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solo seat springs

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I'm checkin out springs for my seat and was wondering if they would support my fat ass. I have the hairpin style and the 3" coils. It isn't mentioned of their load limits. Thanks Ron
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Re: solo seat springs

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Short answer is no. Stupid hipster crap.
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Re: solo seat springs

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Post by Buddhahoodvatoloco »

love the candor,
common sense comes to mind in this diatribe. :lol:
RUBONE wrote: Sun Mar 27, 2022 12:50 am Short answer is no. Stupid hipster crap.
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Re: solo seat springs

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In the late 1960s my hometown local chopper heroes typically rode bates solo seats with coil springs, and a P-pad on the back fender.
The hairpin springs are a fairly recent affectation.
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Re: solo seat springs

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I had 3" coil seat springs on a Triumph chopper I built a long time ago. Didn't take a week before my 200-plus pounds broke them.
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Re: solo seat springs

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Yup, coil springs on all my stuff back then, pretty much everyone did. I also weighed under 160# in my late teens and 20s...
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RUBONE wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:57 pm Yup, coil springs on all my stuff back then, pretty much everyone did. I also weighed under 160# in my late teens and 20s...
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Post by friday »

that photo looks magazine quality .....
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