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Offline beemuker

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what kind of seat is this?
« on: August 21, 2016, 04:04:15 PM »
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Offline Laitch

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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2016, 04:33:38 PM »
It looks like a BMW Comfort seat as shown in the second image of this post.
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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2016, 04:35:06 PM »
If it doesn't say Corbin or Sargent or have a name on the bottom then it might be a custom seat. Kind of looks like the stitching the guy who made my custom seat in Seattle back in the early 2000s used.
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2016, 05:41:47 PM »
The photo looks like a recovered seat, could be either a Corbin or a BMW.  They both have similar shapes.

Corbin seats look a lot like the BMW comfort seat.  The easiest way to tell them apart is to look at the bottom.  The corbin has a molded fiberglass base and the BMW seat has a molded plastic base.

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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2016, 05:57:01 PM »
I'd say recovered judging by the not quite straight stitching.
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Offline bocutter Ed

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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2016, 07:17:08 PM »
My guess would be a re-covered BMW comfort seat.
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Offline beemuker

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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2016, 10:00:48 AM »
thanks guys. the more I look at it it looks like a recovered Corbin. I'm going to test ride this when I get to FL next week. here's the whole brick. I'm not too sure about the mileage. the front shocks look like they've been sandblasted. they are supposed to be black aren't they.? what do you think? Is that a bmw screen? I was kind pf thinking another 75, but this might do.
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Offline Dennis de Vries

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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2016, 10:39:04 AM »
That seat looks like a BMW Comfort seat to me (same as mine). I'm kind of puzzled by the younger 3 spoke wheels with the older F&S fork and the seat looks way older than 20k to me. Oh and yes, that's a BMW screen. Maybe i'm wrong, but some things don't seem to ad up to me...

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Offline herseyb

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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2016, 10:54:51 AM »
my 90 k75 has the same discoloration on the forks.  they go sproing just fine though, especially after I put progressive springs in 'em.
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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2016, 11:08:58 AM »
This K100 is the first I've seen with a radiator shroud and intake snorkel like those. Are they common elsewhere?
The left fork slider looks like it has had an inspection sticker on it once-upon-a-time. That would indicate a life outside of Florida, I think.
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Re: what kind of seat is this?
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2016, 01:53:11 PM »
Quote from: Laitch on August 22, 2016, 11:08:58 AM
This K100 is the first I've seen with a radiator shroud and intake snorkel like those. Are they common elsewhere?
The left fork slider looks like it has had an inspection sticker on it once-upon-a-time. That would indicate a life outside of Florida, I think.


I knew something about that shroud once, but I've forgotten what it was. It is a very rare and exotic item.
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