AJS 7R seat - genuine

[beachcomber]

Ignore the Beemer [ now sold ] check the seat - a genuine AJS 7R. I've had it for nearly 40 years !

It's been on at least 30 Cafe Racers, and each time I sold a bike - I kept the seat. It's going on my latest project - a Yam XS 500. I want to build it in the spirit of the sixties - I WILL keep the discs though - self preservation.

I might use the Triumph tank, but I quite like the idea of a 5 gall. Manx Wideline - we'll see.

This will be my first Japanese Cafe Racer project, and I'm looking forward to the challenge.

I ended up with 2 XS500's in the deal, so the second one will probably become a Flat Tracker and I'll sell my Suzy GS450 F/Tracker off.

 

[Fix]

Now there's a seat with a lot of miles!

 

[noahdog]

That seat is very unique. I haven't seen any reproductions anything like it.

 

[arcspeedworks]

Absolutely beautiful seat/tail! I have fallen in love with the AJS 7R and Matchless G50 and had though about running a repro on my KZ. Unfortunately, my KZ didn't have the right "feel" to go about mucking up the 7R's reputation. Have at it! We'll be watching! ;D

 

[beachcomber]

There is one Classic Racer guy here in the UK making these seats [ repros ], but he only supplies to Racers. No big deal to make a set of moulds though !

Yes - the seat didn't look right on the Beemer, and that ended up with a 750SS Duke single seat when it was finished.

Loads of miles under that seat AND loads of good memories !

Not entirely sure about the XS500 either, but if it doesn't look right I have another 750 Duke seat GTG. I was going to use an AJS7R or Goldie 5 Gallon race tank - but now I've seen Tim's 650 with a Manx tank ??????????????????

It's weird - stuff that looks dead right on a 60's Brit Cafe Racer, doesn't travel over to the early Japanese CR's - proving I guess that the early Japanese stuff does have it's own seperate [ and legitimate ] identity.

That brings up exhausts - I'd love to have 2 x Goldie silencers on a bike just one more time - but I think the Japanese CR's look better with meggas or maybe some sexy curved jobs - a la 400 /450 race Hondas. There's a guy here in the UK making two versions - one with baffles and one without !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jonescafe72]

Frank at CRA has a reproduction of this seat. I love the look, but yes, it does take something very special to pull it off.

 

[teazer]

Great looking seat from one of my all time favorite pairs of bikes late model 7R /G50.

The style lends itself to a number of bikes but needs to be modified to flow properly IMHO. maybe someone couls copy the style and offer a range of varieties to suit other bikes in slightly different proportions.

BTW, Dave S's megs are hardly street legal. His version of baffles is to reduce the noise on a race track from ear bleed to merely head splitting levels of pain.

 

[beachcomber]

Tried the AJS 7R seat on the Yam project - just doesn't look right...........

So I've gone back to the Duke 750SS race seat. BTW - this is day 1 - couldn't resist a little mock up to give me a buzz.