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I could get a decent seat base so I decided to have a go.
took some doing hence patch work but at least its solid now!
galvanise plates doesn't help much in welding,thats all I had.
the overall shape is near as I could get it being there wasn't much left.
anyway it fit the bike etc.
I think the end results speak for itself.
the 1st pictures are what the previous owner attempt?
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bits removed :shock: :lol:
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final results,solid as is.
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Looks like it turned out well ! 8)
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John thats a great job on the repair considering what you had to work with. Some texturized paint or stone chip sprayed onto it would hide up the joins and while not perfect for a correct finish its much better than seeing the patches and welding.
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Wow Johnny that's fantastic!! Hard to weld on thin metal much less in that condition.
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Very good job! I've seen people use fiberglass to do that sort of repair, with good results, but your repair is nice!



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cheers for the nice compliment.
I'm not restoring the GSX 250 just tidiying it up and to make it road worthyfor work.
before I repaired the seat.
when I sat on it it flexed to much and felt unstable not that it would fall off.
yes it was a little hard welding in some place's keep burning holes here and there.
so to get round that ,I pulled the torch away from the welding point a little till I get enough spatter and then I closed in to weld and melt the metal enough to stick.
it not perfect but good enough considering that I had no shape or info to work from.
as you can see I had to cut most of the rotted bit away to leave me some nice clean metal to weld to.
I'm happy with the result.
these seat are hard to come by.most venders I emailed to said their's are rotted to...
I'll just paint it with hammerite paint this will hide most of the flaws.
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I've also used that to paint the frame with good results.
also I will get the seat recovered that should be around £60.
the engine sound sweet as a nut ,no rattles etc.
befor I bought it it had £700 spent on it!( just over $1,000)
it had the engine rebuild,fork stantion re-chromed springs oil etc,new shocks,2 x silencers.rectifyer/regulater,and many other things on it had been replaced etc.
why do these folks spend so much money only to give up.
so far apart from buying it I've spent about (by the time I've finnished it) £135..($200)
once I finnish I will post some before and after pics. john
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Post by Suzsmokeyallan »

Hammerite is used here too on the island too, it cant take the tropical sun though.
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Post by rngdng »

I used Hammerite on my TS400 frame. It looked cool, but it doesn't tolerate fuel spills very well. On a seat it should be great!



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