If you are thinking of buying a dual seat from India..

[limeyrob]

If you are thinking of buying a dual seat from India best watch this first so you know what you are getting.  I did buy one and its sort of OK but I had to take it fully apart, correct the base, re-tap all the threads, cut awy 30% of the filling and reshape the cover then fit new edging. And throw the nose bracket away and spend £20 on a UK made one that fits (and is actually symmetrical)  Now i know why!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKsTvihY04

[Worty]

Just seen it Rob - Jeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz

[mikeb]

i wonder how similar that would look to a post-war british factory turing old aeroplanes into BSAs? tho would be good if they cleaned the metal before painting.

[limeyrob]

Not at all similar.  If you look at pictures of factories in that period they have long lines of work benches, each with a vice and set of hand tools.  Everyone is in brown coats and there will be a foreman, often with a bowler hat keeping and close watch on everyone.  The floor will be swept clean, the tools will be lined up.
I went to Small Heath in the early 70's, not long before it closed, it was old but clean.  Around the same time I visited Rolls Royce at Derby.  There were 4 (yes 4!) grades of canteen.  Shop floor, foremen, management and Directors. As visitors we ate in the "management" one.  This is around 1975 and the foremen were still wearing brown coats and Bowlers.  A different world, but never ever 3rd world.

[Sav]

Reminds me of my Himalayan motorcycle trek, how long did it take to make this pile of gravel?

 https://youtu.be/ImXRVfRG88w

[limeyrob]

They are the 3rd generation on that pile

[Rex]

Not at all similar.  If you look at pictures of factories in that period they have long lines of work benches, each with a vice and set of hand tools.  Everyone is in brown coats and there will be a foreman, often with a bowler hat keeping and close watch on everyone.  The floor will be swept clean, the tools will be lined up.
I went to Small Heath in the early 70's, not long before it closed, it was old but clean.  Around the same time I visited Rolls Royce at Derby.  There were 4 (yes 4!) grades of canteen.  Shop floor, foremen, management and Directors. As visitors we ate in the "management" one.  This is around 1975 and the foremen were still wearing brown coats and Bowlers.  A different world, but never ever 3rd world.

Very true. To even think that there would be any similarities between Third World dirt floor "workshops" and factories making products for export to the World is just bizarre.

[RichardL]

These guys always amaze and sadden me, but everyone needs to eat. A bit cruder, but similar to the video of gas tanks being made.

Richard L.

[Timbo]

I bought a fuel tank for an XT500 a few years ago, not sure if the guy who made it had one eye closed when he checked for symmetry, it was a very weird shape! Flat on the left and ballooned on the right and didn't come close to fitting!! Looking at the welding, it probably leaked as well, I never found out.

I sent it back, or rather sent it at his expense to some poor schmuck in France he sold it to, I guess it would gradually make its way back to India.

Thanks for the heads up, if i need a seat I will be buying one from the UK or heading to Tony Archer (or similar).

[limeyrob]

What frustrates me is that the seat base wasn't badly made and actually fits, but why make the bracket so lop sided it is junk or fill the seat with padding that is shaped but completely the wrong shape.  A little bit more effort would have produced a decent product.  I keep coming back to the same conclusion; they have no idea what they are making and what it should look like.

[BigJim]

Just to put my experience on here. I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of my Indian seat. I had to fettle it a fair bit but my seat fixings are unique anyway. Point being i had bought a replacement seat from the uk in the nineties when there were plenty of suppliers. This seat, which i have lovingly kept oily, has still not softened one jot! Has kept a great shape but jolly hard on the seat for years. The Indian replacement had a softer foam from the start so I like it.