Looks good



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Prototype for aluminum seat is at the seat pad MFG to make a fiberglass based seat with closed cell foam.


Once prices come back for the seat pad we will be able to start taking deposits for the complete seat section.


-M

Great news. That will look great with the aluminum tank. Although I may hold off for an aluminum cover that works on the stock seat..
Either way, I think I am going to have to set up automatic payroll deductions to go directly to Motowheels.

Thanks

 

Aluminum Tail Cowl

Looking very nice so far. Any word on indicative pricing yet?

The void behind the seat looks big enough to sneak a battery in...

Cheers - Las

 

The tail looks great! Personally I'm holding out for the aluminum stock cowl (especially since mine is now cracked and ugly...) but I expect to see plenty of these floating around!

 

+1. I want to keep the stock seat, too. I'd love to see a simple aluminum replacement for the stock painted seat-back.

 

Tail section

Yep... that nice looking.

 

Want to buy this aluminum tail section ??

Yep... that nice looking.

Agreed.

If anyone has a Diopa seat and would rather have this aluminum tail section I will buy your Diopa seat at a fair price - please PM me with info and particulars. My painter is ready and I've delayed ordering from Diopa too long - this offer will be good only for a week - at the most.

Just thinking we'd both get what we really want.

Just PM me, don't clog up this thread with questions.

David
Seattle

 

+1 for stock seat cover.......... I'll wait.

But this does look well done. I might even give a wack at forming my own stocker. Got a few months before the tank makes it in........ Keep up the good work there guys! Proving your self over and over with good products!

 

Got some news today on the seat pads...

The seat pads for these diopa/cafe seats are going to be very nice. They are made by the MFG of Ducati comfort seats--so this won't be just a race pad with no ergos. They are going to made more comfortable than the OEM seat.

They are making them with lighweight fiberglass bases (like a sargent seat) in a two piece design so you can see the tail section between the seat and rump rest- just like the original 750SS/900SS.
They are trying to give easy access to the space in the hump as well.

They are also looking at trying to make the cafe tail section compatible with the GT1000 tank (both stock and aluminum) by adding an optional piece to fill in the gap.

I'll have pictures and prices soon.

-M

 

Got some news today on the seat pads...

The seat pads for these diopa/cafe seats are going to be very nice. They are made by the MFG of Ducati comfort seats--so this won't be just a race pad with no ergos. They are going to make more comfortable than the OEM seat.

They are making them with lighweight fiberglass bases (like a sargent seat) in a two piece design so you can see the tail section between the seat and rump rest- just like the original 750SS/900SS.
They are trying to give easy access to the space in the hump as well.

They are also looking at trying to make the cafe tail section compatible with the GT1000 tank (both stock and aluminum) by adding an optional piece to fill in the gap.

I'll have pictures and prices soon.

-M

+1 on the GT tank version/compatibility option

Tmnstr


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Pictures of the seat pad and tail section:

 

Pictures of the seat pad and tail section:

Damn, you make me feel like an aluminum tank is not enough and I need to get a tail section either.

 

They also have a prototype for a one piece seat pad.

The seats are made by a supplier to Ducati Performance. They have a lightweight fiberglass seat pan and closed cell foam.

 

They also have a prototype for a one piece seat pad.

The seats are made by a supplier to Ducati Performance. They have a lightweight fiberglass seat pan and closed cell foam.

I like the one-piece better.

 

Any Ideas on pricing yet?

 

Group Buy price

Group buy price for the aluminum tail with either the one piece or two piece seat pad is $950 shipped in the USA.

Outside the USA it is $900 plus shipping.

They want 30 seats for a production run.

-M

 

Group buy price for the aluminum tail with either the one piece or two piece seat pad is $950 shipped in the USA.

Outside the USA it is $900 plus shipping.

They want 30 seats for a production run.

-M

Can you ask for some pictures with both tank and tail on the bike?

 

Here is some old pics:

 

Looks nice. BTW I like rear signals on this SC, what is it?

 

Deposit made. I'm excited to get the seat and tank.


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nice
gotta make a fleda for this

 

JC - I would imagine a Fleda for this set-up would not be too much different from what you already make for the seats you sell, or the Diopa seat (which this alloy seat looks to replicate in shape).

