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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I was lucky as my 400 seat was in good condition - I assume it's not original as the base is a heavy type of plastic - the rear Logo looks if it was done when new

TrickyMicky:
Sorry Dave, I clean forgot about having to change the hinge and lock over. I blame the liquid that accompanied my evening meal!   Yes, the seat is rather firm, last week I rode from North Suffolk to Sussex, stayed two nights. Total mileage just under 400, and yes, my arse ached. Combination of new seat, 48 year old bike, plus a 77 year old arse, but still managed a grin. Stay safe. Mike.

AshimotoK0:
That's a bummer Dave ..
I remember contacting Bob Dillinger near Stroud who made (still makes?) the seat covers for DS,  as the ones he sold direct were a bit dearer than the DS price. He told me DS hammered him down on price so much that inevitably he had to cut corners.

Interested to know how the logo application went ... if it turned out a bit sub-standard don't worry as it's probably more to do with the deep grain pattern or stencil than your workmanship. I probably have another spare stencil if you end up getting a replacement from DS.

Laverda Dave:
I had a bit of a giggle there Mike. Good to hear the reproduction seat is as good as the original in terms of being plank like! I remember the original road tests at the time and all the journalists moaned about the seat being so hard!
I remember riding down to Poole to watch the speedway on my first 400 back in the 80’s (200 mile round trip). I walked like John Wayne when I got home!

Laverda Dave:
Hi Ash. The decal application went very well the second time, very, very minor bleed (only I can see it, wife says I'm too fussy ::). The stencil you sent was very tacky and stuck really well.
I'll see the response I get from DSS. Does Bob make the seats for the other suppliers (and does he make them to their spec, i.e. higher price/quality?). I don't know if the seat I bought from DS back in February when I bought £960 of spares from DSS if this seat was the new (cheaper) stock. As I mentioned before the previous two pattern seats from DSS fitted without any issues unlike this one.
It was a bummer because I thought all I had to do today was to fit the seat (30 minute task) and take Ratty for it's first ride, unfortunately I was still in the garage four hours later trying to fit a seat that didn't want to be fitted!
I'll get there in the end and I'll post some photos on my project thread when it's on the road. The carbs are back on now, they've been off four times during the past week!

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