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17th January 2009
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Indiana
Posts: 2,806 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2003
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cheap cafe' seat
If you are looking for a cheap seat, here is a neat one. It is a Ducati SS style seat from Vintage Cosmo, and I ordered the primed version ($99.99) but they were out, so sent the red one which is normally $10 more. It is going on my '68 Yamaha YR2, but I got a pic of it on my Sportster to see how well it would fit. It doesn't fit with the tank very well, but nothing really does the way the tank and frames are on these bikes. It looks close to the seat on the Taste-Concept Sportster. Most of the seats Vintage Cosmo sells are way too narrow for an XL, but the Duc one just fits, so probably wouldn't work on a '04 and up. Really not a bad seat for the money, and wouldn't be too hard too install.
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17th January 2009
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Drag Race Champion
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 383 Sportster/Buell Model: 100th Anniv. XLH Hugger Sportster/Buell Year: 03
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joe that is nice.
do you have a pic of your whole bike with it on it?
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17th January 2009
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Indiana
Posts: 2,806 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2003
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Originally Posted by tigger
joe that is nice.
do you have a pic of your whole bike with it on it?
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I'll have to get a better pic on the XL, but here's the bike it's going on.
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19th January 2009
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 661 Sportster/Buell Model: xlh 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 93
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That seat looks great on either bike, but looks perfect for the Yamaha!
I glanced quick at the gas tank and thought of an old 2 cylinder Suzuki 125 Stinger that a friend used to have. 
Is it just sitting on the Sportster?
I'm guessing you'd have to come up with some mounting brackets?
Comfortable?
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19th January 2009
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Mennecy
Posts: 3,895 Sportster/Buell Model: SPORTSTER "old boy" Sportster/Buell Year: 1997 Sportster/Buell Model #2: SPORTSTER "black racer" Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1998 Other Motorcycle Model: Honda 500 Four Other Motorcycle Year: 1973
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That's nice...
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20th January 2009
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Indiana
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Originally Posted by nh roads
That seat looks great on either bike, but looks perfect for the Yamaha!
I glanced quick at the gas tank and thought of an old 2 cylinder Suzuki 125 Stinger that a friend used to have.
Is it just sitting on the Sportster?
I'm guessing you'd have to come up with some mounting brackets?
Comfortable?
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Yep, it's just sitting on the Sportster, and would need a simple base and some brackets made. It fits the Yamaha very nicely. It looks like it was made for it. That bike will be a fun project, and cheap also! |
21st January 2009
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Drag Race Champion
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 383 Sportster/Buell Model: 100th Anniv. XLH Hugger Sportster/Buell Year: 03
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hey what yamaha is that. i think that seat would look awesome on either bike
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21st January 2009
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Indiana
Posts: 2,806 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2003
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Originally Posted by tigger
hey what yamaha is that. i think that seat would look awesome on either bike
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That is a 1968 YR2 350cc two-stroke twin, basically the pre-RD350. I bought a complete 1968 YR2 and an incomplete 1967 YR1, so it is going to be a mix of the two. The bike is older than me, but is something I might have bought if I'd been around back then. I spent $250 for both bikes, so hope to have it done for about $1000 or so total. |
21st January 2009
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Heart of Dixie
Posts: 5,957 Sportster/Buell Model: XLX-61 Sportster/Buell Year: 1983 Other Motorcycle Model: Honda CL350 Other Motorcycle Year: 1969
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That Yamaha looks like a cool project. I have an old '69 Honda CL350 cafe' racer (you've probably seen the pic of it before) with a seat that looks very similar to the Parilla 175 seat that Vintage Cosmo sells. Post some pics of that Yamaha when you get it built! (Do you have a GYT kit for it  ?)
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21st January 2009
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Posts: 2,806 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 83XLX
That Yamaha looks like a cool project. I have an old '69 Honda CL350 cafe' racer (you've probably seen the pic of it before) with a seat that looks very similar to the Parilla 175 seat that Vintage Cosmo sells. Post some pics of that Yamaha when you get it built! (Do you have a GYT kit for it ?) |
You gotta get the Honda on the road again! 
I'll post pics when I make some progress, but just collecting parts right now until I get my XT500 done. I don't know if they made GYT parts for the 350. Most of what I've seen is for the 80-125cc bikes.
BTW, here's a neat '68 350 ad.
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