seat trim

[Dgormley]

Ron, if it helps here are some pictures of my stock seat trim...............................D

[RonF305]

many thanks. Since my bike doesn't have the original trim and I just re-upholstered the seat more correctly, I purchased a flexible chrome trim from a cruiser customizing web site that needed to be cut to length and your pictures showed me just what to do. I see the original trim goes a little higher on the front than I did. I may redo mine as I have enough left to do it twice more. I've attached a photo of finished seat. It was rolled and pleated upholstery with no trim before today.

[Dgormley]

Ron, your seat looks great. Mine has about a 3/8" to 1/2" reveal between the trim and the bottom of the seat, and the upturns at the front are about an inch and a half long....D

[e3steve]

It was e3steve that commented on using auto trim, although the trim he gets ( and the man himself) is in Spain. Check for the post "CA77 Seat Trim".

I don't know why but that trim is rarer than hen's teeth. Since I can't get it- I WANT IT!!!

It's a self-adhesive, clear, flexible profile with an aluminium-coloured base. I've not used it myself but I see it, on a roll, in accessory shops; the boy-racers use it to tart up their 4-wheeled handbags.

You'd need to really clean up the vinyl around the seat using a non-aggressive solvent (3M adhesive remover, surgical / isopropyl alcohol, etc. -- not acetone) to make the trim stick.

I seem to recall Gunner_CAF making a comment about using this type of trim profile; perhaps PM him?

[RonF305]

thanks. I couldn't obtain that vinyl below the trim look as the product I used for trim actually goes over the edge of the metal rim around bottom of seat, like the way door edge guards slide onto automobile doors. Due to the shape of the seat edge, the trim is not staying too well so I will probably redo the whole thing, using glue, and make the front ends go higher up like you say.

[RonF305]

and in case you're interested, here are a few pics of the whole bike......

Ron

[e3steve]

That is one very sweeeet-looking CL you have there, Ron!