 

They made some changes to the 2 piece seat to follow the lines of the tail better:

 

Very nice! Can't wait to see the solution they come up with for fitting this to a GT tank

Tmnstr


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looking good

This is throughly good looking... but I to is hold off for an aluminum stock cowl.
Looking forward to see pictures of that at some point

Cheers

 

Seat deposits for the group buy

DEPOSIT ONLY: Ducati Sport Classic Aluminum Tail and Seat

Please let us know which seat configuration you want. We are planning to go ahead with the mono configuration unless there is demand for the two piece as we have to make molds for the seat bases.

The group buy deposit must be in by December 31st to qualify for the group buy price.
After Decemebr 31, the tail/seat will retail for $1295.

The tails will be ready to ship as early as the first week of December. We are currently waiting for the seats to be completed.

-M

 

Deposit made!

 

The mono pad seat is beautiful but I think the two piece seat looks more "appropriate" for the overall style of our bikes and makes the tail more visually important since it doesn't have to compete with the one large pad. I'm already down for the tank but I would lean toward the two pad version tail if and when I decide to pull the trigger on that.

 

I like the two piece better as well - but because of the tooling costs, they want 30 of each seat base made. It less expensive to make one type--because of the tooling costs.

Or the minority group can share the cost of the tooling cost on the least popular seat. Up to you guys. I'll make it happen either way.

I can set it up the seat types as an option on our website. That way the ones that are buying will be making the choice.

-M

 

Deposit made (last week) on a S1K tank. Would be interested in a seat/tail, if it matched the Terblanche design. Any thought in producing that style?

 

Deposit made (last week) on a S1K tank. Would be interested in a seat/tail, if it matched the Terblanche design. Any thought in producing that style?

The OEM seat cowl is on the drawing board.
However the mounts are complicated. We would need to get 30 buyers lined up for those. Cost would be about $695 per unit in a group buy.
I will probably have to start a new thread to take a poll on how many are interested - and then start taking deposits for them.

-M

 

Single Seat Tail - deposit made

Thanks again for this, deposit placed for the Tail w/single seat pad (Deposit also placed a few weeks ago for the tank included a delayed shipping request)

Will need shipping direct to Melbourne Australia when we are ready to have that discussion. I'm also looking at some other parts from the Moto site as well, am I correct in assuming the seat and tank wont go via the US anyway?

Really looking forward to this!

Cheers - Andrew (Las)

 

Thanks again for this, deposit placed for the Tail w/single seat pad (Deposit also placed a few weeks ago for the tank included a delayed shipping request)

Will need shipping direct to Melbourne Australia when we are ready to have that discussion. I'm also looking at some other parts from the Moto site as well, am I correct in assuming the seat and tank wont go via the US anyway?

Really looking forward to this!

Cheers - Andrew (Las)

Thanks for the support Andrew.
The seat and tank will ship directly from Italy to save shipping costs.

We have some international shipping coupon codes for your items that need to be shipped from the USA. Enter these on to the order form:

use shipping passwords:
GLOBAL250 gets 25% off shipping on orders over $250
GLOBAL500 gets 50% off shipping on orders over $500
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-M

 

Wow, I was all about the OEM cowl until I heard that price... Only $200 cheaper than the full aluminum tail!! I guess I'll be making a deposit for the tail soon...

 

The OEM seat has a bunch of work that must be done by another company, plus we have to cover all the tooling as well as sacrifice a seat cowl for the mold.

Most of the tooling was in place for the full tail and everything but the seat pad was done in house.

-M

 

Just to make it transparent... So is the OEM seat a full seat as original just in alu, ore is it just a cover of some kind?

 

The seat cowl is an exact copy of the plastic OEM seat cowl. It does not include the seat base.

-M

 

deposit made, looks sharp. prefer the two-piece old school version.

thanks
George

 

- Thanks Sigmann, good pick up.

- Brian, just confirming the new Alu tail will need an OEM seat base to fit the sub-frame mounts? Is this something that is easily removed/reversed? Apologies I haven't had a good look at the seat mount configuration, will do this tomorrow.

 

- Thanks Sigmann, good pick up.

- Brian, just confirming the new Alu tail will need an OEM seat base to fit the sub-frame mounts? Is this something that is easily removed/reversed? Apologies I haven't had a good look at the seat mount configuration, will do this tomorrow.

The OEM style seat cowl will require the OEM seat base/ seat pad. I willhave pictuires this week of the aluminum OEM seat cowl.

The cafe/diopa style tail section with new seat pads replaces the OEM seat base and seat pad. It will mount and remove just liek the OEM tail section.

-M