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Lifan4life 08-23-2017 03:16 PM

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.

Lifan4life 08-23-2017 08:09 PM

Or possibly there is a different seat that someone knows is similar?

Mudflap 08-23-2017 08:28 PM

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.

Lifan4life 08-23-2017 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mudflap (Post 264000)
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.

JeremyC 08-23-2017 09:23 PM

Maybe a piece cut from a 55 gallon plastic barrel and a heat gun?

humanbeing 08-24-2017 01:45 AM

Any pic? Sometimes those plastic thingy (Most chinese seat pan are PPhttp://letreflea6feuilles.files.word....gif?w=30&h=30) can be welded back to life (Search how to repair bumper will give u the idea)...

Lifan4life 08-24-2017 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humanbeing (Post 264020)
Any pic? Sometimes those plastic thingy (Most chinese seat pan are PPhttp://letreflea6feuilles.files.word....gif?w=30&h=30) 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.

Lifan4life 08-25-2017 09:39 PM

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Here are the pics as promised.

Lifan4life 08-31-2017 10:23 AM

It looks like possibly a wr250x/r seat may be a similar fit. Can anyone verify this?

:thanks:

Weldangrind 09-02-2017 01:58 PM

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.

timcosby 09-02-2017 11:28 PM

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.

Lifan4life 09-03-2017 08:38 PM

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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