Triumphrat

Sheepdog · 12-16-2006

I've finally taken some photos of my '03 T100 with a Triumph "68" Solo Seat installed. Its a great fit and much more comfortable than the stocker. It seems to be wider, flatter, and more supportive. I painted the embossed "Triumph" with gold enamel. I'm thinking of having the dual seat re-done, either with white piping or in a "small squares" touring seat format. Time (and my bank account...) will determine which I go with. Anyhow...a couple of angles with the new seat are below:

sweatmachine · 12-16-2006

that's a danm fine looking machine ya got there, the seat is only a part of a whole, really looks good.

nice colors, nice gaitors, nice bonnie!

sweatmachine · 12-17-2006

how do you like those rearsets?

Sheepdog · 12-17-2006

They're pretty nice. I like to be in a more athletic position when I ride and the N-H items answer the mail quite well on that count. They look pretty stock with the rubber rests and they're comfortable to boot. I have a review posted entitled "Norman Hyde Rearsets over there on the left if you're interested in an in-depth critique. Thanks for your comments...

bonniegreen · 12-17-2006

Hey Sheepdog,

What kind of enamel did you use to paint the seat logo? Any special tips for doing this?
I love the look of it-very vintagey.

Paul

sweatmachine · 12-17-2006

bonniegreen, I did the same thing to mine about a year ago, and it's still holding up well.

Here's the result:

and the pens I used, bought at Hobby Lobby for $5.00:

Scrambler900 · 12-17-2006

Beautiful bike.

bonniegreen · 12-17-2006

Wow Sweat,

That is an inspiring bit of custom work! I'm off to the hobby store tomorrow.

Thanks for the info!

Paul

Sheepdog · 12-18-2006

Sweat did a great job on his seat painting. I'm afraid that mine is more pedestrian...I just painted it with Testor's gold enamel (model paint) and a fine paint brush. If you do it my way, be sure to shake up the paint every so often or it settles...

sweatmachine · 12-18-2006

haha, you guys give me too much credit. All I did was color in the lines, the 2 colors really set it off though.

All in all I think it took about 30 minutes. I'm still surprised how well it's held up.