i want to make a custom seat for a gl1100. does anyone have any good books, articles, info on making fiber glass seat pans.

By Doug Hasert on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 06:59 pm:

Several seats on EBAY that start cheap, bad cover etc. I have one with several tears and foam getting soft but has a good pan. Can sell for $12.00 + shipping, email if unterested.
Doug in MN.

By Doug Hasert on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 07:00 pm:

It was on an '81 if (interested).
Reminder, always proof read.

By Dennis Wendt on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 10:55 pm:

Also remember that the 83 seat is 1½ inches
longer.
My 2¢

By Sarge on Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 07:01 am:

Jim,

Look for a motorcycle magazine called The Horse. It's a chopper magazine and either this month or last month had an article on making your own seat and it dealt with fiberglass. Pretty easy actually.

Sarge

By jim daniel on Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 03:56 pm:

thanks guys but i really want to build a custom seat. tks sarge

By Alan Gray on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 11:51 am:

Jim,
Watched American Thunder on Speedvision the other night. They used masking tape in the area the seat pan sets, then put matting and resin on and smoothed all the air bubbles out,when dried it was trimmed some. Looked good, followed the lines of the bike nicely, looks like it would be easy to do. I don't know about your area, but here they rerun that show quite a bit.
Good luck, Alan

By jim daniel on Tuesday, December 25, 2001 - 02:38 pm:

saw the speedvision thing wanted more detail