uklee70
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 10:14 AM |
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Grp Seats and Pedal Box
Hi this is my first post
I'm building a mid bike engine fiat 500 speedster
I have just sold my R1 z cars mini
I'm looking for a good prices for fibreglass seats and does anyone have a good supplier of escort pedal boxes
thanks Lee
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DarrenW
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 10:19 AM |
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i like your car - well smart. Looks like a lot of fun. Bike engine!!!!!!!  Which one -Busa??
Do you want a certain type of grp seat or just a simpl;e race inspired one?? Try Mac#1, MNR and Mk. They all do them, probably a few others as well.
Id recommend going to a show and trying some. Im a touch challenged in the gut and shoulder area and found some a bit restrictive. Mac#1 seats were
fine and came with some inserts that i can trim for longer journeys / SWMBO.
Its woth enquiring about different colours and carbon fibre inserts, some of them look very smart.
Have you tried doing a search? There was a thread about some that will look well in you car about 2 weeks ago (interiors section).
HTH,
Darren.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 10:47 AM |
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Lovely car, maybe you could try resizing your avatar (upto 150 pixels wide is the norm)
Is this the type that was at Stoneleigh?
I bought my seat from Stuart Taylor, but all the main manufacturers have them.
Adam
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uklee70
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 11:17 AM |
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Hi I don't know how to load a smaller image so i've taken it off
This picture is of a finished car I'm not at that stage yet
The engine is going to be a triumph triple
I have a 52 plate bike in the garage
There is another person doing this with a R1 I believe. I haven't been to a show this year
This is going to be a one off unless the interest is good as I have a supplier of the body shells
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Triton
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 11:57 AM |
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7978290411&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
I saw the bike engined Barchetta beast and thought it was well cool idea.....
Cheers
Mark
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colibriman
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 12:06 PM |
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I sold an R1 engine to a fella from birmingham doing just that... same fella maybe?
need a bike engine? - www.colibriman.com
SVA ready Mk Indyblade possibly for sale.....if the offers good...!
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Mave
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 03:12 PM |
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How about these? They cost 139 euro's, so that's about 90 pounds? They look really well made (front and rear is smooth), and come with
pads. If I had know earlier, I would have bought these.
They look a lot like the carbon fibre Reverie seats, which cost 799 pounds....
Oh, you can buy them here: http://www.auto-cross.net/de/p_2022.html
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uklee70
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 03:32 PM |
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Thanks for this
they look great exactly what I'm looking for.
I've emailed to see how much these would cost delivered to the UK
As I don't speak German!
Has anyone got any ideas on pedals as they can't be floor mounted due to space
I like the burton escort ones with balance bar but not to thrilled about the £200 + price tag
Can anyone help
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Triton
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| posted on 3/6/05 at 09:15 PM |
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I would say that's a cock up on the price there....as double skinned seats command good beer tokens....unless they are moulded plastic.
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uklee70
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| posted on 4/6/05 at 02:18 PM |
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The price works out at current exchange rate
£205 per pair Delivered
I'm ordering a set if anybody wants to maybe we can haggle a bit if we order a few pairs
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fastenuff
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| posted on 5/6/05 at 10:18 AM |
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as it seems those seats are 46 cm wide at the bottom. I do like them but the seats seem to wide for my frame, wich is a gts locost frame. where the
space is only 43 cm wide
Ingmar
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Mave
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| posted on 5/6/05 at 11:44 AM |
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Nope, they are only 40 cm wide. I followed a discussion on a german Seven-forum about those seats, and one of the german guys bought a set and
measured them. They're smaller than advertised. The guy also send me a mail with pictures of the seats in his Seven, so if you're
interested in these pics, send me your e-mail address, and I'll forward it.
By the way, as they look VERY much like the Reverie C seats, I looked the dimensions of those up in the DemonThieves catalog. It says they're
405 mm wide.
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RazMan
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 11:33 PM |
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I considered these - found a supplier on Ebay (Raceland Deutscland I think) who mysteriouslly ran out of stock when I ordered a pair. In the end I
went for a pair of s/h Lotus Elise seats. They are about the same dimensions but come in leather with a pump-up lumbar support for my bad back
[Edited on 16-6-05 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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