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Submitted by malcolm_begg on Sat, 17/05/2014
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Has anyone out there got a photo of the underside of a Norton Dominator Slimline Seat Pan,I removed the seat but feel that the way it was attached was not correct so I would like to confirm the correct way to connect it to the frame.

Thanks

Submitted by Xanna_jeannett… on Sun, 18/05/2014

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Previously malcolm_begg wrote:

Has anyone out there got a photo of the underside of a Norton Dominator Slimline Seat Pan,I removed the seat but feel that the way it was attached was not correct so I would like to confirm the correct way to connect it to the frame.

Thanks

well you put a photo of you seat pan on this thread than I can tell you if you have the right one or not can't I And the slim-line seat pan as two U shaped bracket at the front and a flat lug sticking out the back for Dzus fastener , seat pan parts number 23279 dual-seat for 1961 or parts number 23926 for dual-seat pan for 1962 all years yours Anna J

Submitted by malcolm_begg on Sun, 18/05/2014

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Previously anna jeannette Dixon wrote:

Previously malcolm_begg wrote:

Has anyone out there got a photo of the underside of a Norton Dominator Slimline Seat Pan,I removed the seat but feel that the way it was attached was not correct so I would like to confirm the correct way to connect it to the frame.

Thanks

well you put a photo of you seat pan on this thread than I can tell you if you have the right one or not can't I And the slim-line seat pan as two U shaped bracket at the front and a flat lug sticking out the back for Dzus fastener , seat pan parts number 23279 dual-seat for 1961 or parts number 23926 for dual-seat pan for 1962 all years yours Anna J

Its a 1962 Norton Dominator SS.

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Submitted by neil_wyatt on Tue, 20/05/2014

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Even with the plastic on the one photo, I don't recognise this as a slimline pan. It might be a pre featherbed pan but slimline seats are straight at the front where, it meets the back of the tank. Not the case with the pre featherbed seat.

Submitted by david_cooper on Tue, 20/05/2014

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Buy a new complete seat from Leighton. No doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I suspect they are using the same press tools now as they did when supplying Norton in the 1960's.Just ask for 1962 Slimline Norton and it'll turn up and will be identical to the original. Mine is indistinguishable from my original - apart from not being rusty and split.Fixing is a pair of tubes at the front with rubber inserts that fit on a pair of prongs on the frame sticking back from the cross member between the top rails just behind the tank. Plus a Dzus fastener onto the rear mudguard.

Submitted by Xanna_jeannett… on Tue, 20/05/2014

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Previously malcolm_begg wrote:

Previously anna jeannette Dixon wrote:

Previously malcolm_begg wrote:

Has anyone out there got a photo of the underside of a Norton Dominator Slimline Seat Pan,I removed the seat but feel that the way it was attached was not correct so I would like to confirm the correct way to connect it to the frame.

Thanks

well you put a photo of you seat pan on this thread than I can tell you if you have the right one or not can't I And the slim-line seat pan as two U shaped bracket at the front and a flat lug sticking out the back for Dzus fastener , seat pan parts number 23279 dual-seat for 1961 or parts number 23926 for dual-seat pan for 1962 all years yours Anna J

Its a 1962 Norton Dominator SS.

Well this is NOT a slimline Seat pan Its a Wideline seat pan and No good for a 1962 Slimline Frame, the part Number you need is above 23926 you get one of these from RGM Motors look them up on there web pages Yours Anna J

Submitted by malcolm_begg on Thu, 22/05/2014

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Previously David Cooper wrote:

Buy a new complete seat from Leighton. No doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I suspect they are using the same press tools now as they did when supplying Norton in the 1960's. Just ask for 1962 Slimline Norton and it'll turn up and will be identical to the original. Mine is indistinguishable from my original - apart from not being rusty and split. Fixing is a pair of tubes at the front with rubber inserts that fit on a pair of prongs on the frame sticking back from the cross member between the top rails just behind the tank. Plus a Dzus fastener onto the rear mudguard.

Where will I find the Leighton firm that you mentioned? Thanks

Submitted by lionel_yexley on Wed, 11/06/2014

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As I have said in another thread - Leighton's do a perfect reproduction of the original Wideline seat (apart from the fixing stud threads being wrong) I have seen numerous other copies and they are not as accurate. I don't know what their Slimline seats are like but I imagine they are spot-on too. As far as I'm concerned thay are the "Masters" of bike seats.

Submitted by Xanna_jeannett… on Wed, 11/06/2014

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Previously malcolm_begg wrote:

Has anyone out there got a photo of the underside of a Norton Dominator Slimline Seat Pan,I removed the seat but feel that the way it was attached was not correct so I would like to confirm the correct way to connect it to the frame.

Thanks

the under side of a slimline seat pan is nothing like a wideline seat pan , for a start of there is two leg at the back on a slimline thay lock into a hole at each side of the frame and then there is two steel loops at the front of the seat-pan with rubber in them to slot in the two hooks on the frame, at the front of the seat and at the back of the seat ,you have one lug for the dzus fastener so there is no way a wideline seat pan will fit correctly too a slimline frame, even I would not try this one, get the right seat pan for the job, Yours Anna J

Submitted by malcolm_begg on Wed, 11/06/2014

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Previously anna jeannette Dixon wrote:

Previously malcolm_begg wrote:

Has anyone out there got a photo of the underside of a Norton Dominator Slimline Seat Pan,I removed the seat but feel that the way it was attached was not correct so I would like to confirm the correct way to connect it to the frame.

Thanks

the under side of a slimline seat pan is nothing like a wideline seat pan , for a start of there is two leg at the back on a slimline thay lock into a hole at each side of the frame and then there is two steel loops at the front of the seat-pan with rubber in them to slot in the two hooks on the frame, at the front of the seat and at the back of the seat ,you have one lug for the dzus fastener so there is no way a wideline seat pan will fit correctly too a slimline frame, even I would not try this one, get the right seat pan for the job,

Yours Anna J

Anna

This is the way the bike was when I bought it,I now have the job of putting it back the way it should be,I will be buying the correct seat but I have had different views on what the correct seat is,I was told the 1962 Dommi ss had a hump at the back,then I read that this did not appear until 1968,could you clarify for me please.

Thanks again for your help.

Malcolm

 


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