EastBayDave
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posted November 11, 2002 07:13 AM
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Dino....pm me the price on the hinge please....
Me too please... 
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swft
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posted November 12, 2002 08:50 PM
Check went out this afternoon, hope Dino gets it soon!
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tj zoom
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posted November 13, 2002 07:24 PM
I have one and it is F---ing Sweet!!! Thanks Black Dog Bitch!
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jason370
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posted November 15, 2002 01:32 AM
how much, maybe i need one
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beansbaxter
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posted November 15, 2002 08:48 PM
I like it Dino...just dont need one.
What about making something to replace the seat cowl and seat to just allow more storage where the seat used to be?
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swft
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posted November 17, 2002 08:09 AM
Hopin I'll get it this week!
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beansbaxter
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posted November 18, 2002 10:47 AM
So what's the benefits of the seat hinge? I'm just asking, cause I figured there is an application where this can be useful, just nothing I can think of.
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worm~hole
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posted November 18, 2002 11:44 AM
 Edited By: worm~hole on 18 Nov 2002 11:47
...if you access your trunk alot, it prevents you from accidentally dropping the rear seat/cover assembly on the ground (especially if your hands are full of beer and elk steak ), it's well engineered, its trick, the flip-up spring action is so strong you can launch your cat into outer-space with it, and makes other 12R riders go "Oooooh Ahhhhh!!!...."
...you're right, this isn't something a 12R owner needs...this is something some 12R owners want...get'em while they're hot!
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beansbaxter
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posted November 18, 2002 11:45 AM
Aaaah....I see....how do you lock your helmet with the helmet locks and have the hinge?
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worm~hole
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posted November 18, 2002 11:51 AM
...the helmet cables are so cheesy anyway, most carry their helmets or hang it somewhere else, but never on the tank!...the potential gas fumes from the gas cap could deterioate the helmet foam over time...
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beansbaxter
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posted November 18, 2002 11:52 AM
when using the lock, the helmet rests on the seat...how is that bad?
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worm~hole
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posted November 18, 2002 11:56 AM
Edited By: worm~hole on 18 Nov 2002 11:58
not bad...just not on the tank...but when some goof bumps into your unattended bike and your mega-buck custom painted and autographed helmet topples over the side and gets banged up and nicked on some hard part of the bike, you'll breath fire...
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beansbaxter
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posted November 18, 2002 01:04 PM
dang....I need my helmet locks, never had any bad luck with them. great for not toteing the helmet around campus here.
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swft
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posted November 19, 2002 04:29 PM
Man, just put my hinge on...Awesome piece of gear! Absolutely top notch quality. 
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Dino
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posted November 19, 2002 06:01 PM
Beans, you can still use the helmet cables, but your helmet has to hang off the side of the tailpiece.
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redelk
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posted November 19, 2002 07:05 PM
Not a necessity? I beg to differ! After removing my storage tray, long... long ago, I stuff so many things back there that it became difficult to secure the seat. Things like a digital camera, clear visor, two wash clothes, Ungo alarm, PCIII, OEM tool kit, secondary took kit (with tire patch/inflation kit, fuses, master links, more tools, etc.), spare bulbs and so on... go with me on every ride.
On more then one occasion, I've been waved over because my seat had come unlatched. Just ask Bart. All it would have taken was one slide back on my seat and the rear seat with it's cowl would have flown right off. You don't have to stuff the tail compartment like I do to have your seat come unlatched. It could be something as simple as not completely securing it during a gas stop or when you were getting ready for the day's ride.
Hell, you don't even have to be moving. If you REALLY use that storage area, you'll be getting into it several time during a day's ride. What do you do with the rear seat while you dig around for that cell phone or tool kit? Put it on the ground and have one of your buddies step on it (the one needing the screwdriver because he's "too cool" to carry any tools)? Put it on the bike so it will scratch the tank cover as it slides off the front seat? Put it on top of the gas pump so some soccer mom's ankle bitter knocks it off from the other side while proving that he can jump up and touch the top of the pump?
The end results would basically be the same. You could very well be at your dealer pricing at least a rear seat cowl and likely a rear seat as well. I don't care how well aligned the seat hooks or latch are or how careful you are in setting the rear seat down someplace "safe". It just takes one time
The "poser factor" is just an additional benefit and a minor one at that. Especially when compared to the convenience of never having to hassle with or worry about the rear seat and cowl ever again. Like the pipe hanger, the quality and workmanship is beyond a doubt, better then anything sand casted for a one-off race engine. The attention to every detail not only shows in the product itself, but even with the instructions, which cover every possible aspect about trouble shooting any installation difficulty or question.
Even an idiot like myself was able to do it by myself. While I was installing it, I took my Corbin off and tried it with the OEM seat first. There was a slight delay since I also discovered that my stator/rectifier plug was fried. After a warranty claim and hassling with installing the items (far more difficult then it appears, I assure you), it was back to the seat hinge. Needless to say, every aspect covered in the instructions from nonaligned seat mounting tabs to latch hook location was wrong with my bike. Because it's all covered in the instructions, I was able to have a perfect fitting and functioning rear seat hinge. Not to mention that I can still carry everything I could before I put the hinge on.
I look at it as the best and necessary rear seat and cowl "insurance" one could ever get. When compared to the cost of the alternative (a lost or damaged seat/cowl as well as having something else possibly go flying out), it's CHEAP insurance as well. Oh yeah, and it's looks way cool and blows away everyone at the gas stops as well.
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OZZY
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posted November 20, 2002 04:27 AM
#00 is on my bike
Kawasaki should have made it this way to start with. Thanks Dino for curing the problem!
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worm~hole
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posted November 20, 2002 04:34 AM
...and you can launch the unsuspecting squirrel into orbit! ...but if you love squirrels, brace your free hand on the lid as you unlock the seat....
...hey red, so you think you have space now...wait till you see what the master has in store down the pike...if only there more hours in a day, huh, Dino?....)...one day....one day
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n da zone
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posted November 20, 2002 05:38 AM
Dino, would you E-Mail me the price & where to send the check?
Thanks, man! alan0252@aol.com
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swft
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posted November 20, 2002 06:52 AM
I have #13. Since that's my lucky number (and birthday) I had absolutely *no* problems mounting the kit.
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OZZY
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posted November 20, 2002 07:05 PM
I have #00,
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worm~hole
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posted November 20, 2002 09:31 PM
...and I have the #12 hinge and hanger ...I hope to have #12 of anything Dino makes...cool stuff
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Dino
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posted November 20, 2002 09:34 PM
I have "0"......Ozzy has a definate..1 of a kind....notice the set of semi "oval" holes Ozzy? ......You got my hand-me down dude!! (don't tell anyone else I'm drilling and tapping those pc holes!!!)
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beansbaxter
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posted November 20, 2002 09:51 PM
Hinges, hinges, hinges.....
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Phil
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posted November 26, 2002 09:48 AM
This was better than I expected, nice job Dean. Nicely made. I see what you mean with the Corbin, shouldn't be a problem thow. This was exactly how I thought the bike should of come the first time I saw it at the dealer. I'm going to take it down there and show it off.
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