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Offline JAG

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'75K seat on a '71K5
« on: February 17, 2008, 06:23:48 PM »
Will it fit??? Any know how I can find the dimension??

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Jonathan
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Re: '75K seat on a '71K5
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2008, 07:36:39 PM »
a k5 seat wont fit on a 71 ( i think)
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Re: '75K seat on a '71K5
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2008, 07:57:18 PM »
It should. My 71 seat fits on a CB750K4 so no reason why it shouldnt fit a K5. I was trying this today and it worked for me ;-)


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newcbguy

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Re: '75K seat on a '71K5
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2008, 08:05:37 PM »
the seat is the same, but the latch is different. I have a '74 seat on my '71, but changed the latch for the later model.
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Offline merc2dogs

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Re: '75K seat on a '71K5
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2008, 10:02:10 PM »
What year was it that they moved the hinges to the other side?
 I know when I was looking for a seat pan a while ago, all I could find were seats with the hinge on the wrong side.

 I'm with newcbguy though, the seats were all the same, other than stichingjust latches and hinge positions were different.
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Offline JAG

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Re: '75K seat on a '71K5
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2008, 08:49:28 AM »
Okay thanks for the info!!

So is there anything big with fitting a different latch on it? Do you use the 75K's latch and make a new hole? What is there to do to make it fit?

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