I was looking for a way to soften the jarring my spine gets going over rough roads at highway speeds. Shock pre-load was at its softest but was still not enough. So I added some springs in my seat.
Looking at what is available in the market, I found none to my liking, others were limited to a solid seat, others were positioned too high, so I decided to build one myself:
Started off with a rough sketch...
With no proper workshop, I work on the floor.
The basic frame support for the Stock Seat.
The frame support mounted on the frame. No drilling in the frame, no welding, or cutting.
With the Seat Spring installed, there was a need to cover up the now exposed "butt" of the stock seat. With none available in the market, I had to build one for myself...
Started with the form...
Got a cardboard and cut it out.
Then found some unused License Plate protector made out of Plexiglas...
Cut it out based on the cardboard form...
Pre-fitting...
Now to bend it into shape using a heat gun...
Trying out the fit...
Workable but too plain...
Doing some more bending to streamline the design...
Now to give it its color...
Initially just thought of just covering it up, but saw the opportunity to make it functional as a 3rd brake light...
So I tried putting some LED's in the cover and it now serves another purpose.
06-11-2015, 10:26 PM
The Build
very good idea...nice job too!
