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Offline pete267

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1976 RD125 Seat Cover
« on: April 26, 2023, 10:31:14 PM »
Hi, I am after a seat cover for a 1976 RD125. Any ideas?
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Re: 1976 RD125 Seat Cover
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2023, 07:53:54 AM »
That will be for the coffin tank DX then, Pete?
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Re: 1976 RD125 Seat Cover
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2023, 12:51:01 PM »
Turns out it is a 1979. Yes, DX

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Re: 1976 RD125 Seat Cover
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2023, 12:55:16 PM »
Pic attached

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Re: 1976 RD125 Seat Cover
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2023, 05:43:20 PM »
Bobtheseat used to sell them, I think. However, no sign of any ebay activity from him recently - I know that he sometimes goes offline to catch up on orders.

A couple of things:-

1) If my eyes don't deceive me, and with my anorak very much on and rivets being assiduously counted  :o, those might be 1976 clocks (clock face had a greener tinge than later years). I can't be sure of the colour of yours, though.

2) Your existing cover doesn't look too bad (starting to split along the seam?). However, you might open yourself up to a load of pain if you take that existing one off and then find a lot of the seat base edge has been nibbled away by rust.
Yam RD200DX
Yam FZX700 Fazer
Yam RD400C
Yam RD350B
Yam RD350
Yam RT2
Yam DT360A
Suzi GT550J
Suzi 1250 Bandit
Yam RD125A
Yam R5
Yam DT3
Yam CT1C
Yam RD200B

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Re: 1976 RD125 Seat Cover
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2023, 09:12:35 PM »
Thanks for the replies, more pics attached.
The dating cert has come back as 1979, although I did receive an email from Yamaha UK saying they thought it is 1976 but do not have records going back that far.

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Re: 1976 RD125 Seat Cover
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2023, 05:17:22 AM »
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184351217340?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338792760&customid=6bcad0349a2dfc714161d7163da239f5&toolid=20006
Tight-fit-seats make them to order, takes about 2 weeks and looks just right. Just send them a message and they will get back to you. Mines 1978 and looks same as yours.