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GT1000 mono seat.
The standard seat is comfortable enough, but let's face it, it is a bit of porker. So as I can't wait any longer for a production alternative that looks good on the GT rather than the SC, I've made my own. It utilizes the standard Duc underseat catch, so it can be swiftly swopped over, and has some under-hump storage.
Roll on Spring so I can ride it rather than just race it in the workshop.
It's a prototype so any opinions would be welcome and gratefully received.
Roll on Spring so I can ride it rather than just race it in the workshop.
It's a prototype so any opinions would be welcome and gratefully received.
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Thanks for the comments. 1Duckyboy- the seat is as comfortable as 2 and one half inches of upholstery-grade polyether chip foam with 6mm top coat of rubber foam can make it, which is quite ok, but it can never be as good as a factory-molded polyurethane foam core.
I would have liked the seat to have been a little shorter but the problem is I'm 6ft 4" with l-o-o-ong legs.
The side covers. These I made up from 2mm aluminum sheet, following exactly the frame triangle revealed when the original side covers are removed. The is a small but important change in plane towards the bottom to match the bend in the front frame tube. The sides return with a "pencil" radius, making a shallow box. They locate on the original front push-on stubs, plus a small screw fixing to the rearmost frame tube. Tricolore made from three strips of sign-writing vinyl.
I would have liked the seat to have been a little shorter but the problem is I'm 6ft 4" with l-o-o-ong legs.
The side covers. These I made up from 2mm aluminum sheet, following exactly the frame triangle revealed when the original side covers are removed. The is a small but important change in plane towards the bottom to match the bend in the front frame tube. The sides return with a "pencil" radius, making a shallow box. They locate on the original front push-on stubs, plus a small screw fixing to the rearmost frame tube. Tricolore made from three strips of sign-writing vinyl.
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I couldn't agree more. Yours is the best looking one I've seen, and exactly how Ducati should have done in the first place.
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Embroider the DUCATI on the back. But hell, that's just bein' picky! Nice friggin' job!!
How complimentary all you Gt guys are! Thanks a lot, but this was definitely a one-off I'm afraid. The French effort is very interesting - I like the line of the red piping (a revision perhaps for next winter) but perhaps in the absence of a rear fender it's a tad large?
But we haven't yet tackled embroidery in our knitting circle, and as no badge will stick to vinyl I cut the DUCATI letters individually from 1.5mm alloy sheet and glued them to a thin glass molded plate matching the double curvature of the hump, and brush finished them. It looks ok in the flesh- honest.
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But we haven't yet tackled embroidery in our knitting circle, and as no badge will stick to vinyl I cut the DUCATI letters individually from 1.5mm alloy sheet and glued them to a thin glass molded plate matching the double curvature of the hump, and brush finished them. It looks ok in the flesh- honest.
Rikkd- can't reply to pm- please pm again with e-mail address.
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Very nice work! Reminds me a bit of the v7 guzzi single seat. A number of us have made our own single GT solutions. I have a thread on mine here somewhere "airtech seat mod" or something like that. I Love the variety of what we all come up with. These bikes are great bc of the ability to make them what you desire. - great work.
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