Native /5 wrote:ME 109 wrote:dwire wrote: like the later model SWB seat I got screwed on
In yer dreams!
While I ponder dwire's meaning, you read it literally and responded in kind. Does your real name have the word
Scalia in it?
Not sure what either post means - nor am I sure what was/is so cryptic about my post either. Good luck riding any bike without the front wheel assy. installed. Truly guys, I think you must just be reading deeply between the lines that never existed in what I wrote.
As for the mention of "...like the later model SWB seat I got screwed on..." I'll not name the company or individuals I dealt with in the "Motherland" that assured me they were sending me the two grab rail seat with the strap across the middle - not only by description, picture and P/N which at the time was NLA - I felt confident after all that labor in emails, pictures and conformation(s) I'd be seeing the correct seat. My excitement was quashed when the seat that arrived was one I could have picked up anywhere for a 09/71 and up SWB bike - not a bike with a build date of 04/71 (or anything earlier than 09/71 for that matter.)
On a side note to that, I just connected a friend with a early 70 date build R75/5 with an NOS early seat, despite my jealousy over it.
Anymore I am focused on finding the positive notions in everything I do, regardless of how they may appear on the surface and can say, having a seat with the wrong cover and rails may be displeasing after all the effort and promises, yet ANYTHING IS BETTER than that crap Dual Queen Fat Butt Corbin junk that was on the bike when I purchased it. Since it stretched my err.. crotch out so far, only one foot could be planted at a stop. Now with the BMW seat, both feet touch the ground properly as BMW intended and IMHO the only safe way to ride - so that is most certainly a WIN.
BTW, I might add with all the seat discussions that have come prior to this, I had/have real difficulty unscrewing the catch bolt far enough from the pan without running out of threads to properly engage the lock on the bike. Is it possible this is another difference in the two (early and later SWB) seats? Everyone made it clear when I asked about trying to turn the current seat into one that appeared to be the proper one, the peanut gallery here said that it was not possible due to a pan change as well. Could said pan change have anything to do with running out of threads on the catch? I'd thank anyone in advance if they had any info regarding any pan changes that might have allowed the catch bolt to reside closer to the lock.
I know now too, I need start a short question thread about tethering my bike for trailer transport too...
As for the Scalia reference - uhm no, but I am not well enough versed in such things to comment on why you might say such a thing. My username is darn near (or "mostly") my real name as could be confirmed by current forum members and other members dating back to the Phorum days... (When I actually had an R75/5 on the road nearly all the time!)
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