new seat

alan hodge · Aug 4, 2019

yes yes I thought about inverting maybe do this week...……now time for sunday afternoon wobble-pop session.....cheers

PS the bikeseatfactory guy said they can make seat with any color accent piping...as you see I went with black but thought seriously about dark red

Fast Eddie · Aug 4, 2019

IMHO that seat looks a LOT better now, it looks very good.

+1 on inverting the turn signals next.

alan hodge · Aug 4, 2019

roger wilco on the inversion

lcrken · Aug 4, 2019

Good looking bike. Very tastefully done mods.

Ken

alan hodge · Aug 4, 2019

thankee ken

concours · Aug 5, 2019

Form
Follows
Function

https://day-long.com/

swooshdave · Aug 5, 2019

concours said:
Form
Follows
Function

https://day-long.com/

JimC · Aug 5, 2019

concours said:
Form
Follows
Function

https://day-long.com/

I had a Russell Day Long on my BMW K75. Beat the Corbin it replaced by a large margin. Russell is definitely function over form.

jbruney · Aug 5, 2019

Talking Norton here swoosh not Goldwing....If they're see this you've planted the seed.

alan hodge · Aug 5, 2019

started blinker inversion project today did mockup they look much better upside down of course had to redo some wiring routing etc. will try to finish in a cuppla days and post pic oh...….seat mfg. wanted pic of bike for website and I sent them the one I posted here had to explain the flag on back of garage door..hehe
PS I need a seat knob as right hand side one stripped out...….anyone have a spare for sale at a reasonable rate?

rvich · Aug 6, 2019

There are two styles of knobs. One type is knurled with cross hatching the other has straight teeth cut like a gear. Fwiw, this is a good spot for a helicoil.

kommando · Aug 6, 2019

3/8 UNF thread from memory, they strip easily so helicoiling is recommended.

B+Bogus · Aug 6, 2019

rvich said:
There are two styles of knobs. One type is knurled with cross hatching the other has straight teeth cut like a gear. Fwiw, this is a good spot for a helicoil.

+1 on the helicoil.
I think the straight knurl is later bikes, crosshatch early 750s, plus the early type seem a little thicker.
Cheapy pattern ones are a good copy of the early type and shine up well. Also come with that nasty little roll-pin that I'm always reluctant to use (until I've got round to helicoiling the thing)

alan hodge · Aug 6, 2019

my teeth are straight

jbruney · Aug 6, 2019

You're most fortunate then...no need for braces.

maylar · Aug 6, 2019

Mine are missing... along with my mind.

There are stainless seat nuts that shine up very pretty.

Craig · Aug 6, 2019

Someone has linked bad tooth care to the dreaded dementia disease , my dentist recommends continual care as we age .... Thought he was just being greedy ,then saw this new info, the man is a Saint !

swooshdave · Aug 6, 2019

I'm going to posit that if you are stripping your knobs you're tightening them down too much because you're worried they will go flying down the road because you didn't put the pins in...

So put the damn pins in. If the seat loosens it's not like it will fall off with you sitting in the seat.

Full disclosure: I have 4 pins on order.

Onder · Aug 6, 2019

Ive been meaning to get some pins for five years now....

swooshdave · Aug 6, 2019

Onder said:
Ive been meaning to get some pins for five years now....

I'm at 30 years, don't feel bad.

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