BMW Cafe Fender & Seat

For 1974-1984 /6 and /7 BMWs

When you do a web search for BMW café fender you see the usual humped versions like Airtech makes. There are other styles but the look is hoo-hum traditional or the price is unsatisfactory.

My concept for a one-up BMW Cafe fender/seat is to blend it with the /6-/7 tank styling so it looks like it may have come from the factory. The tank has a stylized knee pocket. That pocket shape I'm using in the tail where the back of the seat cushion transitions into the tail. The tail will end in a close fitting shape around the taillight. That way you won't have the extra cost of searching out and fitting an aftermarket taillight. I want this to be a flip open tail fender using stock hinges and lock pin for your convenience. The seat cushion would Velcro to the tail fender so painting the fender won't be a problem. This tail will fit long and short frame BMWs.

The cafe fender will depend on the plastic inner fender as a license plate mount. You may want to trim the inner fender so its visual impact is minimized. The Café fender will come in white. Black would be slightly more.

The price is estimated at $359 at this point in time (7/17/12)  and would include:

• Fender
• Cushion (with gunfighter textured seat top)
• 6mm threaded holes for hinges and a mount hole for lock pin
  
  

If you would like periodic emails showing the construction progress please email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Your email goes into a list with other guys who are also interested in this fender. In addition to sending reports, I use list members as a board of directors. I ask design questions and members give their opinions. This is a fun process where future customers help design the product.

I can't give you an end date. I'm so busy with new products that all my time estimates are wrong.

Thanks.

- Phil Little

952-935-8833
Cell 952-607-6063

BMW Café Fender Report 7/17/12

This slab of fiberglass sitting on the seat rails is the foundation of the fender-it determines the overall length and width. I will add exterior shapes above and below this horizontal surface. The hinge mounts and lock pin location will be plotted on this slab so shape building will have a reference point.

To see how products like this develop, refer to the X650 Storm bike kit, RXL Indy and ET snowmobile hood pages. There you'll see the step by steps.

BMW tail fender, Report 5/1/13 

Work begins on new BMW café tail. At this point I am establishing a base for the shape by using wood and fiberglass. In the next stage you'll see auto body filler applied to refine the shape.

You see that turned in edge just behind the lifting handle-that's going to be the smooth indentation which mirrors the shape in the 1974 to 1984 /6 and /7 tanks. I'm going to do my best to have the tail mount just like the stock seats with stock hinges and locking post. It may be hard to see (amongst the clutter of other fiberglass parts on the shelf) but if you look at the very end of the tail, I have an opening for the stock taillight.

That's it for now. If you are not already on my mailing list and would like to future progress reports like this one, just write me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Thanks

~ Phil