Slimline Solo Seat Install
(not done to showbike standards)
81 Yamaha xJ650 Maxim. This was a 4 year project that included re-painting, 15" ape hanger handle bars, forward controls, and making the switch to a slimline solo seat. This bike was a great time.
Switching to a solo slimline seat was an intimidating job, made harder by the fact that I was doing it in an apartment parking lot.
After taking off all the old seat garb, I cut the frame with a cheap angle grinder. (you don't need a $200 grinder to do a job this size) Then I cut up some 1 1/2 flat steel stock to make the mounting hardware for the new seat. I made two pieces out of the flat stock to fit with the triangle bolt pattern under the new seat. One bar ran from the mounting bolt on the gas tank to the front of the seat. (see center picture) The second bar ran horizontally between the two frame rails for the back of the seat to sit on. (I did this for 10% the cost of buying pre-made mounting hardware) Then its just a matter of painting the new hardware, and bolting the hardware to the bike and the seat to the hardware.
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| my seat mount without springs |
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| seat mount with springs |
Some mounting kits come with weld-on hardware, however the mounts shown above can be simply bolted on.
Not show bike quality, no welding, but who cares cause it worked.
Not really that big of a job, but it gives the bike a severely customized look.
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