cafe seat install

jamesjedi · Full Member Joined: Jul 16, 2006 Posts: 12

Hi,

I was hoping someone could help...when removing the seat steel loop(not sure what to call the steel for the seat??) for a cafe style seat, do I have to weld an extra support to strengthen the frame?????

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
James

Jack · Full Member Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 411

These frames tend to flex if not gusseted in the right places and would most likely depend how hard of a rider you are but me personally I would weld a piece of round tubing to increase the rigidity of the shock mounting points to reduce flexing or twisting as a per-cautionary step........Jack

jamesjedi · Full Member Joined: Jul 16, 2006 Posts: 12

Thanks......I was hoping that I would not have to...but it does make sense.

Thanks
James

Cafe_Shop · Posted: August 3, 2006, 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: cafe seat install

I plan on welding an elliptical loop on the back of my frame to match the tail shape. But I don't think adding any metal behind the shock mounts where there is already a cross brace is going to make a difference structurally. It seems that most cafes I've seen just chop the tail off. The structural bracing needs to be between the swingarm pivot points and the intersection/bend on the top tube.

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