Solo Seats
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- tomk1960
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Solo Seats
A showed a friend of mine a couple pics of my '78 GL, which is nearing completion. Seeing it in this present state of assembly must give it a bit of a café look, which must be why he asked if I was going to install a solo seat.
I was planning on using the stock seat, which is in nice shape. But he got me to thinking that maybe something different would be nice. I found this seat eBay and like the look:
Link to eBay ad:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-1979-Hond ... %7Ciid%3A1
I know nothing about the company and have no idea how comfortable the seat is. The price is reasonable - maybe too cheap? I thought I'd ask if anyone here has bought one and put it on their bike. Opinions anyone?
I was planning on using the stock seat, which is in nice shape. But he got me to thinking that maybe something different would be nice. I found this seat eBay and like the look:
Link to eBay ad:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-1979-Hond ... %7Ciid%3A1
I know nothing about the company and have no idea how comfortable the seat is. The price is reasonable - maybe too cheap? I thought I'd ask if anyone here has bought one and put it on their bike. Opinions anyone?
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1983 Honda CB1100F Super Sport - Red 1123 Resto-Mod
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Re: Solo Seats
I have had a similar seat for several years .... minimum padding but has been comfortable and has lasted very well ....
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Re: Solo Seats
they are made by these folks. http://www.texavina.com/about-us/
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Re: Solo Seats
Item Location is the ebay listing says Hue City Vietnam.5speed wrote:they are made by these folks. http://www.texavina.com/about-us/
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2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
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Re: Solo Seats
If you read their "about" page..they out sourced their manufacturing to Vietnam and they mention the person that sells them on e-bay..which is the seller the op linked to.Whiskerfish wrote:Item Location is the ebay listing says Hue City Vietnam.5speed wrote:they are made by these folks. http://www.texavina.com/about-us/
FYI...We are not affiliated with any online seller or website. We only supply some products to daytrader-07 who only sell on Ebay.
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)
2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)
2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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Re: Solo Seats
"Agreement is not a requirement for Respect" CDR Michael Smith USN (Ret) 2017
"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
- tomk1960
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Re: Solo Seats
At least they're designed in the U.S. They have lots of choices too. I can email and ask about the padding used.
Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the info!
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Re: Solo Seats
took me a few minutes of looking to connect the dots.Whiskerfish wrote:
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)
2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)
2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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Re: Solo Seats
Ain't no hottie gonna sit on the backa that!
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Re: Solo Seats
A guy I used to know was tall enough that most people looked him straight in the adam's apple. He had a sidecar so he wasn't worried about having room on the back seat so he had Mike Corbin re-do the seat from his GL1200 so that the passenger space was only about 3" long in order to gain a bit of leg room....
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The Famous Eccles ('84 CX650EI/VeloUral) winter Never Ending Build (CX500forum)
Click: Colour schematics for all GL1000 & GL1100 and GL1200 standard models plus instructions on how to download the full size version
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Another guy with two sidecars..... Hmmmm... must be something to that....
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