Making A Custom Fiberglass Seat - XS400 Build

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Making A custom fiberglass seat pan for the XS400 build! In the last video I made an electronics tray and now its time for a seat. This time I chose to make one from fiberglass instead of steel or aluminum. I ended up changing directions from my original idea for the seat and love where its headed now! Enjoy the video and let me know if you have any questions.
Great video showing another seat build. I based mine off of his method.
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@cedricbdo7551 Год назад

Love the quick release idea. I wished I saw this before I made my NX650 ^^. Thanks for all your videos!

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank ya!

@airmotivewelding8012 Год назад

Nicely done. Fiberglass is a learning curve for sure. I find cloth to be easier to work with, but my experience is with aircraft repair. Full fabrication from glass is something I have yet to dive into. Great lookin part for the project hoss!!

@Cochise6-6-6 Год назад

Awesome Job on the seat, always lovin your videos, makes me feel like I can do this after watching you explain it so well, thanks, you're sick.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thanks so much! Happy to take the mystery out of this stuff

@andymiller5611 Год назад

Considering this was your first attempt at fibre glass seating, it looks pretty good to me, man! Everyday's a school day when watching your videos, dude! There's always something to learn from you! Keep up the awesome work! All the very best to you and your family at this time of the year and I hope that 2023 is kind to you! Take it easy, Andy 🍻🤘💜

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Much appreciated Andy! Luckily I had done the cowel and some other repairs so I had the basics down

@robertadams4415 Год назад

Can't wait to see the finished work

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Same, lots of ideas!

@Dustmonkeycreations Год назад

Nice dude, I use FRP quite a lot on my stuff, your imagination is the only limitation 👍🏼 if I can pass on a tip, if you rip the fibreglass rather than cut it, it will flow in to the next layer much nicer and have a more consistent thickness 👍🏼 Also once you finish, I run over it with some 80grit quickly just to take off any spikes that love to find your fingers when you least expect it 🙈 Happy new year dude, all the best Wayne 👍🏼

@dreamin47_ Год назад

Thanks, always a insperation for ideas.

@johnkenny6573 Год назад

Another great video. Best wishes for 2023.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank ya John!

@manuelmartinezrivero4739 Год назад

Comme d’habitude, toujours très propre et explication très claires. Ça donne pleines de bonnes idées pour commencer mon projet café racer avec ma bonne vieille Honda CX500 GL de 1982. Elle est déjà dans mon atelier et elle m’attend 😊 A++

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank you much! Happy the video was helpful 🙏

@XJRabbits Год назад

Great stuff again. No clue how you come up with this stuff. Genius

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thanks dude!

@darrennoonan6147 Год назад

Nice work that is going to look awesome

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank ya!

@Pieterpuma17 Год назад

Like it that you still have that grinder. I have tools my father used and it makes it a little special everytime using them. Dowidat wrenches.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Exactly. They just mean a bit extra when you use them

@MrNiklas1967 Год назад

Impressive as allways

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank ya sir!

@miguelpagansr6128 Год назад

I think it turned out real nice, clean simple lines lightweight and yet still strong and no you’re not an idiot.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Many thanks!

@menom7 Год назад

As others have said on here already,I ALWAYS learn something (or get ideas) from watching Your video's!!! Enjoyed watching this one,and I think it looks great so far!!! LOVE the button extractions!!! : >)

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Well thank you much! I always hope the videos provide real world tips and tricks

@bertbog5088 Год назад

great to see you doing fabrication - you and yours have a great Christmas and a happy new year

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

I definitely don't get to do it enough. Thank you

@kencreten7308 Год назад

Cool, fiberglass. Glass dust everywhere... ahhh! heh. Fantastic job.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

🤘🤘

@DocJonesGarage Год назад

Nice work BJ seat latch is trick!

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank ya Doc

@thecaudells Год назад

That GS! 😍😍

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

A mighty fine looking machine! 😉

@thecaudells Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds Facts!

@jimclarke1108 Год назад

Great work Mr BHB, if it was me i'd be trimming a park bench to fit😁

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

🤣🤣🤣

@tompowell6723 Год назад

You are definitely NOT 'an idiot'! I don't know what part of the country you live in and you may not have the access to fiberglass materials that we have here with our large boating community. If possible you should check on the availability of fabmat in your area. This is for building up an area on either side of your center flat bar seat support. I really appreciate your logical approach. I would suggest that you focus more on resin saturation. You are off to a suburb start. In time you will come to understand that fiberglass work has to be done in it's own area especially the grinding and sanding. Keep at it. Be well, Tom.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank you for the insight Tom! I will work on that

@arunhanglimbu Год назад

Love from Nepal 🇳🇵🙏

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

🙏🙏

@timothyellis6266 Год назад

A plastic spreader along with a trimmed paint brush starting with the unidirectional glass first layer would have helped to lay it down. Styrofoam for backing / support can be fit prior to glassing the scraped out with kitchen fork after. If possible immediately after laying the last resin coat use a vacuum clothing storage bag to draw out the air. Shortly after set up use heat gun at medium heat for final hardening. 👍✌

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Sounds like you have done this before lol. I'll keep those tips in mind 🤘

@Gus-cg9yp Год назад

Hi, Nicevjob., looks and fit great. I bet you had some dust in you workshop after that.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank you! It wasn't bad dust wise. I just kept cleaning as I went before it became a big mess

@rodwatson8732 Год назад

I love this seat mount idea. I'm about to steal it... after I buy these mounts, of course. Also, do you think you'll need to trim the attachment screws prior to upholstery to prevent them poking you in the butt or will the padding be sufficient to cover them? Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Yes the screws will be trimmed. I felt it was obvious so I never addressed it in the video.

