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Fiver

06-Jun-2006, 22:08

My seat has holes in it and the surrounding panels are kinda tatty too, so I decided id like to start getting the bits together to eventually fit a single seat unit ala ricambi weiss.

I would have been interested to use one of the SL type seat units, except the selection of seats to go on them seems *very* limited.

Because of the lack of seat options i decided to go for the other style (748/9**) and picked up a 9**/748 seat from fleabay.
(I'm still yet to get the seat unit)

However since i bought it i noticed that people are selling them as either monoposto or biposto - Mine wasnt labelled.

Is there a major difference between them, and how can i tell what i have got?

I dont want to order a seat unit if the seat i have for it wont fit.

Thanks again

Cy

Iconic944ss

06-Jun-2006, 22:33

I'm doing much the same thing myself but have a limited run 916 style item that is designed to fit the rear of an SS machine.

Monoposto - single seat, rider only
Biposto - two seat, rider + pillion - but if the pillion padding on my seat unit it anything to go by a pillion will need to have some built in padding!

Bear in mind you will probably loose the grab handle, not a big deal but I found it handy for moving the bike occassionally and you might loose easy access to the toolkit area under the pillion seat.

Sargeant make an SL type seat pad from memory but really yes you are right, replacement seat do seem to be fewer.

I have a reasonable collection building:
Standard Seat x2
Corbin Streetfighter
Custom 916 unit

Good luck !

Fiver

07-Jun-2006, 11:09

Its nice to know im not alone haha

i know there was some german fella who was selling the 2 piece SL type seats, but he hasnt had any for sale for a while now.

Im not fussed about taking anyone on the back. thats another small reason i want to go single seat. so no one can ask to go on the back!

Will a biposto seat fit the same as a monoposto? ie; are they the same size?

Cy

Iconic944ss

07-Jun-2006, 11:24

Mono/ Biposto - you'd think the base was the same but, I dont honestly know enough about them.

Someone mentioned louigimoto (I think) did a CARBON SL unti but how deep are your pockets !!!

http://www.louigimoto.co.uk/

Having said that - I dont think its a cheap mod anyway - as if ANYTHING on a Ducati is.

I had a FGlass rear seat unit - with a removable rear hump! But there were NO fittings at all and it was in bare primer - I sold it to a guy in the USA.

Have a word with twpd - he got a recambi-weiss unit for a 800ss but, I dont think he was too pleased with it.

These guys seems to be numero uno as far as I know:

http://www.ducati-kaemna.de/cms_en/katalog.htm?&view=seite&seite=1
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antonye

07-Jun-2006, 11:32

here's a Ricambi-Weiss single seat unit on mine:

http://www.horrible.demon.co.uk/bikes/2006_new.jpg

Iconic944ss

07-Jun-2006, 11:43

Sweet looking Bike Antoyne but, that tank looks far to plain ;)

chicken

07-Jun-2006, 11:59

Cy, if you do go with a 748/9XX seat unit then you should definitely high-level pipes. I saw a picture of a bike with the standard pipes on and it just didn't look right.

In a funny quirk of coincidence, I will have these for sale quite soon!

http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=318&d=1149608054

antonye

07-Jun-2006, 12:02

Sweet looking Bike Antoyne but, that tank looks far to plain ;)

Hush your mouth! You know I just haven't had time to photo it with the new tank on!

Fiver

07-Jun-2006, 12:03

hehe
Looks great antonye!

Has anyone got a pic of the 916 unit fitted to a SS?

Some of that carbon stuff is niiiiice, sadly my purse strings arent that big - if they were id be on a much newer bike haha.

I read that its better to get the ricambi stuff from their site rather than fleabay, but from what i can see the saving is only a few quid... was there any other reason not to use the ebay bloke?

Cy

chicken

07-Jun-2006, 12:10

There's one in the "Chicken Coop" - link here.

http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/vbpicgallery.php?do=big&p=89

Note that the rear frame spar was removed to accomodate the underseat pipes (with some more bracing added under the seat unit). You would not need to do this if you were fitting the "standard" high-level SS pipes.

antonye

07-Jun-2006, 12:11

I read that its better to get the ricambi stuff from their site rather than fleabay, but from what i can see the saving is only a few quid... was there any other reason not to use the ebay bloke?

I bought my second set of fairings from him off ebay, and he wouldn't combine the postage costs!

So you end up paying about £15 per item that you buy - and when you buy two side panels, a front piece, a seat unit and some seat foam it all adds up ... to about £90 in postage!

When I bought the first set I bought directly off the website and he only charged me €18 for delivery - about £13 - and the panels were about the same price.

Ricambi-Weiss seems to be the only guy that is mass-producing this stuff, and can knock it out at a decent cost. The quality when it arrives is not a perfect finish, but any paint shop worth the money will always spend a while prepping the parts to remove any casting marks and imperfections anyway - its why a decent paint job will cost quite a bit of money.

Other places I tried say they have the best kit, but you have to wait for 6 weeks while they make it and pay about three times the price. From the quality of the parts I've seen on some of the DD bikes, there really isn't much difference between the two once painted.

antonye

07-Jun-2006, 12:14

There's one in the "Chicken Coop" - link here.

http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/vbpicgallery.php?do=big&p=89

Just to point out that this is a "proper" 916 seat unit.

Ricambi also do a 916-look ("916 Optik" as he says!) seat unit which mounts to all the original points on the SS, but is styled at the rear to look like the 916 ...

http://www.ricambi-weiss.de/shop/catalog/images/09327-2.JPG

FWIW, I think the genuine 916 unit modded to fit looks a damn sight better!

Iconic944ss

07-Jun-2006, 19:30

Its funny the things that get noticed while looking on the net:

here is a UK contact that I dont remember seeing any feedback from:

http://www.sandbarcomposites.co.uk/
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aka.eric

09-Jun-2006, 17:09

Ricambi Weiss seat on my 888.Bought from website,delivered in 4 days.Excellent product for the money,needed a bit of fitting but nothing major.Looked at seats costing 4 times the price that were rubbish!.

Screwy

17-Jun-2006, 12:00

Fiver

24-Jun-2006, 19:29

i finally broke down and bought myself the 916 unit from ricambi weiss.

The build quality of it seems pretty good, and its not as thin as id imagined, but will still take a fair amount of work to get right.

I spoke to a man today who is going prep and paint it for me, and will also build me a nice ally subframe for it to sit on.

The 916 seat i bought from fleabay turned out kinda interesting.
It looked a total piece of poop when i bought it and the price reflected that - with its bad home made cover, but i figured it wouldnt matter as id have to butcher the base to suit the correct tank profile, and then i would recover it.

i took the nasty covering off last night to find that underneath it had its original covering in immaculate condition!
So now im torn to either look for another ratty one or trash this good one for the better of my new seat unit.

hrm.

Cy

skidlids

24-Jun-2006, 20:28

Heres a pic of my DD bike when originally doing a bit of road work
The seat unit is from ricambi weiss, it is now in its second race season and is survivng very well, I have recently got another to fit to the Class A bike I'm building and my mate Adrian has done me a subframe (I think he said he made several) based on the one I already have that I made myself

stumpy1

01-Jul-2006, 12:55