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The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« on: June 14, 2015, 01:45:15 PM »
So, over the last few years, while buying  4's with and without seats and having to hunt for seats, I have run into some of the most hideous  slabs of foam to park one butt on. I don't know if there's been a thread to address this issue but there should be, cause allot of these things are so damn funny looking that it's hard to believe somebody actually made them , and worse yet someone else actually bought one..
  Okay, I'll admit , I have some ugly seats on a couple of my bikes....but I'm always looking to upgrade.
How many of us bought our machines with a touring couch on it? I thought they were the winners if there was an ugly seat award but , recently.... I just have to show you this one.
This was made in Portland, Oregon  USA ( Now I'll understand if the guys that worked at the factory in their college days don't chime in to take credit for it.) by a company called CYCLEPRO. This came in on a recent Yamaha drop off.
The pros are :
 It has a lightweight plastic seat pan with some modifications can be adapted to a 550
 It seems to be comfortable for the single rider, molded nicely to keep even my skinny a$$ from slipping off
 Has lots of excess foam on it that could be trimmed back to a half ways decent looking cafe seat with little effort
The cons are:
 Has lots of excess foam on it that should have been trimmed back so's it wasn't this freakin ugly,
    Look at this  giant duck's a$s on the back of this thing, Nothing says "to the Batcave Robin" to me like this seat..
    I'd want to wear a mask under my helmet if it was on my bike, to secure my identity when the helmet comes off
       or have a second way to the garage  on some unused backroad where the police barrier automatically drops  drops down and stands back up each time you pass it on this machine.
 here it is , in all it's glory
 

If anyone else has seen a real beauty seat somewhere, and wants to share, I'd like to see it . 
A few Honda 500's, a few Honda 550's, a few Honda 650's, '72 cb 450, a couple 500/550/650 hybrids, and 2001 750. 
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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2015, 03:15:51 PM »
Quilted King & Queen.  Dig the industrial/DIY sissy-bar, too:









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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2015, 04:18:21 PM »
Ok, I'll play. My 750 came with this beauty....





I may be out of the club, though. I promptly removed the seat after this photo was taken and threw it directly into the trash bin!
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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2015, 05:41:22 PM »
Ahhhh the quilted king /queen touring couch, lovely as always. You didn't say that you threw it out, it's not in the living room is it?
  Stev-O has the sohc gag reflex, pull the pins and hide it in the trash barrel before anyone else gets sick.
Isn't it hard to believe that those behemoth seats were in style, and someone loved them.
 I know some members here still have these seats, sorry guys, go on loving them, even though they are ugly, somebody"s got to.
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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2015, 06:04:51 PM »



This is the only thing I can see to do with those K/Q s short of tossing them.


How many have seen one of these lovelies


  I've been so desperate to find a seat, on one dark day I cut a bedliner out of my truck
and made a seat out of that
 
and yes , it's ugly
A few Honda 500's, a few Honda 550's, a few Honda 650's, '72 cb 450, a couple 500/550/650 hybrids, and 2001 750. 
  550 Snowbike -Somebody had to do it.
  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,101678.0.html             
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,137317.msg1550907.html#msg1550907

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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2015, 07:58:56 PM »
Quilted King & Queen.  Dig the industrial/DIY sissy-bar, too:










lol...last 750f I bought had that exact seat.  When I sat on it I felt like vomiting.  I had to throw it out as every time I saw it, I would feel nauseous.
If it works good, it looks good...

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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2015, 08:28:04 PM »
This was one of those fugly k/q seats cut up, ground up, repadded




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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2015, 08:37:28 PM »
This was how my bike was purchased. It was embarrassing to trailer it home with a seat like that!

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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2015, 08:38:06 PM »
 Ugly.It's not only limited to some factory seat it seems the  replacement seatcovers can be revolting too
Saddleman , I hate them

Then there is this

which is only just a little better than this

like that could have been the vinyl that covered Granddad's briefcase
Then I've seen a few of these around

Just what the fcuk is that supposed to be ?
Must be the pillow to the touring couch. Is there a coffee table that goes with the set?

MoMo ,That still looks allot better than what it did look like.
A few Honda 500's, a few Honda 550's, a few Honda 650's, '72 cb 450, a couple 500/550/650 hybrids, and 2001 750. 
  550 Snowbike -Somebody had to do it.
  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,101678.0.html             
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,137317.msg1550907.html#msg1550907

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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2015, 08:42:55 PM »
JW , the embarrassing part would be if you still have it. ;D
A few Honda 500's, a few Honda 550's, a few Honda 650's, '72 cb 450, a couple 500/550/650 hybrids, and 2001 750. 
  550 Snowbike -Somebody had to do it.
  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,101678.0.html             
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,137317.msg1550907.html#msg1550907

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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2015, 08:45:45 PM »
Rb,  one good thing about those seats is they were as comfortable as he!!   that seat on my old white 400f was super comfortable...Larry

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« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2015, 11:29:39 AM »
This was how my bike was purchased. It was embarrassing to trailer it home with a seat like that!

That's a peach!
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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2015, 11:59:28 AM »
Do you remember my seat?





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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2015, 12:04:53 PM »
Do you remember my seat?





 ;D

The padding and cover are shot, but the shape isn't horrible.  It almost looks like a soft version of what Carpy calls a duckbill seat:
http://carpyscaferacers.com/shop/honda-cb500-cb550-cb750-parts-upgrades/duckbill-seat/
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2015, 12:57:29 PM »
I got that exact seat too ;D...it's really comfy and is not nauseating ugly...just kind of unattractive
If it works good, it looks good...

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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2015, 03:22:08 PM »
I had a good seat weld in that old seat for sure. With the tank it worked like cafe racer seat.
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« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2015, 03:26:40 PM »
I think the aircraft carrier/oversized luggage on the rear was the real ugliness on that bike.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2015, 04:03:26 PM »
No, for me it was that muffler.

You're talking to a guy who bolted a Fred Meyer 20 buck plastic tool chest to the back of his KLR650 and called it a top case. ;D  Even have photos to prove it.
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« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2015, 05:11:13 PM »
No, for me it was that muffler.

You're talking to a guy who bolted a Fred Meyer 20 buck plastic tool chest to the back of his KLR650 and called it a top case. ;D  Even have photos to prove it.


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« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2015, 05:16:57 PM »
Thats mine when i bought it!!!
before:
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Re: The UGLY SEAT CLUB
« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2015, 06:06:03 PM »
My K2 when it was delivered


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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2015, 03:57:18 AM »
That top case been accross Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France and Benelux, not counting my own country.

If it works good, it looks good  ;D


I think the aircraft carrier/oversized luggage on the rear was the real ugliness on that bike.
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« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2015, 07:45:49 AM »
That top case been accross Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France and Benelux, not counting my own country.

If it works good, it looks good  ;D


I think the aircraft carrier/oversized luggage on the rear was the real ugliness on that bike.

Fair enough, Prokop. I noticed it's not on the bike anymore.
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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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« Reply #23 on: June 16, 2015, 08:52:55 AM »
This one sucked..keep sliding forward into the tank..
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« Reply #24 on: June 16, 2015, 02:33:49 PM »
This one sucked..keep sliding forward into the tank..

That's false advertising!
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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold