Jts
XS650 Enthusiast
1979 original seat in pretty good shape.
Located in illinois.
$30
Located in illinois.
$30
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For Sale - VINTAGE SMC/ACU-WELD,INC SEAT 1979 xs650 Yamaha seat
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Who made the seat? i cant read the label.
Jts
XS650 Enthusiast
Sorry to intrude on your Ad, but SMC has some motorcycling nostalgia attached to it:
Ed Roman:
Ed's stores were called different names, There was Chickenlips Choppers, in Bridgeport, Custom Cycle Shop, in West Springfield Mass The Other Horse in New Haven, Cycledelic Choppers in Greenwich and of course the Original SMC Choppers in Norwalk. Today going on 40 years later, two of these locations are still open. They are both very large Harley Davidson Dealers.
Ed's main manufacturing plant SMC/Acu-weld, located in Palmer Mass. grew to an enormous 70.000 square feet. In 1972 Ed (age 22) employed over 100 people who manufactured a complete line of high quality chrome plated motorcycle accessories. (Now V Twin Mfg.)
Ed built bikes for Hollywood movies, famous rockstars of the era and many hard core riders. Some of Ed's fabulous bikes were featured in magazines like Life & the Saturday Evening Post. Today his business still lives on in Newburgh, New York under the name "V Twin Cycles" Owner Ted Doering has built the business into a gargantuan operation. Ed Roman still holds the record for the longest bike ever registered in the State of Connecticut. (39 years !!!)
SMC was named after the "Savages Motorcycle Club" from Connecticut of which Ed was an original charter member in the 60's.
Ed Roman:
Ed's stores were called different names, There was Chickenlips Choppers, in Bridgeport, Custom Cycle Shop, in West Springfield Mass The Other Horse in New Haven, Cycledelic Choppers in Greenwich and of course the Original SMC Choppers in Norwalk. Today going on 40 years later, two of these locations are still open. They are both very large Harley Davidson Dealers.
Ed's main manufacturing plant SMC/Acu-weld, located in Palmer Mass. grew to an enormous 70.000 square feet. In 1972 Ed (age 22) employed over 100 people who manufactured a complete line of high quality chrome plated motorcycle accessories. (Now V Twin Mfg.)
Ed built bikes for Hollywood movies, famous rockstars of the era and many hard core riders. Some of Ed's fabulous bikes were featured in magazines like Life & the Saturday Evening Post. Today his business still lives on in Newburgh, New York under the name "V Twin Cycles" Owner Ted Doering has built the business into a gargantuan operation. Ed Roman still holds the record for the longest bike ever registered in the State of Connecticut. (39 years !!!)
SMC was named after the "Savages Motorcycle Club" from Connecticut of which Ed was an original charter member in the 60's.
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