Wonder if anyone here could shed some light on this issue, I was biding on a brand new NSR MC28 rider seat new in the box factory part number # 77100-KV3-950 yahoo auction Japan and using the bidding service "Buyee" there were 13 bidders and the price was up to 550,000 yen and I thinking (stupid) lost my bearing and miss-calculated the exchange thought it was 55.00 us dollar(when it was approx. 550.00 dollars ) I set my bid to win and let it open (thinking it couldn't reach more than a couple of hundred dollars) to my surprise I won the next morning and did the calculation just shy of $980.00 U.S. dollars. I was floored and beside myself, I viewed the bidders (13) and it looked like a legitimate demand for the item. When I received the seat it was brand new but a little different , it was the correct seat size shape and all but was made out of a different material, instead of the sheen texture, this was more of a flat rough texture, you know when and NSR seat had been heavily used it takes on that polished or buffed rubber look, this was a flat look. I took side by side photo but don't know how to post. does anyone what would cause such abiding war on a seat? is there a rare HRC seat? any help would be welcomed.

WOW! Thats an expensive mistake. There is a brand new one on USA evilbay at the moment for buy it now $225 US. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-NSR-250-MC28-factory-OEM-seat-new-in-the-box-Part-77100-KV3-950-/181715520262?hash=item2a4f16cb06&vxp=mtr
Maybe you can check the finish on that one?
There are a couple of possibilities as to why there is a difference. My guess is the company that supplies the seat to Honda may have changed over the years so its possible that the material used was slightly different. The HRC senario seems unlikely, firstly the part number sticker usually has a HRC label on it, and secondly the race bikes of that era generally (but not always) used a piece of foam stuck on a single piece duck tail.

>> There is a brand new one on USA evilbay at the moment for buy it now $225 US

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