Build a motorcycle seat

Step 5 Make a template

This seat design uses plywood. Many thanks to Skunkbait for that one, you saved me a lot of work! I would not have thought to use plywood, but it works quite well, is plentiful, and requires very little special ability.

First, figure out how you're going to mount your seat. I can practically guarantee you that the stock mounting points will no longer work. Sure, you could bodge together something, but why do that when you've got all these wonderful holes right under where the seat is going to go?

Because plywood is flat and motorcycle frames aren't I had to use the holes right up by the tank and back next to the fender mounts in order to get two sets of mounting points. Pity those wonderfully laid-out center holes can't be used, but oh well.

Place your cardboard on the frame and trace the shape of the frame onto it from underneath. Cut this out and check the match. Mark your mounting holes from underneath and cut these out.