Carbon Fiber Seat Pan the Quick & Easy Way

No vacuum bag. No fancy setup. Just tape, cardstock, carbon fiber, and resin — laid up a little at a time after work. In this one I'm building a carbon fiber seat pan for the Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 using a hand lamination method that anyone can do in a home shop. No vacuum bagging, no autoclave — just fiberglass resin, woven carbon fiber cloth, and a mold made from tape and cardstock. The trick is building up clearance around the frame tube so there's actually room for foam and upholstery to wrap underneath — skip that step and your seat will never sit flush. I also walk through why overlap and full resin saturation matter more than people think, how to deal with cavities in the laminate, and what happens when you forget to film half the process. For a quick job done in stolen evening hours, it came out solid. Custom motorcycle seat pan | DIY carbon fiber | hand layup carbon fiber | motorcycle seat fabrication | Royal Enfield custom build | chopper build | cafe racer seat | fiberglass seat pan | carbon fiber mold | motorcycle upholstery prep | composite fabrication | home shop fabrication | budget carbon fiber