old school saddle solo seat without springs?
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old school saddle solo seat without springs?
i'm looking for an old school saddle style seat, similar the the dk custom one,but that goes on like a stock seat where the front lip slips in and 1 bolt in the rear. and i'd prefer it to be approx 2" thick. I had a 1" frame on seat and it was brutal after 50 miles, lol and over 3" is too puffy looking for my taste. the dk seat looks perfect, I literally want that seat without the springs, I just don't care the springer seat look.
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i'm looking for an old school saddle style seat, similar the the dk custom one,but that goes on like a stock seat where the front lip slips in and 1 bolt in the rear. and i'd prefer it to be approx 2" thick. I had a 1" frame on seat and it was brutal after 50 miles, lol and over 3" is too puffy looking for my taste. the dk seat looks perfect, I literally want that seat without the springs, I just don't care the springer seat look.
That seat can be used without springs. You can use rubber bumpers, or just let it sit on the frame.
Here is a LINK to it with rubber bumpers, or you can delete those and let the seat pan sit on the frame of the bike.
Here's a photo of a seat sitting on the rubber bumpers.
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Another option is to get just the seat pan for the rubber bumpers, you can see it at this LINK.
Then you can take the seat pan to a local upholstery shop and have them cover the seat exactly how you want.
Here's a photo of the kit-
btw, you can trim down the rubber bumpers up to half the height...giving it an even lower profile.
You can also bypass the local upholstery shop if you want, and get a kit and make it exactly how you want. LINKY
Here is a photo of one of the seats I have made for my own Sporty-
Made the above seat out of this-
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The OP wants to attach a steel plated spring style seat to his sportster using the metal clip in the front and the metal tab in the rear.
Another suggestion, get a really used LePera "bare bones" seat that uses a 16 gauge metal mounting plate with integral clip and tab.
Remove the old seat covering and foam.
Bolt the custom spring style seat to the LePera mounting plate, resulting in a rigid mounted spoon shaped seat.
No front hinge bolt, no rear spring mounts, no rear floating rubber bumpers, no bouncing seat.
For a minimum thickness foam seat, consider an all leather tractor style seat manufactured by Rich Phillips Seat Co. Saint Louis , Mo,form fitting or an actual John Deere all steel tractor seat with no foam or covering material.
The 1947 version of the JD seat is still available. Incorporated this seat on a custom bike and was very comfortable. My grand father who only weighed 135# with a bony butt spent all day on a tractor plowing corn fields in Kansas using a form fit tractor seat. Also, the after market version of the Ford model 8N tractor seat is still manufactured.
Maybe LePera could sell only the mounting plate.
Another suggestion, get a really used LePera "bare bones" seat that uses a 16 gauge metal mounting plate with integral clip and tab.
Remove the old seat covering and foam.
Bolt the custom spring style seat to the LePera mounting plate, resulting in a rigid mounted spoon shaped seat.
No front hinge bolt, no rear spring mounts, no rear floating rubber bumpers, no bouncing seat.
For a minimum thickness foam seat, consider an all leather tractor style seat manufactured by Rich Phillips Seat Co. Saint Louis , Mo,form fitting or an actual John Deere all steel tractor seat with no foam or covering material.
The 1947 version of the JD seat is still available. Incorporated this seat on a custom bike and was very comfortable. My grand father who only weighed 135# with a bony butt spent all day on a tractor plowing corn fields in Kansas using a form fit tractor seat. Also, the after market version of the Ford model 8N tractor seat is still manufactured.
Maybe LePera could sell only the mounting plate.
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