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Offline bucksfizz

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P & K Seat Covers
« on: June 20, 2019, 05:47:43 PM »
Does anyone have first-hand experience of P & K seat covers?
Is the quality any good, and how close to original are they?
My seat cover is all wrong, and doesn't have the "Honda" logo at the rear end:

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Offline Nurse Julie

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Re: P & K Seat Covers
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2019, 06:32:07 PM »
Never used P&K but they use Bobs stuff and make the seats. We always use Bob...so have lots of other forum members. You have to do the Honda stencil yourself, as its a Honda copyright infringement which some (most) sellers in UK have been threatened with legal action by Honda. Easy enough to do yourself though

http://www.motorcycleseats.co.uk/
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/julies9731/m.html?item=165142672569&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562

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Re: P & K Seat Covers
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2019, 07:03:04 PM »
Coincidence julie ;) Bob is great but not easy to get hold of as he is so busy but very helpful when you do.
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Re: P & K Seat Covers
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2019, 07:16:39 AM »
If you need the Logo, contact me!

Offline bucksfizz

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Re: P & K Seat Covers
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2019, 04:25:19 PM »
Thanks for all the replies - most appreciated.
I find restoration quite frustrating and difficult, and the Honda is proving to be trickier than old Brit iron.
Fortunately, the CB 750 is pretty much complete, which helps a lot.

Aside from P & K, I looked at David Silver Spares (DSS), and they don't show the logo part of the seat - why obfuscate?
An email to DSS elicited this response:

Sorry, none of our aftermarket seat covers comes with the  "HONDA" logo on.
It is Copyright infringement to have the word "HONDA" on aftermarket products.


When I recovered my Bonneville seat, it was easy to buy a cover with the Triumph logo on it.
There were no problems with the copyright holder, even though it was a non-OEM part.
Again, I bought a complete seat for my Commando from Andover Norton, without Norton complaining or threatening legal action.
It's ironic, hypocritical even, that Honda, a company which copied so much from the British motorcycle industry, should be so litigious.

I emailed P & K with two questions, but they didn't answer one of them.
I had to email again about the free "strap", and the reply revealed that it was missing the buckle.
This wasn't obvious from the website or eBay listing - obfuscation again.

You have to ask all the right questions, otherwise you end up with incomplete components.
I think I'll sit on this problem for the time being, and do some more investigation later.

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Re: P & K Seat Covers
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2019, 05:03:10 PM »
I used a P&K seat cover on my RD200.
Don't remember any problems with it.

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Re: P & K Seat Covers
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2019, 06:15:23 PM »
The Triumph logo mentioned above is also the subject of some control.  Look carefully at the swoop that passes under the legend and it enters the main lettering at a different place on original and Hinckley Triumphs. Subtle,  but it is different for legal reasons I understand.

Petermigreen, very nice Yamaha there and one of the best lightweight sub 250 category bikes made I think.  Especially nice in DX yellow speedblock edition. 

Edit:- the principal problem with any big, world brand name, is that they just get so much counterfeit action which they are forced to control, and make sure their reputation is protected.
We, riding around on genuine products with a need to buy no longer made parts, are just caught in the crossfire. They in turn have so much product diversity that it can be profitable to supply into those markets under false representation,  which a genuine customer would suffer from.

Part and parcel of business in reality,  doesn't help us though.
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Re: P & K Seat Covers
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2019, 08:11:30 PM »
I don't know about the Honda covers but have used him for Suzuki seats. Quality and workmanship on those is excellent, however he does get busy and can be difficult to pin down.

 

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