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Posted by OR Seedman
- December 23, 2016, 11:44:09 AMI agree, as most of the bike is not chrome....but it looks good either way...
regarding the old seat bracket holes...I just put in the old bolts when I don't have my saddlebags on and put factory rubber caps (I ordered 4 from Partzilla) on to cover them...cleans up the look...
by the way ...have you got your saddlebag brackets made yet?
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 23, 2016, 09:36:08 AMI would powder coat it gloss black for the looks and colour of said bike, I would also get some plugs for the old bracket mounting holes.
Posted by mittico68
- December 23, 2016, 08:24:28 AMAs someone asked before, here I go updating ya with the following pics of the spring seat together with the handrail.
Now, I wonder what to do: leave that rail chromed or just paint it black?
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Posted by pcarrell
- December 21, 2016, 08:20:40 AMThat looks sweet!
Posted by OR Seedman
- December 14, 2016, 12:52:32 PMnow with seat rail...also posted in another topic
Posted by OR Seedman
- November 15, 2016, 15:56:53 PMadded leather fringe to the seat and went back to the 3" springs....every time I accelerated hard with the 2" springs on the seat, I felt like I was going to slide right off onto the rear fender....almost happened the first time...so I went back to the 3" springs and moved the seat back a little with a spacer mount and now it's just about perfect for me....
Posted by OR Seedman
- October 28, 2016, 17:28:03 PMI discovered that without the factory seat mounts, my saddlebag mounts were too close to the upper swingarm bumper bolts. so...spacers it is...around 1/2 inch thick worked just fine....
Posted by OR Seedman
- October 27, 2016, 18:26:38 PMit actually was fairly easy once I got the seat position set up...at first I was attempting to put it too far back and I couldn't get the front mount attached...had to take the whole thing back off and reset the front mount to a better position....this was BEFORE I cut out the plastic tray to make mounting to the cross member easier....anyway, here is a picture of the front mount on the seat in the correct position....
and here are some links to the parts
seat: http://www.ebay.com/itm/172227828914?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
mounting unit: http://www.ebay.com/itm/291907184885?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
shorter barrel springs (which I like better in the black color): http://www.ebay.com/itm/171948130104?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
you can get the t-bar mount without springs for less than the $15.99 that I paid...
the hardware I cobbled together from stuff in my shop...the seat posts are fine-thread, but the rest of the stuff I used is coarse thread....all SAE not metric. As far as the channel steel I used to mount to the cross-member...I had some laying around and just cut it to length (12 inches). and flat steel would work, but i would not use anything less than 1/8" thick
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 27, 2016, 15:34:37 PM 
ok seems this might be a winter project if the swap is easily made.
hard part is not having a fancy tool shop in my living room and so will have to see the best way to fabricate some sort of cover for the area I want covered.
I may have to draw on your generous nature to lead me in the right direction as to ordering the parts, if they first off ship to Canada, and secondly if the shipping fees do not exceed the cost of the parts.
Posted by OR Seedman
- October 27, 2016, 13:56:55 PMgreat minds.....ha ha...it was an easy thing to just dye mine since it was already dark brown..
Ratman...I will post a pic of the front mount when I get home and can access my photo album....it's really just a simple t-mount that sells on ebay with springs for around $15...attaches to the front slot mount on the seat, although some seats have 2 threaded posts to mount to instead....
Posted by mittico68
- October 27, 2016, 03:01:13 AMEhy Seedman, looks like we've had the same ideas on doin' that job!
I've had to open a small spot on that plastic tray, too...
and I used a similar grabbing tool, just to let each bolt pass through the holes of the oem steel base. And yes, what a real pain has been tryin' just to insert my fingers in that spots!
BTW: actually my spring seat is getting a black leather cover, by a local shop and I'm workin' hard on the grab rail, tryin' to adapt it to the seat...
Pics will follow asap.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 26, 2016, 20:54:09 PM 
I really like that and so how do you attach the seat in the front?
yup more questions to follow.....lol.......
Posted by OR Seedman
- October 26, 2016, 18:41:14 PMhere are some more pics of the finished position...
Posted by OR Seedman
- October 26, 2016, 18:39:28 PMok...here we go...
2" barrel springs came today, so now I am putting the freshly dyed seat back on.....
First I mounted the springs to the seat....I have a handy little retractable grabbing tool from a computer repair kit....makes putting the bolt down through the barrel spring much easier then just trying to drop it in the holes through the washers.
Once those are done, I mount the seat to the steel channel for mounting to the frame (now painted black, too)
I then took a box end wrench for my frame mounting bolts and put some metal duct tape over one side of the opening to hold the bolt in place while I fed it through the small notch I cut in the plastic tray that holds all the electronics. Otherwise, you have to pull them all out to go in from the front side...a real pain...
snug up the bolts to the frame, bolt down the front to the gas tank mount and you are ready to ride....the seat position is now almost identical to factory height...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 25, 2016, 17:49:40 PMThank you