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fitting a replica k3 seat

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MikeM:
bought this off ebay ages ago and was told it came off a k3 and bought from ds ( fibre glass base )

went to dry fit this today and its miles off, will post up some pics later, no way this came off a k3


still have original pan so may attempt to fix that, can you still get foams and original covers for them?

would like to hear peoples stories on fitting replica seats

thanks

MikeM:
some pics,

does the replica ds have different mounting points for the catch that goes into seat lock ?

matthewmosse:
That is indeed way off by the look of it, fraid I remember stuff all about the seat fit, one of my k3's had the right seat, but it was rotten, I rivetted a bit of alloy to what was left and it was very comfortable (rode around Scotland by scenic routes and back, taking a week, did the return trip in a day, felt fresh as a fresh thing when I got home) and it just about looked ok. The other bike had n seat so I bought a genuine old base off a US inport from California Connection in Derbyshire, the foam and cover were almost totally trashed, but I built up the eroded foam with an inch of foam out of an old caravan matress cut to shape with a breadknife and made a used a pvc cover off M&P but it was a bit lame, I've made lots since that were just as good or better out of black pvc from the fabric shop which costs about £2 per seat, rather than £20 and that was a decade ago. I've never got near a pattern seat and probably not going to need to given how many spares I have.
I wonder if you could move the hinges and / or seat lock to make it fit?

MikeM:
not only that the base comes into contact with the inner guard as well

not sure on moving seat lock as it does not look like any of the  mounting points for the seat catch would line up with catch on the bike

all in all a disaster for me

matthewmosse:
Yeah, I see what you mean, leaves you with a seatbase where the most you can say about it is what it doesn't fit. I hava a suzuki one like that in the loft, that came with my 550k3, might be off a suzuki gt180 tripple or somit that the seller also had for sale in the same shed, who knows, mind you it is a better fit on a k3 than what you have. If your lucky then some carefull surgery with a kitchen knife might make the pattern foam fit the proper seat base. I don't suppose you can send the pattern seat back for a refund? Probably too long ago. I've over the years had to chop about a few seat foams to fit the wrong seatbut I'm only ever intersted in a comfy perch, never a restored / authentic finish, though a tidy job is nice.

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