Seat options for '79 KZ750

My seat cover has a couple very small tears and I think it's time to recover it before it gets worse.

I can find replacement covers no problem and I think I'm skilled enough to install it myself.

But what I'd really like is an LTD style seat for my bike. One with a slight step up in the back for the pasenger.

What are my options here? I don't think they made a LTD seat for the '79 KZ750. And the seat pan isn't shared with any other models that I know of. It has a single hinge where I believe all the others are dual hinged.

Is my best bet to send the seat pan to someone and pay to have a whole new seat made, foam, cover and all? What's that likely to cost?

Or might I have any luck adding foam to my seat and stretching a cover from an LTD for a differnt bike? How similarly were the pan shape/sizes from differnt years?

Topper, this is an aftermarket seat on the stock pan that came with the bike when I got it. No markings, no tags.


The seams are starting to rip. If I could find a other (cover or complete seat) I would in a heartbeat, comfy seat.

That does look comfy. But I think I want something a little more subtle. I'm leaning towards getting an ltd cover for a 1980 750 and adding to my foam.

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martin_csr wrote: The 1980 KZ750-G Twin is an Ltd & has the stepped seat. It has the same hinge as your bike & the seat cover seems to be the same, so a seat from one of those might be a direct swap.

It is a direct swap, I had an 80 750G seat on my 79 750B, removed it after I converted the pegs to rearsets though, that step was right where my butt wanted to be :laugh:

Thanks! I'll keep a look out for a '80 G seat.

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The more I think about it, I have a feeling I'll either have to stick with the flat seat or I'm going to have to make up something custom.

The chances of finding a 1980 750 G seat in good shape seem pretty slim, but I'll keep my eyes peeled. At least now I know that's an option.

Post up a pic of the underside of the seat with measurement between the brackets if you can. I'm ditching my 82 KZ750 stepped seat for a HD Sportster solo seat. It looks great (aftermarket cover) and if it fits we could work something out.

damarble, here's a pic of the seat pan.




As you can see it has a single hinge. AFAIK this is a fairly rare configuration for the KZs.

Yeah that's nothing like the hinge setup on mine. If the pans are the same shape I suppose you could swap the foam and cover. I'll post up a comparison pic of mine when I get home.