Seat cowl....

Ive been looking for a cheap seat cowl .Plenty of cheap cowl on E-bay but of cause none for a 1250 .
To get a solo rego i guess the pillion seat has to be plastic or fibre -glass to pass .
Since the 1250 seat is in two parts ,what about removing the seat from the bike .
Remove the front rider seat from the base .
Cover the rear section with a thick plastic bag tightly.
Fibreglass over the top of plastic covered pillion seat .
Pull fibreglass when dry ,trim ,sand ect .
$10 seat cowl

Sounds easy ????

I've wanted to do something like that since day 1 Gus but cant come at the powerbronze price for a cowl.
If you do 1 you might have to do 10
Makes no difference to Vic reg though.

No differance ,how come ? No solo rego?

no solo reg in WA either.

For solo reg upholstered seat no longer than 500mm I think from memory (it's been a while & I'm not getting any younger!) & pillion seat has to be removed/cut down/whatever, a seat cowl over the top won't pass. Why don't they just have a different colour plate or something so we don't have to cut things to bits to comply????

I'm going to sell one of these things in carbon look soon. it could be modified to fit the rear fulltime.

Let me know when the time is right .

You guys, trying to get solo registration.
This is the way to get value for money.

Stupid question time.....
If you get your bike rego'd as a solo, can you still take a pillion from time to time (obviously only if the fibreglass cover is removed to allow access to the seat underneath ), or is it deemed "illegal" to take a pillion?

gus wrote:Let me know when the time is right .

No let me know I'll take back everything I said about you Reardo

Illegal to take pillion .
In Qld a cowl over the seat wont pass ,the upolstered rear part has to be removed . Also thread in pillion attachment points has to be drilled out .
Not too much of a problem as you could use a nut and bolt to reverse , but the seat part is getting tricky .

Just rang bike shop that does solo rego ,Cowl will pass I guess its who you ask .Back to first idea , fibreglass over seat maybe .

Wouldn't it be nice if you could have a rear cowl that was hinged so that it was an easy to access storage area. Hmmmmmm.

I am now learned......!

Start glassing up Gus - this is gunna be great! Dont forget a step by step (with pics)

Well the plastic bag over the seat wont work to many creases to bump up the glass .Why am a worried glass up and stuff up sound similar ?
Never mind , this might just work ,clear celo-tape over the seat .


It doesnt have to be strong as Ventura bag sits a bit high .Trip to Noosa Surf Works this arvo to see if they have missed me .

Apparently still in the good books " your right "


Pulled glass off seat ,released no problems at all .Seat perfect .
The glass mould curing in the sun .


Ist sand ,time to fill the "shinnies "

If you have one of them vaccuum sealers you could possibly bag the seat and vaccuum it. Not sure if it'd work, but could be worth a go.

That's looking good Gus.

USD $162 on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/07-09-BANDIT-1250-GSF1250-NEW-SUZUKI-SEAT-COWL-1250S-/400203850676?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d2e0223b4#ht_2640wt_958

$10 - Gus

gus wrote:$10 - Gus

You win. Keep the pics coming!

Nice work Gus. What colour are you going to paint it ? You might get a few orders for these.

I couldnt see how a cowl EXACTLY the same shape as the original seat was going to pass solo reg . so i added a "bump " to make it look less
inviting

Looks fantastic Gus.
How thick is the glass? (thinking camera mount)
How will it attach?

Thats 3 layer of 6oz glass seems about right .Attachment i'm just thinking a couple of bits double sided tape .The front will be " squished '
between the two sections .Black wrinkle paint hides imperfections and a great seat colour ,texture match .Nearly finished

Lookin good Gus. I think you should call it the " Gus Pod ". Maybe some of that door trim you used on your tank will work nicely around the edge.

As you can see the grab handle sits close to the seat so i;m going to have to cut a notch either siide .