I have the 1978 bench seat. The vinyl is splitting at the seam. I can get a new cover (my wife actually offered to make one), but I noticed that the seat pan has a crack and is a little rusty.
I am not having much luck in the Classifieds(http://www.xs400.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8486). I also struck out at the junkyard, since all of the seats with the right pan style were worse than mine, with pans rusted out really badly. The one seat of the right kind on eBay that doesn't cost $100 or more also has a cracked pan.
I don't want to build a cafe racer, a bobber, or anything else out of this. I just really want a functional bike. I could probably try to weld up the crack, but I'm not a very good welder.
Are there sources for decent pans, or ideas on some other seat I could use that would fit? Or any other suggestions on what to do about this?
I am not having much luck in the Classifieds(http://www.xs400.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8486). I also struck out at the junkyard, since all of the seats with the right pan style were worse than mine, with pans rusted out really badly. The one seat of the right kind on eBay that doesn't cost $100 or more also has a cracked pan.
I don't want to build a cafe racer, a bobber, or anything else out of this. I just really want a functional bike. I could probably try to weld up the crack, but I'm not a very good welder.
Are there sources for decent pans, or ideas on some other seat I could use that would fit? Or any other suggestions on what to do about this?