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Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Bullet Iron Barrel => Topic started by: Byway on February 12, 2008, 11:45:00 pm
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My recently purchased Bullet came with, among other spares, a new, not-yet-upholstered old-fashioned style solo-seat. It has no identifying markings whatsoever and I believe it is likely of Indian origin. See pics: (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2260958613_51f9313553.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2261765976_9d45a4a2b0.jpg)
Does anyone know where I might get proper springs and mountings for this?
I plan on having it upholstered in leather if I can get the parts I need...
Thanks!
Al
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Looks like a lycette copy minus the leather cover and padding.
CJ
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Anyone interested in buying a nice Lysette-style seat, minus the padding and cover? :P *j/k* (for now)..
Thanks for the info, CJ.
Al
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Heck, man -
Bolt that sucker on and ride it as-is, dude.
That's cool looking.
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Is this any good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LYCETTE-STILE-VINTAGE-SEAT-COVER_W0QQitemZ300197906698QQihZ020QQcategoryZ9946QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LYCETTE-STILE-VINTAGE-SEAT-COVER_W0QQitemZ300197906698QQihZ020QQcategoryZ9946QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Think the seller means "Lycette STYLE" !!! ::)
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That's a terrific lead, LSM!
I'll have to follow-up on this.. :)
Al
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My first soloseat was one of these things.. I believe they patterneed these after some kind of a midieval torture device
D.B.
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Just for accuracy - the name of the saddle-manufacturer wasn't Lycette or Lysette, it was Lycett.
Tom
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That frame looks nicer than the one I bought from cmw. However the dimensions are the same and in my opinion way too big for my bullet. I just finished sectioning 3 inches out of the width and 1 inch off the height and welded it back together.The cover, surprisingly doesn't need that much work to still fit.
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Thanks for your input, guys..
Tom: I'm glad you mentioned the correct name of the seat style! This explains why I wasn't able to dig-up a lot of info. about these seats.. ::)
Cyrus B: Is the underside of your seat frame the same as mine? Do you have any pics? I've never seen what the front mounting bits look like... ???
Thanks,
Al