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Submitted by david_henshaw on Tue, 11/02/2014
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Commando

Greetings all!

In Roadholder #315 on page 23 there is a pic of a Commando with a seat I have never seen before. The bike is apparently owned by Hans Heitmann. Wondering if this can be purchased or is a custom?

Thanks!

tomas

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/02/2014

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Hans has the same seat as I do and it was made by Norman Hyde. Unfortunately, they are no longer available. My one is wearing out in places and I do not know how I am going to replace it. I too would be interested to hear if anybody else is producing a similar seat or even just the cover.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/02/2014

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Thanks Tom,

I wonder why the huge price differential between the Interstate and the Roadster versions?

Submitted by david_henshaw on Wed, 12/02/2014

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I am communicating with them to try to figure out that same question.

six hundred bucks for a seat seems a bit much!

surprise

Submitted by roger_jordan on Thu, 13/02/2014

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Previously tom_spross wrote:

I am communicating with them to try to figure out that same question.

six hundred bucks for a seat seems a bit much!

surprise

There are companies that will recover your existing seat, I know of one in Loughborough. That may be an alternative to getting a complete new seat.(And be more cost effective)

Submitted by alan_johnson on Thu, 13/02/2014

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Previously roger_jordan wrote:

Previously tom_spross wrote:

I am communicating with them to try to figure out that same question.

six hundred bucks for a seat seems a bit much!

surprise

There are companies that will recover your existing seat, I know of one in Loughborough. That may be an alternative to getting a complete new seat.(And be more cost effective)

i've had a stepped seat on my Interstate for around 10 years now, it was made by P&PSeating of Birmingham and i havebeen very pleased with it over the years and would recommend them.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 13/02/2014

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Alan - I had P&P on the Suppliers and Services list and have now annotated the entry to show that they do stepped seats for Commandos.

Roger - I don't know the seat company in Loughborough. Could you give me a link?

Submitted by roger_jordan on Thu, 13/02/2014

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Previously Chris Grimmett wrote:

Alan - I had P&P on the Suppliers and Services list and have now annotated the entry to show that they do stepped seats for Commandos.

Roger - I don't know the seat company in Loughborough. Could you give me a link?

Custom Classic & Retro Auito Trimmer

Though this company is not far from me, I do not have any experiance of their work.

Regards

Roger

Submitted by dave_taylor on Wed, 26/02/2014

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Afew of years ago I got hold of an unused Norman Hyde seat for my Mk3 Interstate.After a while the seam at the bottom of the step split ,the vinyl was paper thin and of poor quality. I sent the cover to RK Leighton who used it to make up a template, the resulting coveris fromquality vinyland a perfect fit at a good price.

Dave

 


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