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It will be right at 3-3/4" stretched on the front. The 750 uses a different seat strap bracket than the 250/350. I have seen seats with the bracket molded into the forward edge so no extra bracket needed.

The rear strap bracket bolts to the front of the seat with a hook along the front edge for the strap to mount to. I need to make the bracket so I can give it some height and the rear strap should work. I'll have to look around for something to fit the front.

Thanks

It's a hair over 2" wide, and 2-3/4" long

It turns out the stock Yamaha rubber tank straps don't reach anywhere near the tank. I can probably make a rear bracket to where it will reach, but the front is way too short to stretch that far. Any ideas out there?

I spent all day today doing little stuff like routing wiring, zip tying stuff out of the way and hanging the fairing. It's getting close to time to start it. I still need to get some vinyl for a seat cover.

I have a regular cable come-along bolted to the overhead trusses that I've used to hoist up one end or the other of bikes.

Today I tried fitting the gas tank with the petcock and ran into trouble. I didn't have the tank here when I first installed the foam air filters so I wasn't aware there isn't room for the petcock and the #2 air filter in the same space. Or the fuel lines from the tank for that matter. So I had to shorten the air filter about 3/4" in length to make a pocket for the petcock, and rotate the petcock towards the inside so the fuel lines exit towards the middle of the bike. Then re-route fuel lines to clear the shock and don't lay on the exhaust pipe. This was an hour and a half spent for something I thought was finished.

John, and the other folks like him at the 2-stroke meet are the reason I go every year. He always had a good word for whatever bike you had with you. He will be missed.
Enjoy life now, fellows.
Mark

The side stand mount is finished.

Nice parts. You're making progress.

There are still a lot of small jobs. The rear gas tank strap bracket will be next.

My painter pal gave me an RD350 side stand to use for the bike. It fits perfect, tucks in well, doesn't get in the way of the shifter, and is the right length. All I had to do was move the spring perch around to the front.

I have all the painted parts back now. I don't know how he got the tank straight. It was pretty lumpy.

I just about have the side stand figured out. I can use the one engine mount bolt, and the other is a stud welded to a piece of half round tubing the same ID as the frame OD. It seems very sturdy but if it tries to move any I can plug weld the half round to the bike frame in a couple of spots.
I still need to lengthen the stand about 3" and maybe angle it in just a bit so it rests nearer the pipe.

The paintwork is finish so I'll be picking that up this week.

Great job fixing the little stuff Tim! As these bike get older we end up using whatever is at hand to replace broken or missing parts. I can't tell you how many allen bolts I've made out my stock of long bolts purchased in bulk.

Mark