Finished seat on the xs500 custom cafe bike

That's it. She finally got taken off the center stand that made it easier to work on, so this is her standing on her own. The carbs where off in this shot. But you can't really see them at this angle and the final touches to the rear cabon fiber wrapped seat are on.

Right side view of the finished seat with the vintage Europeon #7. The number is cut out of the yellow vinyl to show the carbon fiber behind it.

View of the back of the seat. These l.e.d. lights look wicked at night! Oh and there's some road dirt on them tires now. I was able to take it for a nice little run around the neighborhood today.

yamaha xs500 rear cafe carbon fiber wrapped seat pics

Nice and clean!

wrapping the cafe seat on the xs500 with 3M carbon fiber wrap

Primer to make sure that shit sticks.

3M carbon fiber vinyl. The next best thing to the real thing.

Tools required and a shitload of patience! I have to give credit to the wife for helping me on this. Really should have 3 people on something like this; one heating and two pulling and stretching it. 3 hours! Not fun at all.

Started...

Back side.

Getting there....

Trimming off the excess and bringing it around into the seat.

Finished look. Fucking cool :)