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Old 08-23-2017, 03:16 PM   #1
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Lifan gy-5 seat

Looking for a place to buy a quality replacement seat for my 2008 Lifan gy-5. The stock seat pan has broken into small pieces and the plastic is very easily broken now.


 
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Old 08-23-2017, 08:09 PM   #2
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Or possibly there is a different seat that someone knows is similar?


 
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Old 08-23-2017, 08:28 PM   #3
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Mine fell apart years ago but I found a piece of fiberglass in my junk pile that just happened to have the right bend and made a seat pan out of it. It'll never break again.


 
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Old 08-23-2017, 09:18 PM   #4
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Mine fell apart years ago but I found a piece of fiberglass in my junk pile that just happened to have the right bend and made a seat pan out of it. It'll never break again.
I thought about making one out of fiberglass but I guess I'm just not that confident in my fabrication skills.


 
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Old 08-23-2017, 09:23 PM   #5
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Maybe a piece cut from a 55 gallon plastic barrel and a heat gun?


 
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Old 08-24-2017, 01:45 AM   #6
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Any pic? Sometimes those plastic thingy (Most chinese seat pan are PP) can be welded back to life (Search how to repair bumper will give u the idea)...
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Old 08-24-2017, 10:41 AM   #7
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Any pic? Sometimes those plastic thingy (Most chinese seat pan are PP) can be welded back to life (Search how to repair bumper will give u the idea)...
I thought about doing that but the rest of the plastic is sooo brittle that it wouldn't last. I'll post a pic of the seat though... just for fun.


 
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Old 08-25-2017, 09:39 PM   #8
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Here are the pics as promised.
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Old 08-31-2017, 10:23 AM   #9
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It looks like possibly a wr250x/r seat may be a similar fit. Can anyone verify this?



 
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Old 09-02-2017, 01:58 PM   #10
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Could be, but you could make just about any dirt bike tank and seat combo work if you have a welder. Your frame is loosely based on the original XR200 (not the R version), so you'd probably have the best luck with a later-model XR200 seat and tank.
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Old 09-02-2017, 11:28 PM   #11
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duct tape the bottom and take the covering off and fiberglass the top of it and then maybe the bottom too going around the rubber bumpers. no fab skills needed that way.
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Old 09-03-2017, 08:38 PM   #12
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Thanks guys I will probably try the duct tape and fiberglass idea and if it doesn't work out I'll get a new tank and seat.


 
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