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Are Indian Series 2 saddles the same as Italian?

djh66 i just want to hijack this slightly, now a few of us are fat bstards we would like a single seat that is back further say six inches but then it fails the fuel filler has anyone seen a flip up singe seat or could you make a flip up seat
i want one i know Cezeta would like a couple

the indian pair i had were different, the front one was fine, but the rear tipped forward slightly, looked a bit daft

6LDA 28B wrote:djh66 i just want to hijack this slightly, now a few of us are fat bstards we would like a single seat that is back further say six inches but then it fails the fuel filler has anyone seen a flip up singe seat or could you make a flip up seat
i want one i know Cezeta would like a couple

A few weeks ago i went down to my local car wreckers and removed the seat adjuster rails out of a car to adapt to fit on my series 2 and take a saddle seat over the top of the filler cap, then i could slide it back and forth to fill up and change my sitting postion on long trips, i was going to have this ready for the Spanish Euro but have been too buisy, i havent come up with a better idea than useing seat adjusters, has anyone else done simular.

eibargum wrote:

6LDA 28B wrote:djh66 i just want to hijack this slightly, now a few of us are fat bstards we would like a single seat that is back further say six inches but then it fails the fuel filler has anyone seen a flip up singe seat or could you make a flip up seat
i want one i know Cezeta would like a couple

A few weeks ago i went down to my local car wreckers and removed the seat adjuster rails out of a car to adapt to fit on my series 2 and take a saddle seat over the top of the filler cap, then i could slide it back and forth to fill up and change my sitting postion on long trips, i was going to have this ready for the Spanish Euro but have been too buisy, i havent come up with a better idea than useing seat adjusters, has anyone else done simular.

That's all very well! But back to my original question
Are Indian and Italian series 2 seats the same?

djh66 wrote:Are Indian Series 2 saddles the same as Italian?

In theory, but they are inferior quality. Or at least the ones I've owned have been.

Love the seat adjuster rail idea!

Nic wrote:

djh66 wrote:Are Indian Series 2 saddles the same as Italian?

Love the seat adjuster rail idea!

No forget about that!!

I ask because the Indian seats look (to me) fatter and slant up from front to back. But it might just be me! The reason I ask is, do I re use the indian saddles with new covers, and will the standard saddle cover fit the Indian saddles

There are different versions. I have some of both/either and can take a pic or two but I won't be able to do it until i get into the garage at the weekend....