Nothing quite as rewarding as taking a bunch of junk and making new junk with it. Is it creative? Maybe. Useful, mmmm...sometimes. Poorly made? You betcha!
Sold the motorcycle a while back but kept the old stock seat. Can’t just let that lay around, so let’s slap something together and make some magic happen.
First, attempt to make a better base by drilling a hole through steel. Slow and steady, lots of cutting, I mean lawnmower, oil and whamola!
With a healthy dose of self-confabulation and the application of poor welding skills, keep marching forward.
The best remedy for poor weld quality is more poor weld quality.
Add wheels to take everyone’s attention off the poor weld quality!
How to attach plastic to metal? It was tricky, but it required fire and lots of it.
Watch a couple ChuckE2009 and Allen’s Welding videos on YouTube, bam! Scored the plate to bend it to match the contour of the motorcycle seat baseplate.
Mark some holes for mounting screws
Missed the photo on this one, but how much JB Weld does it take to mount a 3/16” steel plate to a motorcycle seat? Answer: all of it.
12 machine screws and $8 of JB Weld later...Magic. Had to leave it outside overnight because it caught fire while welding the baseplate to the seat post, LOL. All good now. Strong enough to hold my portly rear end in place and the kids like it for when they “help” me in the garage.
On to the next piece of junk!
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Sold the motorcycle a while back but kept the old stock seat. Can’t just let that lay around, so let’s slap something together and make some magic happen.
First, attempt to make a better base by drilling a hole through steel. Slow and steady, lots of cutting, I mean lawnmower, oil and whamola!
With a healthy dose of self-confabulation and the application of poor welding skills, keep marching forward.
The best remedy for poor weld quality is more poor weld quality.
Add wheels to take everyone’s attention off the poor weld quality!
How to attach plastic to metal? It was tricky, but it required fire and lots of it.
Watch a couple ChuckE2009 and Allen’s Welding videos on YouTube, bam! Scored the plate to bend it to match the contour of the motorcycle seat baseplate.
Mark some holes for mounting screws
Missed the photo on this one, but how much JB Weld does it take to mount a 3/16” steel plate to a motorcycle seat? Answer: all of it.
12 machine screws and $8 of JB Weld later...Magic. Had to leave it outside overnight because it caught fire while welding the baseplate to the seat post, LOL. All good now. Strong enough to hold my portly rear end in place and the kids like it for when they “help” me in the garage.
On to the next piece of junk!
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