Help needed :( I want to Brat seat my Honda CM125 ?!?!?!

[simonizer]

I want to Brat seat my Honda CM125 , I really don't like the seats they come with so thought id Brat style it but don't know how, I cant even get the old seat off, can anyone help/advice??

[Rogerborg]

If it's like the copybikes then the bolts run from the luggage rack through the seat then the mudguard and into the subframe above the wheel. Unbolt both sides, tip up and pull backwards and there you go.

Chances are that a few decades of muck will have accumulated up there so you may have to do a bit of excavation in order to even find the inner fastenings.

You can make your own seat from a bit of plastic or wood, foam and any covering material you want. I used a bit MDF, a cut up cheap closed-cell exercise/camping mat and an offcut of brown leatherette vinyl from eBay, stapled down. Looked OK, worked as a seat. I slotted it in at the front and just held it down with a cable tie at the back.

https://www.diymotorcycleseat.com/ is probably TMI.
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[simonizer]

Thanks Rogerborg I will go and have a look and another go with your advice the thing is the frame shape to get a flat seat I would have to chop just after the back shocks and I'm guessing this in dangerous without extra support from welding a loop on (I have no welder)

Yes I shall look forward to the 30 years of muck.. its in amzing condition as never left outside but I just don't like the seat shape

[Rogerborg]

Depends how flat you want it and how long you want the seat. This is my copybike with the subframe left intact. If you do chop it, then you'll need to find another location for the number plate anyway.

I neatened the seat up a bit later, but seat is as seat does.

https://i47.tinypic.com/28asu2d.jpg

Incidentally, a mudguard is a C&U requirement, but I'm well gangsta.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[simonizer]

Ah cool, looks really good , I've just been out and got the seat off fine ...Thanks for that ! it was two long bolts like you said going thro the indicators and seat, I couldn't take the back rail off as the indicators go thro and not sure if I want to keep them or not as new to biking, can they be snipped and re twisted together and maybe some electrical tape over or is that bodge lol

Have you no mudguard on that? I was thinking of trying to chop the standard on down and moving the rear light up

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[Northern Monkey]

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