Bates seat on ebay

[04customking]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370284671456&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

It's me I'm sure but I can't believe how much this seat went for. Yea, it's a Bates seat but what make's it worth $1600.+? Does it mean that much to say you have one? This one blew me away.

[CraigArizona85248]

I guess things are worth what people are willing to pay.  I'd be able to get about 20 of those seat for $1600 at the price I'm willing to pay.  LOL  I personally think you'd be crazy to pay $1600 for that seat (any seat?)... Maybe it's time to dig around in the garage and see if I can find some "gold". 

-Craig

[RKTonyC]

Maybe he took the t-shirt literally and thought the chick came with the seat...

[twincamzz]

...no doubt about it, some folks got more $$$ than sense. Chick DID look pretty hot though. 

[Pynzo]

Nice upholstery- on the broad!

[Ultrashovel]

Maybe he took the t-shirt literally and thought the chick came with the seat...

Yeah, I'm just sayin'...........

[dablaze]

Not sure, and not gonna spend no time to think about it either, but I took a quick look at the bid history and noticed that a couple of times there were guys overbidding themselves...


Craig

[Ultrashovel]

Not sure, and not gonna spend no time to think about it either, but I took a quick look at the bid history and noticed that a couple of times there were guys overbidding themselves...


Craig

When that happens, it merely means that the bidders had bid by proxy and the bids were advancing automatically.

That's a silly price for a saddle, I don't care who made it.

[CraigArizona85248]

Yeah... unfortunately there is a bit of "Bates madness" going on these days.  I've seen several of those seats sell for around $1K. But this one is the the highest so far.  There are many repop seats that look identical and it's hard to tell the difference.  And they aren't that comfortable at all.   

-Craig

[Ultrashovel]

Yeah... unfortunately there is a bit of "Bates madness" going on these days.  I've seen several of those seats sell for around $1K. But this one is the the highest so far.  There are many repop seats that look identical and it's hard to tell the difference.  And they aren't that comfortable at all.   

-Craig

Bates was quite an entrepeneur. I met him several times when I was riding Hare and Hounds in Southern California. He would often appear at shows in a station wagon, peddling his wares, things like leather, seats, oil, etc. He ultimately built up a large business with his own motorcycle parts catalog. .

The seat is a cult item, I guess. I've seen them before but I couldn't imagine owning one and certainly paying that sort of money would be a real strange thing. I hope it winds up in a museum somewhere.

[BikerJim44]

While the seat pic was nice I think this, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370301685586, gas tank looked pretty sweet too. Just sayin'. Spidey.

[Ultrashovel]

Ahh, where's the other side of the fuel tank?