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- Dec 8, 2009
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Another new guy signing on. I've got a 75 Interstate that I bought in 1979. I'm the 3rd owner - 2nd owner sold it to me after having it only 3 months. It's been in running condition maybe a third of that time - I'm too cheap to pay others to do much of the necessary work on it, too poor a mechanic to do repairs quickly & correctly on the first try, & spent significant time out of the country over the years. Anyway, its now a "twenty-footer" (looks great from 20 feet, but get closer & you see the wear, etc.) that I put a couple of thousand miles per year on. I'm trying to get it ready for a "saddlesore" (1k miles in 24 hrs or less) early next summer. My question for the group is - does anyone have any authoritative information on "king & queen" seats on Commandos? I bought one from a guy in the UK who claimed he got it from a closed dealer's old inventory. I've never seen one in a factory picture or brochure, but its built on a stock 75 seat pan & the leather pattern looks factory. Was this a factory option, possibly? I've seen one other on ebay, & I've seen a couple on Triumphs but they didn't look like factory products. It is definitely more comfortable than the bench stock seat, both for me & my regular passenger. Any info to satisfy my curiosity would be appreciated.