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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: john4130 on May 02, 2012, 12:54 AM
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these seats look the exact same as hotseats if anyone's interested, i,ve contacted the seller and he has them in red or blue. not bad for about £19 shipped. couple of skyway decals and you would never know the difference.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120903712855'ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120903712855'ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649)
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You mean like these.....? ;)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc63/stevesredvxr/IMG_0836.jpg)
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thats not bad value imo,not a bad copy either! :daumenhoch:
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They're not copies.......
They are in-fact made by Velo, which made the Hot Seat for Skyway BITD. Thy are the exact same model as the Hot Seat with the same model number (VL-109) imprinted
underneath. There are no differences, they are not copies, just one had 'Skyway' and 'Hot Seat' embossed on them, these ones don't. I had the Skyway decals
made up and applied them...... Hey presto, a Skyway Hot Seat.
I have a genuine Hotseat (the white one) and there is no difference at all between the two. :daumenhoch:
Bit like the Skyway Dominators have 'Skyway' embossed, whereas the others have 'Dominator'.
Hope this helps.....now go and grab your Hot Seats for a fiver!!
Steve
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Some comparison pics.....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc63/stevesredvxr/DSC03849.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc63/stevesredvxr/DSC03850.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc63/stevesredvxr/DSC03848.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/cc63/stevesredvxr/DSC03853.jpg)
;)
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text was only gold on the white the rest of the colours had white text
or at least the genuine ones i have had over the years
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Thats spot on Brummie.......I just liked the gold lettering. I had some white ones done also but preffered the gold.
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Bloomin 'ell,Sorry Steve only just realised the craic here!!Flippin brilliant work! :daumenhoch:
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Thats spot on Brummie.......I just liked the gold lettering. I had some white ones done also but preffered the gold.
did you get your one's from the seller in australia? or somewhere closer to home.
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Yep, the one from Oz. Spotted them a couple of months ago and noticed how similiar they looked to the Hotseat.
Thought it was worth a punt and it paid off.
Was going to buy the lot off him but I never got back to him. Nice guy too.
Had the decals made.......got 40 decals for £15 off a local signmaker.
I think they look ok.....I paid £60 for my used white one, I paid £5 each for a NOS one. Granted they were not Skyway badged but I'm not too bothered.
Bargain!!.
:)
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They look the nuts Steve,had me fooled and I've got an original! :daumenhoch:
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cool job there, i just never liked the look of them on a bike........thought they always look a bit silly as they're so small. :-\
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I have a white original I may sell. It's a bit scuffed at the back and the decals have rubbed off. It came on a kz1 I bought recently. Today I bought a white TA which will be sent off to Superbike dan for a paint job. My quandary is whether to sell the original which is scuffed and get a copy white hot seat which will look perfect like the frame. I used to be indecisive.........
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Hi pal, you'll be lucky to get a white copy hotseat. The only ones I've found are blue or red. I asked the seller if he had any other colours but he doesn't.
Steve
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I have a white original I may sell. It's a bit scuffed at the back and the decals have rubbed off. It came on a kz1 I bought recently. Today I bought a white TA which will be sent off to Superbike dan for a paint job. My quandary is whether to sell the original which is scuffed and get a copy white hot seat which will look perfect like the frame. I used to be indecisive.........
How bad are the scuffs? I've some cracking seat restorations on this very site. :daumenhoch:
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Damn you all!!! got me thinking about a hot seat again for my build, went looking and this was the best i could find :-[
(https://ssl1.lon.gb.securedata.net/wd-naughties.com/merchantmanager/images/uploads/Hot%20Seat%20Vibrator.jpg)
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Wicked. I think dave at rad has black one of those. I have a white one but it's well used, scuffed and discoloured. Will add some pics in a bit
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What do you think?
Worth restoring?
Could i get a d1ldo attachment?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r11/nathanrelton/download-2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r11/nathanrelton/download-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r11/nathanrelton/download.jpg)