I went for the Royal Enfield seat as I think that was intended, the lugs had already been welded onto the sides. The only unsolvable problem that I came across is that when the springs are secured onto the lugs, they are tilted backwards, as you can see. Other problems can be sorted out - as you may notice the springs are normally the other way up, but the fittings will not allow this so a few adjustment were needed to the seat.

I had to bend down the brackets the springs fix to on the under parts of the seat. They normally are horizontal but now the springs are upside down they had to be bent vertically. I had to take off all the seat springs as the blowlamp may have rendered them useless, mind you there’s not a lot of give in these seats, so one or two springs may be removed for the comfort of my delicate rear end. Having the seat in this position doesn’t really cause a problem but it may turn out the seat is higher than it should be.

The bracket on the Enfield seat is basically the same as the Ural except in one vital area - it’s narrower. I didn’t want to start attacking it with the blowlamp again so I made two flat plates, painted them added a spacer and hey presto, an adjustable front seat. It’s quite nice really, it will allow for a greater comfort once I get it adjusted to my rear end.

There’s the finished seat, it took a while and it look’s radically different, but it may just work. It’s a shame that I couldn’t keep it original, but I don’t really mind, as long as it is a practical motorcycle and looks reasonably OK, that’s good. As it is a bit higher than normal, it should be a bit more comfortable as my legs will not be so bent. The picture looks a bit strange, but when you look at the whole motorcycle, it’s not too bad