A seat for an OIF Triumph was purchased last year at our club auction. It fits the frame well, but the hinges don't match up. I bought one OIF hinge and tried it in the rear position, but it left too large a gap from the seat to the tank. With the hinge in the front position it looked much better. Cut an offset hinge from 2" angle iron and welded a bored-out nut to it for the pivot. Cut the latch strike off and re-positioned it using 3/16 pop-rivets.
I had purchased a used tank for it. Ugly paint and a ~3/4" x 5" crease in the right front corner - typical of a fork crash past the stops. Used the HF stud gun and slide hammer to pull ~80% of it out but also pulled two holes in it from the studs. Then silver soldered the holes and pressure tested.
Next the paint has to come off, and it must be either epoxy or well-cured enamel as it seems totally immune to acetone, MEK, paint thinner, or gasoline. Some mechanical stripping with heat, scraping, wire wheel, and various grits in the orbital should do it. Not going to waste my time on the chemical strppers offered these days.
Also need to sand blast the chrome off of the front (from some unknown Japanese bike) and rear (spliced from a T150 front half and Chinabay rear extension) fenders so they can be primed. But, still don't know what color to paint it.