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Monday, January 16, 2012

Custom SV650 Rear Seat Cowl Step 1




Well, I have decided to change the appearance of the SV back end.  I waned more of a cafe style tail, sort of like the Hayabusa.  I still want to be able to change back to the stock passenger seat, which provides a good platform for a backpack or bag strapped to the bike.  But for those shorter distance day trips a cafe type seat cowl was what I had in mind.  A good friend Robert gave me an old Honda VTR section that I cut in half, trimmed about an inch and a half off the back, then raised it and plastic-welded the two pieces to what you see here.  Next stage, reinforce the join with some steel and epoxy, sand the rough join, but some filler in and smooth it out!

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