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Post by excess650exp on Jan 12, 2014 13:31:15 GMT -5
My 1978 special with the slightly stepped hinge seat needs a new look. It is covered with a sadflemen cover which looks good but so plain vanilla. To give a european Flair I would like to go to an upholstered café style seat.
My Hinged seat seems to be excluded from the variety of café seats out there.
I prefer to find something ready made rather than school around with removing the cover and chopping up the foam.
I like the idea of having the café seat as well as the standard seat off the special that I can switch back-and-forth with a little effort
Will post a work in progress in here as soon as i figure out how to from an iphonr. Help!
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Post by jetmechmarty on Jan 12, 2014 19:59:21 GMT -5
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Post by excess650exp on Jan 13, 2014 14:24:15 GMT -5
Thanks for the link. Will check this out.
Hopefully i can find a plain one with no Yamawho script.
At the moment Yam is written in 8 places on my bike. Even really drunk I can remember the brand. If confused I can wear an appropriate T shirt as a helping hand.
Again thanks for the link. I am used to high shipping costs living in Canada but will ship to a USA address , less hassle.
Will post a pic of the bike as soon as i figure out how to!
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Post by flea on Jan 14, 2014 16:13:56 GMT -5
have bought a metal cafe racer seat for my ducati 250 from them and was happy with it.fitted perfectly.they did make a xs650 seat without the logo but you may have to email them first as they seem to make some seats up to order.mine took 2 weeks to make
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Post by excess650exp on Jan 15, 2014 12:41:25 GMT -5
Thanks for the ingothey seem to be able to make to order no extra charge. I am considering a medium brown with contrasting piping and they are glad to do it my way. Pretty cool. Received a persoalized email within. 2 hours of asking a question.
Hopefully it all turns out good
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Post by jetmechmarty on Jan 31, 2014 21:53:37 GMT -5
If you go this way, please let us know how it goes.
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Post by excess650exp on Feb 4, 2014 9:36:26 GMT -5
I ordered up my seat about 10 days ago
Made a bunch of changes to the 1979 yamaha special seat with side hinges.
Medium brown cafe seat with lighter tan piping and no Yamawho logo. Had them stitch the seat pad itself so it would be a little more retro. Gives it bands about 1.5 inches wide. Should look good on my british racing green xs650 that also has dechromed and painted fenders to match . More details soon. $200 plus 90$ of shipping.
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Post by excess650exp on Feb 8, 2014 22:58:31 GMT -5
My seat has arrived. Once I ordered the seat I realized i had name a mistake. Emailed back and received a prompt reply. Crap did this two more times and then why not a 4th time to eliminate the Yamaha name. Yep i was confused. The order was shipped 4 days later in my color choices with no logo and the custom stitching I wanted. They got it all right. Perfection! Medium brown was more red than I expected. It is growing on me and soon i will claim it was my choice just as is. The stitching and stretching and fit are great. I am extremely critical of workmanship in general and This scores a perfect 10. Shipping took 13 days. Pretty dang reasonable. Its on the other side of the world.
No complaints from me.
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Post by motormike on Feb 9, 2014 20:14:14 GMT -5
... seats for 70'..71' units are tough to find... MikesXs is out... and nothing is in the pipeline.. we'r working on a heavy fiber glass seat pan... complete with hinges... but.. cost is $$$.... seat covers are on the net..foam... currently with the glass pan, foam and cover.. the seat is nearly $400... research continues..  |
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