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The Logo is back
AshimotoK0:
I am hoping that Mick (Kettle738) will chip in here as he is a real guru on those Bomber seats. From my limited understanding, Honda UK bit the bullet and bought a large stock of CB450K0's in 1966 and they sold poorly so they never imported any in 1967. Some were languishing in dealers until the early 1970's. Ken Ives pepped a few up by painting them red and adding chrome guards and clip on handlebars, etc to help them sell. Plus, in the States, there was the 450D kit that you mentioned in another post, to try to shift them too. the flip-front seat (also seen on late CB72/77's) was introduced in 1967 I believe. I don't think there were any 1965 bikes sold here apart from the press bike FYN 444C that was in the Honda ads.
Road test:-
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3r1028k5qhub4rk/AABibmd3hvrD4bMbLDBk86Rpa?dl=0
kettle738:
Very hard item to find, an original Bomber seat......as Ash has already mentioned, the vinyl they used is unusual and seems to be specific to the Bomber....I suspect there might be a manufacturer in Japan who could reproduce it as per Yamaiya CB750 seats, but I've never seen anything even close in the UK.
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The photos attached (hopefully) are of a seat from an original UK bike with just 2,500m from new, definitely the best Bomber seat I have ever seen, even the foam had escaped the usual crumbling and the typical crush marks at the front as it had such little use and the previous owner was quite a small chap.
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Grey piping, white Honda logo ...... the cover I passed onto Ash with silver piping came from the far east, Pit Replica on ebay, the best I have found by far as they are tailored covers that use the original tabs, not glue. Once I had pointed out the error they were happy to supply a cover with grey piping......the idea being to make a decent spare seat to preserve the original.
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Mick.
UK Pete:
--- Quote from: royhall on December 15, 2017, 09:53:48 AM ---Has anyone noticed that the Honda seat logo has returned. Here's an example and look at the rest of the adverts it brings up. Putting Piki out of work. ;D http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CB450-BLACK-BOMBER-SEAT-COVER-BEST-QUALITY/261374076961?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26meid%3D531d29035829443ca2d9f0ff3d9df5dd%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D261374076961&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507
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So does piki do stencils for the seats. I have two dave silver covers that need the honda logo
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Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: UK Pete on December 21, 2017, 05:14:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: royhall on December 15, 2017, 09:53:48 AM ---Has anyone noticed that the Honda seat logo has returned. Here's an example and look at the rest of the adverts it brings up. Putting Piki out of work. ;D http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CB450-BLACK-BOMBER-SEAT-COVER-BEST-QUALITY/261374076961?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26meid%3D531d29035829443ca2d9f0ff3d9df5dd%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D261374076961&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507
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So does piki do stencils for the seats. I have two dave silver covers that need the honda logo
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Yes, Piki still does them. Contact him via a PM as not on eBay at present.
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