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Thanks guys! I do not have such talent myself as well. The seat (without seat pan) was pretty much all made by a friend (he is the guy whose waist you can see in the picture) who works in the seat making business. The seat foam that you can see, was made out of rebond foam. He glued it to the pan and then came over so I could shape it myself and learn the process. After that he took it to the company where he works, added softer type material (he mentioned some kind of gel pad strips too, but I am not sure if he added those or not), and then he took it to the sewer, who made the cover according to my plans.
I will make straight pipes with some baffles. It's probably very loud and stupid solution and will make my bike run bad, but that was the plan.
Well that's an interesting fact eric123. Do you speak any Estonian?
Here is another stupid idea, besides straight pipes and thin seats. I drilled holes in my handlebars for the switches.
Just wanted to say "Thanks" for an excellent build thread!
I'm just starting tear down of my '81 and you've given me some great ideas!
Keep them coming.
De nada, Madsim! I will keep them coming until I am out of material.
Took off the old broken and rusty centerstand.
And this was the first ride.
Kinda stupid idea to ride without helmet, in sneakers, shorts and tank top, but in my defense I rode it very slowly and only about 100 meters just to make sure everything was working well.
After first ride I started working on the exhaust. I found a thread long ago from dothedon.com about homemade baffles and thought that I'll give them a try (http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=11248.0).