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[Sea Biscuit]

I have a SESG in Tequila Sunrise with a build date of January 2010, arriving in February.

Those that have there "Tequila" already, can you tell me what colour the "flame" and the "stripe" are on the paint scheme as my computer screen sometimes shows the flame to be either black or blue and the stripe to be pale yellow or gray.

The reason for my question is that I have been inspired by some of the solo seats that I have seen on this forum and am working with a seat manufacturer to come up with my own solo seat design. I know, I know you want pictures so here is what we have so far...the inlay in the seat is to match the stripe and the flame is to match either the red paint or the color of the flame in the paint.

Also let me "have it" and tell me what you think of the design...I haven't finalized the design so still open to changes.

Thanks!

[MKW]

Looks great!    Who is going to build the seat?  Suggestion if you don't mind.  If you are going with a personalized plate maybe you also have that stiched somewhere on the seat.  By the way welcome to the CVO site and the TS ownership.  Mine is due in any day 

[TEQUILA -aka- RED RUM]

c&c can make a nice seat.....

[Widows Son]

Really like you design concept - I'm jealous of your creativity.
Answering you questions ( I stepped out into the garage and had a looksy:
- Flames are a black (hard to tell with all the "greenish" sparkels which give it that blue you talk about
- The "gold" is more like 20K on the TS scheme and not 24K (like the Rum version) while the blue bike I think is a 10k if not whiter.
- This may help you: There are 2 outlines for the gold. The outer most is red and then there is a black outline between this red outline and the gold leaf. The black is about 3/4 the width of the red outline and not the same width.

Good luck.

[Sea Biscuit]

Really like you design concept - I'm jealous of your creativity.
Answering you questions ( I stepped out into the garage and had a looksy:
- Flames are a black (hard to tell with all the "greenish" sparkels which give it that blue you talk about
- The "gold" is more like 20K on the TS scheme and not 24K (like the Rum version) while the blue bike I think is a 10k if not whiter.
- This may help you: There are 2 outlines for the gold. The outer most is red and then there is a black outline between this red outline and the gold leaf. The black is about 3/4 the width of the red outline and not the same width.

Good luck.

Thanks Widows Son...that helps a great deal!

To me anyway, the SESG is a "Hotrod Bagger", especially in the Tequila Sunrise colour and I am trying to stay with this theme without getting "gaudy".

Thanks again!

[Wheelsnkeels]

Very nice cannot wait to see pic's of the finished seat

[JCZ]

Sea Biscuit, that's a great design.  One thing you might want to take into cosideration......a seam directly under your butt cheek.  Don't ask me how I'd know that would be an issue.

You also might want to wait a minute and ask one of these guys to get a color deck at a paint store (they have the color samples on cards at Home Depot, also) and have them match up the TS colors exactly, then mail them to you.  I helped a couple of guys here pick out their thread colors by using color chips that they mailed to me.  My bike is blue or I'd do it for you.

As a matter of fact......if somebody could do that with all three of the colors, then post which color deck you're using (Kelly Moore, Sherwin Williams, etc.) once they identify the closest color that matches the body, the pin stripe and the gold leafing, etc. then they could post here what that paint color is called and the number of that particular color.  Then, anybody anywhere could just go to their local paint store, get a color deck, go home and locate that color name and number to know what they need to use.  Just a thought to help others out.

[Wheelsnkeels]

I really like the seat they made JC I am curios if the passenger pillion would be as comfortable as their 2 up touring version? I like the 2 piece look?

JC will they make the pillion wider too? I dont want to get a squealing noise coming from the back!

[Sea Biscuit]

Ok guys...here is an update.

Based on some feedback, I am still working on the design and now have 3 options that I keep going back and forth on.

Option 1 is as per attached: pearl inlay to match pale gold stripe, red outline surrounding inlay, red flames outline.

(Don't know how to attach multiple attachments so keep reading below).

[Sea Biscuit]

Option 2 is as per attached: tan ostritch inlay to match pale gold stripe, black outline surrounding inlay, black flames outline.

[Sea Biscuit]

When in doubt, go black!

Option 3 is as per attached: black inlay (shark or stingray), black outline piping surrounding inlay, finished with a raised black flame outline.

Let me know what you think...Option 1 or 2 or 3?

[JCZ]

When in doubt, go black!

Option 3 is as per attached: black inlay (shark or stingray), black outline piping surrounding inlay, finished with a raised black flame outline.

Let me know what you think...Option 1 or 2 or 3?

What about #3 with the inlay (looks like alligator or is that crockadile?) in the red/orange color of the bike, and the rest as you've laid out (raised black flames in shark or stingray)?

[JCZ]

I really like the seat they made JC I am curios if the passenger pillion would be as comfortable as their 2 up touring version? I like the 2 piece look?

JC will they make the pillion wider too? I dint want to get a squealing noise coming from the back!

I hope Sea Biscuit doesn't mind me answering your question here.

Corbin has three different p-pad sizes.  I'm pretty sure that mine is the middle size.  It's approx. 11x11 and it's plenty big enough for a size 8 lady and I would think for a lady at least up to a size 12.  Sitting in the straight up position that a passenger rides in, even if they have the wide glide rear end, the weight is still on the center of the butt and not on the outer edges.  I just snapped a couple of pics for you (and others who are interested).

Terrie rode back from Colorado three years ago (she flew out there) on the exact same style P-pad on my SEEG....two full days.  I asked her when we got home, how the seat was.  She said it was great.....she didn't even think about it.  That's what convinced her to go with Corbin on her bike.

[JCZ]

More importantly, the back end of the p-pad needs to be slanted forward if you're going to run a quick release tour pack.  When you lift up on the tour pack to unhook it, it pivots forward right up against the back of the seat (that was the reason I waited for the tour pack to get the p-pad made).

The left of the pic is the front of the seat.  The right side of the pic is the back of the seat.  We're looking at the left side.

If you're going to go with this seat style, I'd suggest using two layers of thread together and doing the dobule stitch pattern that Jon did in Reply #273, 274 and 275 of this thread....  http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=40248.270  It just looks a little more custom than mine.

[Sea Biscuit]

What about #3 with the inlay (looks like alligator or is that crockadile?) in the red/orange color of the bike, and the rest as you've laid out (raised black flames in shark or stingray)?

Thanks JCZ for the suggestion. I thought about that but ruled it out. I was concerned that whatever material you work with for the inlay, if you used the much red/orange color in the inlay that, over time and in the hot sun, the red/orange inlay may fade and look pink and that would would not work for me! So I think the inlay should either stay in that pale yellow to match the pale gold leaf stripe in the FLHXSE (and if it fades it will still look like the pale gold leaf stripe in the paint) or go black for the inlay and not worry about the sun.