Topic: $100 1978 Cb750 project

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

Just trying to figure out what kind of seat to go with. My wife and I decided it would be a single  seat. I've been trying to find something that would allow me to use the stock hinge and seat lock.

If you can find one, Giuliari made a special seat for the F model supersports in the 70's/80's that used the stock hinges and locks. they are a bit wild looking and rare as hens teeth but they are out there and you can find them:

 Very cool, although I'd avoid white as the upholstery. 

Better than some of the other ugly colors I've seen

It's not necessarily unattractive, but simply impractical.  If the bike is going to be ridden (and not just shown), that white will show dirt and wear faster than other colors.

[seanbarney41]

he he...I like the white a hell of a lot better than any brown, but the beloved white would surely turn to hated brown soon enough

[seanbarney41]

Geeto, have you or anyone you know ever actually been in the same room as one of these fabled Giuliari F seats?

I tend to think the 2 people that bought them lost the seat before they ever got around to putting it on their bike.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

he he...I like the white a hell of a lot better than any brown, but the beloved white would surely turn to hated brown soon enough

Oh, but it would look pretty sweet with black upholstery (and paint on the bodywork to match the rest of the bike).

[seanbarney41]

he he...I like the white a hell of a lot better than any brown, but the beloved white would surely turn to hated brown soon enough

Oh, but it would look pretty sweet with black upholstery (and paint on the bodywork to match the rest of the bike).

totally not argueing with that...got one you want to sell?

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

he he...I like the white a hell of a lot better than any brown, but the beloved white would surely turn to hated brown soon enough

Oh, but it would look pretty sweet with black upholstery (and paint on the bodywork to match the rest of the bike).

totally not argueing with that...got one you want to sell?

Nope! Just making an observation.  I've never seen one out in the wild.

[Geeto67]

Geeto, have you or anyone you know ever actually been in the same room as one of these fabled Giuliari F seats?

I tend to think the 2 people that bought them lost the seat before they ever got around to putting it on their bike.

I have one. It is in my storage unit in NY. I had it mounted at one point on an old F I have but I don't seem to have any of those old pictures. I don't have a stock framed F at the moment but I am holding on to it because I'll probably buy another one sooner or later.

Mine has the black seat cover and has been def used. It has a gold paint job with black stripes. I bought it from a T500 collector/racer friend of mine who was going to cut it up to mount it on a T500, when I explained the rarity of it he sold it to me. He had it for something close to 20 years, he buys a lot of giuliari seats to use on two stroke suzukis, I'm in the middle of trying to convince him not to cut up a bmw airhead one for a T500 so I can use it on my R80.

do you have questions about it? I can answer most questions. I have seen three other ones in my life, plus two others for sale on ebay in germany and italy. The one with the white cover I posted a pic of is owned by someone I know and I forwarded the info to the OP in case he wants to try to convince them to sell it. As far as I know that one has not been used. There is an old thread on these seats here that even discloses who owns the white one:
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=66043.0

unfortunatley all the pics have been photobucketed.

The white giuliari seat covers are pretty durable. They don't turn brown or get dusty, the worst that happens to them is they dry and rip (they are not the highest quality vinyl), and dirt gets into the cracks and start to make it look grungy. If you smoke around them they will yellow. I have seen a number of harley and vespa seats in white that giuliari made and this is about as bad as they get if you take care of them:



I had entertained the idea of reproducing them. The rear cowl is just old fashioned chopper gun hand laid fiberglass, and the seat pan doesn't look to be much different. The hardest thing to source would be the foam. For what it would cost I don't think there is a market to support it.

I personally like them because they remind me of the BEET bodywork you see on a lot of the Japanese Domestic custom KZ1000s and CB750s:

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

There you go.  At least one still exists!  And perhaps, at the right price . . .

[seanbarney41]

Thanks for the excellent info Geeto...I will have to keep my eyes and ears open for one of these puppies.