RichMaund

Folks I made a reply to the pinned seat service thread up top with details and photos. Free shipping in the USA for forum members. Please check it out. Thanks!

Hi Folks It's been an "interesting" year for us here. Business is way down and the prices of all my materials are up by as much 50% in the last year. We had to cancel a number of Rallies we normally attend. Just couldn't afford to travel. August was the only really good (What used to be a "normal month" until the government began working to destroy our economy.) month we had this year. That was a lucky thing too since the heat pump went out and needed replaced along with all it's auxilliary components. So August was a break even month too. September is looking weak as well. I need business! And I'd still rather do this work for less money than I used to earn vice looking for a job at Wal Mart. Here's your motivation to use my service. 48 hour turn around on most seats and then free overnight priority FedEx shipping in the USA. If you're having a seat shipped back overseas, I'll cover $25 of the USPS shipping fee. I have not raised my prices in three years. Factor in inflation and you see my custom seats have never been a bigger bargain than they are now. To get the free shipping just mention when you e-mail me that you saw this on the V11 Forum. Prices: On a typical Lemans seat I can reshape the front for better support, gel pad the entire top of the front where you sit for best comfort and then custom cover it in any of my available marine grade materials. $390. For the same price I can also reshape the rear for better comfort. But that means the seat cowl can no longer be fitted on the seat. Here's some examples of V11 seats I have done over the years. About four dozen total. This is a sampling. My seat album on Photo Bucket: (280 pics to see there.) http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/rgm.../Richs%20Seats/ You can contact me at maunds@verizon.net Any seat projects you may need, just write me! I'll be happy to discuss them. And as a V11 Forum member you'll get the same free return shipping in the USA even if it isn't a V11 Lemans seat! Thanks! Rich Maund Rich's Cycle Upholstery Chesapeake, VA. USA

Folks My Cali III is now listed on EBay. The arthitis problems in the joints of my left hand are now bad enough that I cannot deal with a Two wheeler safely. I have a difficult enough time just getting work done. This bike could be a great sidecar tug, but I just do not ride enough anymore to justfiy building a second sidecar rig. I don't ride the other one enough as it is! Here's a link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...em=130221468109 I also have some other Guzzi stuff for sale there. Check out my other auctions. I will be adding auctions as I have time to go through the shelves out in the shop! Thanks for checking it out.

Geez. I went through four pages trying to find this thread! I wondered where it went! Thanks guys! I'm honored. I've never been "stickied" on a board before.

Thanks for the comments folks! I wish people would stop listening to rumors and just write to me directly. I had to stop working on all Guzzi '02 and newer "cruiser" model seats! (Cal-spec-bassa-sport-ev-trouta-whatever) The '02s were poor seats. In '03 they made them even worse and I had to give up on them. Their seat foam was too soft and needed total replacement. And the pans are flimsy and and will damage the bodywork and cut into the covers at the pan edge. Those are "non-economically viable" projects as I cannot make a new seat pan for them. I never stopped working on V11S and V11 Lemans seats. I lost count last year on these after doing four dozen of them. And I still rebuild all the older Guzzi seats. I did a old Eldo solo seat and a SPIII seat for an owner earlier this winter. I can reshape and recover the 750 and 1100 Guzzi Breva models. But those seats are good enough that they annoy very few people enough that they want to spend money to make them better. I've only done two. They're pretty darn good stock seats. Make sure you don't write to me at the e-mail on that seat in the photo that I did back in 2002. It hasn't worked in a while. We got DSL over a year ago. My address is maunds@verizon.net if you need to speak to me. I always initial and date a card and staple it under the seats I rebuild so folks know when I did the work. I do warranty the materials and craftsmanship for a year. The card helps if they have lost their receipt. After almost eleven years in business I get a kick out of seeing cards I initialed back in the 90's coming back to me for fresh rebuilds after getting 70 to 100k miles put on the bikes. many Guzzi owners keep their bikes for a LOOOOONG time!

