KZ440 LTD Belt Drive,(drag bars, smoothed side covers, shaved seat, pod filters, bar end mirrors) 1981 KZ440 LTD (parts bike)

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09 May 2008 20:17 #212466 by XL777

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I just got the seat back from the foam guy to set it up before he covers it. Take look and tell me what you think.

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09 May 2008 21:13 #212486 by JohNLA

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At first I thought it still seemed to big or thick but then I realized it will compress just enough when it is covered.

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09 May 2008 23:34 #212499 by guitargeek

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JohNLA wrote:

At first I thought it still seemed to big or thick but then I realized it will compress just enough when it is covered.

My thoughts exactly.

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