Seat for 1978 gs1000e

[Jrwinder635]

I have a 1978 gs1000e. The seat is all ripped up and I want to get a new one. I have heard the pit replica is a good buy but I really wanted it on sooner rather than later because my seat is pretty bad off.. Here is a link to one I was looking at

http://www.amazon.com/Saddlemen-Sad...WNMI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1313879404&sr=8-3

Any other recommendations?

 

[Jrwinder635]

Just looking for the seat cover...

 

[Nessism]

Get it then. Saddleman seat covers are a decent value, in a low cost cover.

 

[Jrwinder635]

Sweet. I'll go for it. Thanks

 

[steve murdoch]

I have had 2 bikes with Sargent seat covers that looked good.
http://www.sargentcycle.com/readyfit.htm

 

[chuck hahn]

Pit Replica does not carry a 78 1000 E seat cover.. I have sent them an old cover of mine and as of yesterday TC says the heat mold still isnt set up so they can emboss the pattern. Soon as it is I will get my free cover and they will list it in their store..but at some point it is coming online. Whatever you do DO NOT buy one from B&H SPECIALTIES...Its totally as bad a cover as your 5 year old granddaughter could make..and she may actually be better!!!

 

[Jrwinder635]

Thanks for all the quick feedback.

 

[Guest]

I've Had a Pit Replica Seat cover on my '78 GS1000E for some time now. Got it about a month ago. It's a very well made cover, but they didn't quite get the diamonds right. Unless you have to have 100% authenticity, It's still the best replica I have seen.

 

[Guest]

Here is my '79 GS1000E Seat right after I recovered it with a Pit Replica
seat cover. I think it came out rather well.

 

[Rover]

Is that the stepped seat? I thought Pit Replica did not make that.

Here is my '79 GS1000E Seat right after I recovered it with a Pit Replica
seat cover. I think it came out rather well.

 

[Guest]

They make both.

 

[Guest]

Is that the stepped seat? I thought Pit Replica did not make that.

Thats a 79 E cover. I dont think PR has the pattern setup for the 78 E (stepped) yet.
Like Chuck said, they're working on it.

They dont move very fast. Must be a part time gig for them.

 

[Guest]

Having never seen a '78 stepped seat for an E, except aftermarket, I couldn't answer to that, I do know the '79 seat fits both bikes.

 

[Rover]

I don't know why the 78 and 79 stepped seats would be different.
Are they?(and 80 for that matter) My 80 GS1000 seat looks like the one pictured.

 

[SVSooke]

This is a 78 "C" seat.The E has a bit more of a step in the back with the same pattern.

 

[rustybronco]

The pattern used on the seat material for the 78 'E' is different than the '79-80's.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/513/img2372p.jpg/

 

[Guest]

It looks like the same base and foam as the '79 seat. Thanks for the photo. Now I'm wondering what seat I have. It's flat and has the other pattern like the '79. I had ordered it from Pitt Replica as a GS1000 seat cover, I don't remember if it was listed an E model. I had a friend order it for me. He is from England, so maybe they got something different and that's what he remembered as it looking like.

 

[SVSooke]

Could just be a 78 C seat recoved with a 79 cover.Or a 79 GS1000 (not E) seat.Hard to say.

 

[Guest]

It looks like the same base and foam as the '79 seat. Thanks for the photo. Now I'm wondering what seat I have. It's flat and has the other pattern like the '79. I had ordered it from Pitt Replica as a GS1000 seat cover, I don't remember if it was listed an E model. I had a friend order it for me. He is from England, so maybe they got something different and that's what he remembered as it looking like.

The E is stepped, the C is flat for both years. Not sure about the 80 models. The pattern for the 78 has the larger squares for the E and the C.
I'm using a 78 C pattern and foam for my E.

 

[Guest]

Well that explains it, I have a C seat with I guess a '79 cover. To tell the truth, I think I like it better. The '79 E seat I have with a lousy B&H cover in the '78 style is huge by comparison, but worth getting a Pit Replica cover for it.