@TheEverydayEnthusiast Год назад

The boy and I enjoyed this video while keeping inside #blizzard2022

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

It's friggin freezin out there!

@The9meister Год назад

RacerTV has a video about the divine proportions of a cafe racer , the size of the fuel tank compared to the seat, and other components, happy holidays.

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

I do think people can get a bit down in the weeds with how something is "supposed to" look and not let the bike tell you what it needs. Proportions are definitely important but there must be some freedom in there

@hungrywolfmotorcycles Год назад

Custom bikes are pieces of art. Art is subjective. No rules

@ZEUS-eg8jw Год назад

😎 ... From Holland ... !!

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

🤘

@allanrudman Год назад

great videos as usual! , by any chance do you have a video on how to wire ignition coils from scratch? I'm trying to wire a CB 750

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Thank you. I have many wiring videos on the channel. Coils are simple with either one or two wires depending on your ignition system. You just need to refer to a diagram that is correct for your ignition system and go by that

@dorkis44 Год назад

Not sure who you go through for upholstery, but it is the hardest thing to find a video of on RU-vid. If they are willing to take any footage as they attach the fabric to the fiberglass, please have them take it and feature it in a future video!

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

I'll ask. My guy would probably be willing to. Its just glue though

@dorkis44 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds so they just wrap it and use an adhesive on the underside?

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Yes, with mine I usually bolt them down to the frame which helps hold the material in place

@dorkis44 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds thanks for the info. Mine is going to be removable, so I'm looking for a really secure way to keep it wrapped

@robertboyer5498 Год назад

Super strong! You realize my original xs400 14:49 seat pan is just plastic, right? 😂😂

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

🤘🤘

@01thomasss Год назад

Pl;ease tell us more about those buttons and pins? Where can one get them?

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

As mentioned the video they are linked in the description

@johnnyholmberg7773 10 месяцев назад

Trying something similar today but completely missed the mark on making a frame which looks really nice. I have a fibreglass seat pan (3-4 layers) made that I was thinking of putting rivet nuts in for fasteners. You think it will hold up or you think it will crack on me? Also a bit worried if it would actually hold the seat in place with 4 bolts into fibreglass.

@BrickHouseBuilds 10 месяцев назад

Thats hard to say for sure. Id use your best judgement on that. If you are worried about it and have the ability to make changes before its covered I'd say go for it.

@ianblackburn5025 Год назад

Keep doing the vids...but suggesting break up the music stuff with more quick explanation of some stuff...like zip tie on tire when fitting rim for us not so knowledgeable people....keep it short and to the point so those more on it don't get to annoyed with us not so clever...lol.

@frostbitevinnie Год назад

Cool! Are the quick release M6 or 1/4-20?

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

M6 👍

@zakoday Месяц назад

Hello! great video. Can you share the fiberglass resin and hardener you used? thank you

@BrickHouseBuilds Месяц назад

It's just generic stuff you can find at an auto parts store. I don't even know a brand

@newscooler12316 3 месяца назад

How much resin did you use? And if you were to do it without the metal inside how many layers would you do?

@BrickHouseBuilds 3 месяца назад

I do not know how much I used. I try to mix a small amount at a time as it cures quickly. For the second question I'm not sure either. As many as it takes to seem sturdy

@danielheckman5 Год назад

Hope to see the rest of the seat being completed! Check out cafe racer garage. He made his own seat and used some unique materials. Worth the view!

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

I'll definitely show when it gets covered. I chat with Dan often and he is a great dude. I love working with the guy who does my seats as he is very creative and will do much better than I could

@runcoltrun 8 месяцев назад

Do you have a link for that quick release hardware?

@BrickHouseBuilds 8 месяцев назад

Yes it's already in the description. Check the Amazon link

@freekfaro5606 Год назад

Hi! I have a question completely unrelated to a fiberglass seat ... It's about headsets, or at least that's what we call them on bicycles. You know what I mean. In motorbike restoration videos, I always see the old style loose bearing -balls-in grease being replaced. I don't think I've ever seen the races being replaced. But more to the point, even with 50 year old steel racing bicycles, you can replace a shot old headset with a brand new, 1 inch, sealed bearing headset. It wouldn't be period correct of course, but will work far better. So how about motorbikes, where a headset is much less visible, so period correct shouldn't be a problem. No sealed bearing replacements available?

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

Not sealed bearings but taper roller bearings. Very common conversion actually. I do it on pretty much every bike

@freekfaro5606 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds oh ok. They come as a unit, like standardized sizes, just put them in and that's it?

@freekfaro5606 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds I looked it up quickly, on ebay. Yeah, readily available in all sizes. And now I know they're called 'headstock' ... 😁

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

@@freekfaro5606 check out allballsracing as they make a kit or conversion bearing set for about everything

@freekfaro5606 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds wow, that is impressive.

@adep6189 Год назад

Hi really enjoying your videos .. can I ask what the news, latest update on the Honda CBX 1000

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

The CBX is still at the last point I had it. My goal has been to finish the engine this winter but unfortunately I have had many things happen in life that do not allow me much time in the shop. Due to that progress on all bikes has been slowed even further which hurts.

@adep6189 Год назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds thanks for your quick reply , life is challenging for us all .. I'll keep an eye out ...

@jankocasper7471 5 месяцев назад

Please which seat lock is this at 8:25? thanks :)

@BrickHouseBuilds 5 месяцев назад

They are linked already actually

@jankocasper7471 5 месяцев назад

@@BrickHouseBuilds where can you buy it?

@paulwood3867 Год назад

Use a little more resin bj,,the finish looks far to dry Have a good Christmas When adding metal put a layer of wet glass underneath to help bond correctly

@BrickHouseBuilds Год назад

I did also use two different resins so the purple and tan may be adding to that effect. Noted though