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bucksfizz:
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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TIA!

Nurse Julie:
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/

paul G:
Coincidence julie ;) Bob is great but not easy to get hold of as he is so busy but very helpful when you do.

Piki:
If you need the Logo, contact me!

bucksfizz:
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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