Folks Sorry I haven't been by here for so long. It's been a rough Winter with my wife losing her Dad in Oct. And the first few months of the year we just seem to be working to pay taxes. I can't wait for April so at least I have Rallies to go to again! It hasn't been all bad though. I still have my trusty Ural rig. But now I also have a Guzzi again. I purchased my friends old 1993 Cali III in Nov. He had to give up two wheelers and get a trike. I couldn't resist it. It's even serial number 1! How cool is that? My gel supplier tells me that there's gonna be a price increase on my next gel shipment. I went through six rounds of price increases on my other materials last year. But I still have some gel sheets in stock I got earlier this Winter. I can hold my old price through March. After that a rebuild will go up about $50. So if any of you are interested in getting a V11S or V11 Lemans seat re-done by me please contact me soon if you want the old price. I can only hold it through March. That is $340 for a reshaping of the front to flatten and widen it and gel pad the entire front. I also lower it a tad under the tailbone area to make it a bit closer to level. I can do a custom cover in any of my available marine grade materials. Italian flag trim on the sides for no extra charge. The cowling will still fit right into place. That price also includes return shipping in the USA via FedEx. The rebuild just takes a few days to do and then I overnight it back to you. Contact me if you'd like it done or have any questions. I've done well over four dozen of these seats now. Plenty of experience! Thanks for your time!

That first one looks very much photo-shopped. She was hotter before she had her lips done.

Since I can reinstall the gel, it'd just be $200 plus $20 shipping in the USA. The gel sheets are really pricey stuff. I cringe every time I have to order them because the next few jobs just go to pay for them! But it's the best top padding material I have yet found for improving comfort. Just let me know if you want it done. I have openings in late June. Just a couple days to turn it around and then overnight it back to you.

Folks I am still rebuilding Leman's seats. I'm doing the 3rd one right now just in the last month. I do appreciate the patronage I get from this board. I still make the leather 8"x4"x2" leather tool pouches too. Here's my site: http://www.geocities.com/rgmaund/RichsCycl...l?1069633040109 Go to the seat photo page to see a number of Lemans seats mixed in there. Many are of two-up seats I've resculpted. I can do the two-up ones radical wider or just moderately wider depending on the riding you do. Reshaping it for two up means the cowl can no longer be used though. I can rebuild the seat you have and FedEx it back to you w/i the USA for just $340. That includes the reshaping, gel padding installed in the front and a custom cover. Last time I ordered in a new seat, it cost me about $200. If you want a new seat rebuilt, I just ask for reimbursement on getting the new one here. Eish gives me 20% off for being a MGNOC life member. Great guy Eish! I mostly stay busy with my sidecar accesories these days. But I still get a regular seat or two here every week to rebuild to keep my skills fresh. Can you believe that last month marked ten years I have formally been in this business? Damn, I'm getting old!

I've bought and sold a number of things on EBay for three years now. Never a bad experience yet. I have had some wrong items sent here and a watch I bought from a Russian guy was DOA. (The replacement he sent me keeps perfect time. They build some excellent mechanical self winders over there.) But even these problem deals were all taken care of well and I've never had to leave anything but positive feedback. Patience and good communications are the key to solving these problems. Most of my deals there have gone perfectly though. But as a habit, I study the sellers feedbacks and even some feedbacks on on the people leaving the feedbacks. If the seller then seems legit, I deal with them. Its worked for me so far!

There is only an inch of foam in that seat to begin with. (Under the bum area.)There is no way to lower the seat and maintain comfort. You could look at sliding the forks up in the triple clamps and perhaps a softer rear suspension setting? But that would affect handling and ground clearance.

Here's a better view. At least it's a proper shade of green now.

Here's my Tonti frame. It'll be a 1979 1000SP again someday with a 1000S paint job!

Come over to the dark side(car) side Carl! You know you want one. (Que Darth Vader like heavy breathing through a full face helmet.)