650 Maxim Seat mod

Thought I would share my progress on Vintage rice as of late.

She got a new seat as I couldn't take the stock seat any longer. We are rather limited when it comes to seats so I fabbed one up using a sportster seat.

It's actually a seat made by "Drag Specialties" but came with my 1990 Sportster. I had to make a bracket to fit under the tank and then drill out the rear fender. I also had to make a sleeve to take up the slack of the long bolt.

I also put a block of wood under the rear part of the seat and I covered it in leather.

The finishing touch I had an old Willie and Max saddlebag that was too small to use for anything so I ripped it apart and used nearly all of it to cover the area's under the seat that exposed the underpinnings of the places the stock seat would cover.

I used heavy waxed upholstery thread and hand sewed the leather to the seat. Talk about sore fingers!

Anyway, The seat is very comfortable compared to the stock seat. I like the looks and was pretty happy with the result.



Rob

 

My next project is replacing those dreadful foot pegs. Should be interesting.

Rob

 

Fixed the link to the images...

Rob