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royhall:
After long consideration I am going to go with this Bomber seat. I know it's not standard, but in use it will be far more practical. At the price I may just order a correct low front/grey piping standard seat as well. Will wait and see what the the quality is like first. Sorry Ash, I know you will be squirming at that decision.

AshimotoK0:
Not that daft I bought a genuine flip front for ££££ for mine. Still undecided though..suppose it's a bit of an investment anyway though given the rarity of original Honda seats for the Bomber.

royhall:
A guy at Stafford told me that if your using a Bomber a lot with a standard seat the paintwork on the back of the tank gets damaged. Also the grey piping quickly looks scuffed and dirty. That's the reasoning behind this seat purchase. May get my genuine seat correctly recovered at some point.

AshimotoK0:
What the guy at Stafford should have also told you Roy is that the flip-front seat steel base is formed to create the 'flip hump'and has a very sharp edge  at the top, which wears through the vinyl cover after a period ....DAMHIFKT ! see Pic.  Honda must have improved on this because on the CB750 duck-tail seats,  the ducktail 'hump'is created with a hard rubber insert. BTW I have never seen a 750 repro set (not even Yamiya) that has that hard rubber insert. The Bomber seats have a very subtle, but unique, vinyl grain pattern and the material is extremely thin and very hard to replicate. So on balance, if I had an nice original seat, I think it would be easier to repaint a flat black tank than replace that cover with anything as unique as the original.

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royhall:
Thats interesting Ash, the guy never mentioned anything like that. Of course he was trying to sell a seat he says he had back at base. What period was the lip seat sold? Did Honda change to the flat seat due to the failures? I guess if the vinyl can't be replicated the replacement seats should be made from a thicker material and may be okay. As I mentioned, I can always get my original seat recovered later, it's not a big job to swap. That said, I guess you can't get the original vinyl to do the either. Cheers.

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