RD400 Seat Compatibility

[msr]

Hi Friends,

I've been working on resurrecting a '78 RD400E for the past few years and am trying to get a decent seat sorted out for it. When I bought it, there was a seat on it which I will call 'The Abomination' and a second seat and cowl for a Daytona. Both of them will fit on the bike with the fender and taillight I have on it. I've been looking at something relatively tame like this:

https://texavina.com/yamaha-rd400-c-d-1975-1977-classic-style-motorcycle-seat-saddle-sku-t9076/

... but ... that's spec'd only for 400C and D. I looked up this thread which gave me pause there:

https://www.2strokeworld.net/forum/index.php?topic=82.0

The weird thing is, I believe The Abomination seat has a C or D pan in it. So that all has me wondering what the incompatibility is between the older seats and the later model bikes. I've attached a couple of pictures showing the Daytona seat mocked up as well as The Abomination. Would any of you RD400 experts weigh in on what my options here are?

Thanks,
Matt

[85RZwade]

Rock the Abomination 

[The Red Scourge]

Rock the Abomination 

I think I would too lol.

I was under the impression that basically everything on the RD400 C, D, and E were interchangeable.  There were a lot of changes to the Daytona though.

[m in sc]

I can confirm the taxavina seat for the c,d,e does fit matts bike w zero issues.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Abomination all the way   

[m in sc]

Tim i'm sure Matt would be willing to send it up so the abomination can adorn the 75. I have your address saved in the ups computer so, no problem, really.    

[Kawtriplefreak]

Nope
I'm good 

[msr]

The pan on The Abomination is so rusted it's not really usable. Otherwise it'd definitely show up at your house, Tim!

I'm really happy with the Texavina seat. The pins were a little tough to align but I think that's the hardware I swapped over and not the seat itself.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Glad you got it sorted...