Been riding the Dream to work recently

mtjm55 · Post by **mtjm55** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:53 am

Your bike looks great. What kind of bags are they? How did you mount the solo seat?

Mike

Eljeef · Post by **Eljeef** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:50 pm

Those are Buco Stratoliners.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:11 pm

Thanks Mike.

Yeah, the bags are super handy. J.C. Whitney still has the same lights for them, they're truck side-lights or something. I wired two into the brake light, and two are running lights — definitely an improvement over the single stock tail lamp.

The seat was just a cheapo found online. It had some sort of bracket that I modified, and at the back I used two old, aircraft-engine valve springs for added 'suspension.' When I get some time I'll make a slightly larger and thicker solo seat for more comfort and better looks.

Got the bike in a junkyard about 15 years ago for $150. Rings were rusted so I put in a set of rings, did a quickie/cheapo resto and have been riding it without problems ever since.

deafanddiabetic · Post by **deafanddiabetic** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:17 pm

I put the same solo seat on mine and was really happy with the results. I had to move the original mounting bracket off of the top of the rear shocks and drill into the frame a few inches up to mount it but that was no big deal at all. I'm reaaaaaally tall though.