Cafe Racer Seat

Doc, that thread is a good read! The only think im cautious with is getting the seat fabric riveted to the fibreglass, i reckon it'd be difficuilt to change in the future & it may not be that easy to get enough strain on the fabric, drill both materials & then rivet them.

Very interesting to get everyone's techniques here.

HERE's another thread some of you might want to look at

Corbin uses pop rivets to attach the seat cover.

Examples:






From Corbin's website:

Why do you use a Fibertech basepan for your saddles?
There are several reasons that Corbin uses fibertech as a basepan material. First off, fibertech offers us the design flexibility to fit each and every contour of the motorcycle to provide a precise fit. Fibertech is also very weather resistant and won't rust when subjected to the elements.

When used in the proper thickness, Fibertech provides the strength necessary to support the carefully designed ergonomics of the Corbin Saddle. With good basepan strength, the seat will always support you in the right places! When making a new saddle design, Corbin engineers the basepan to ride on rubber bumpers which keep the basepan up and off of your paint job. This is a much better alternative than carpet or similar material which will trap dust and grit against your bike and ruin a paint job.

Click > www.corbin.com/faq.shtml

The following link is to an article that includes removing and replacing the pop rivets.
Click > www.fjr1300.info/howto/foam-ectomy.html

Have ridden the Corbin seat (leather cover) for many years, which still looks and feels new.








Good Fortune!

I have the fortune or misfortune of working in an automotive uphostery shop through my teens and went out on my own for about 10 years until I realized I could make a living without the smell of glue sound of sewing machines and being burnt by heatguns and steamers. back then we would use pop rivets for the cover. even when the tangs were usable the owner preferred for us to use pop rivets in his eyes if he was warantying it it had to be secured with his device (pop rivets)

I took that with me when I went out on my own and not 1 comeback in a couple hundred seats I recovered. but with that said times have changed and I am sure their are more efficient ways to acheive the same effect. But I do know first hand this method works.

make sue you use a high density foam no matter how thin.