Topic: Seat trim

[emlupi]

Good evening all,
Sadly, the seat cover on my K2 is giving up the ghost. Very soon it will be time to replace the cover. My question is about the chrome trim piece on the bottom of the seat. Is it possible to reuse this piece, and if so, how difficult is it to remove without damage? Any tips would be appreciated.

I saw the thread in the FAQ section, but any more advice is always very helpful. Thanks.

[beemerbum]

I tried to remove the trim on my K2 seat. I found out its not possible without destroying it.

[Maltboy]

The original trim is permanently attached to the seat material. The cheapest replacement I've found is on eBay. It has to be glued on, but it looks good.  Mine arrived in less than a week.
 https://www.ebay.com/itm/183979281030

Disclaimer:  I'm kind of a newb. Others on this forum may have better sources.

[Kevnz]

I'm not sure if this is applicable to 750's, but this is available for 500's. Just presses on and bend the seat tabs to retain. Depending on how fussy you are, the profile may not be correct. From DSS.

[Kevnz]

Side view.

[jonda500]

You can remove and reuse the old one by simply cutting it off your old cover and gluing it to your new one (or just press it on and use the tabs to lock it in place).
I would advise NOT using contact adhesive (the gooey mustard colored stuff) to glue the strip on - when I did the glue attacked the err springiness of my strip making it not grip tightly any more when pressed on around the bottom of the seat - in my case it would have been a much better looking result if I didn't use the glue on it!
John
 

[emlupi]

I removed the old seat cover and tried to re-use the old trim piece. As the trim is molded to the seat cover, as mentioned above, I had to cut it off. I wasn’t really happy with the way the trim piece looked after cutting it off the old seat cover. The edge of the cut looked a little ragged even when I tried to clean it up with a razor. So, I ordered a replacement trim from David Silver. I will let you know how this works out when completed. I got the seat cover from Vintage CB750. It comes with the Honda logo in the proper color and the pattern is stitched instead of the original embossed vinyl. Looks like a good quality piece. It also comes with a replacement passenger strap (without hardware) but I am going to use the original as it is still in good shape.

[MauiK3]

Yamiya sells it for a price, I still need to put some on my K3. Clips on.

[craz1]

Try this, I purchased this when I purchased their seat cover and it looks just like the original.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153638452274?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

[ken65]

You can remove and reuse the old one by simply cutting it off your old cover and gluing it to your new one (or just press it on and use the tabs to lock it in place).
I would advise NOT using contact adhesive (the gooey mustard colored stuff) to glue the strip on - when I did the glue attacked the err springiness of my strip making it not grip tightly any more when pressed on around the bottom of the seat - in my case it would have been a much better looking result if I didn't use the glue on it!
John

thats what i did. worked ok. here tis.

[Kevnz]

Very nice

[CB500K1]

I just rebuild a Honda CB500K1 seat and reused the original trim 
See https://hondacb500k1.blogspot.com/2021/07/new-original-honda-seat-cover.html

[emlupi]

Seat is finished using the David Silver replacement trim. Seat strap is the original. Here’s a few pictures of the finished product on and off the bike.