TZ style seat on a YPVS 31K

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chamber66 · #1 Post by **chamber66** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:41 am

Has anyone done this?
I am looking for some pics to see how it would look if anyone has any?

hondaror · #2 Post by **hondaror** » Mon May 19, 2014 1:51 pm

I would love to do it with a period seat. I believe the frame rails are too wide for the TZ seat, so you'd have to modify those rails, cut, strip and weld and then paint. +++.
You'd be better off making a plug and making your own knock off. Check out AirTech, as they have a decent selection of bodywork and could verify what will work.

chamber66 · #3 Post by **chamber66** » Thu May 22, 2014 4:21 am

Well I thought someone would have done this at some point?

mpazo · #4 Post by **mpazo** » Fri May 23, 2014 6:32 am

Have a look at this one:

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chamber66 · #5 Post by **chamber66** » Sat May 24, 2014 5:19 am

That's what I have been looking for. I am surprised you don't see more bikes like this

Every time I see a pic of a TZ 750 i wonder if you could do something similar?

RZResurection · #6 Post by **RZResurection** » Sat May 24, 2014 9:11 am

I want to do the TZ250S tail at some point. I went with a Honda RS250 instead. It was wider and was to easy to fit.

chamber66 · #7 Post by **chamber66** » Sat May 24, 2014 12:10 pm

Well I have just ordered one of thos TZ seats. i am going to have to cut it an re-model to fit the rails. I haven't really used glass fibre before, so should be fun

hondaror · #8 Post by **hondaror** » Sun May 25, 2014 1:47 am

Show us pics when you get it. Would love to see that.

chamber66 · #9 Post by **chamber66** » Sun May 25, 2014 7:44 am

Well this is where i'm at. i have had it all sprayed etc, but when I fit the bodywork and seat, I just don't like how it looks

because of this the bike has sat unloved for about a year. not sure weather to cut the bracket of the bottom of the tank, or put a strip across it yet?

Should probably have decided to make these alterations, before I got this far

RZResurection · #10 Post by **RZResurection** » Sat May 31, 2014 9:10 pm

If you don't intend to use the stock side panels, then remove the tab. I removed mine. It's useless with any other bodywork.

expat · #11 Post by **expat** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:24 am

RZResurection wrote:If you don't intend to use the stock side panels, then remove the tab. I removed mine. It's useless with any other bodywork.

But then a valuable tank becomes worth much less!

RZResurection · #12 Post by **RZResurection** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:01 am

True. But, it's been painted - less value now. Would he ever sell the tank separate from the bike - maybe. If that was a spare tank, I'd say keep the tab. If that is the tank that will be used with the bike - hack it off if it serves no purpose. Unless he wants to be able to go back to a stock bike at some point, it's not needed.

chamber66 · #13 Post by **chamber66** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:43 pm

Well i have done a quick mockup to see how the seat will look. it's a bit late now as i've cut the sub frame

I have a 2" strip through the center of the seat to re-glassfibre and it needs to be re-modeled where it meets the tank

dusty350 · #14 Post by **dusty350** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 3:50 am

Hi,
Interesting thread. I am doing the same with an F2 frame and some parts left over from another project. I wanted a minimal seat that didn't look too out of place on the F2 - not easy given the shape of the F2 tank. I got this seat of ebay;

I had to cut the frame tubes at the back to make it fit, and had seat supports welded in to support it properly. Battery will live in the tail section. I alo had a flat steel plate welded in as a rear mudguard;

Dusty

uncledirty · #15 Post by **uncledirty** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:25 pm

Cool thread. I'm currently building one and did a bunch of photoshop mock-ups, but it was hard to find a seat that looks good with the RZ tank. The TZ250S seat definitely looked the best to me, but I feel it would need to be shortened to look right. I ended up using a TZ250G tank and TZ250H seat and made a new subframe.

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