deluxe solo seat rosettes

[D.A.Bagin]

I have a seat that came from an elderly person that told me it is a 52 take-off when bike was new as he wanted a buddy to ride his wife. It has plastic rosettes. It is in as new condition with appropriate age. Vinyl top, leather skirt. Open seam cobbler edge. From what I'm told it is quite rare to be with these features. I can text pics if anyone wants and can tell me if it is what it is.

[Rubone]

Palmer repeats the same info on pages 803 and 804 of the 3rd edition. It appears to be different than the accessory "Hi-Ho" Leather Rosettes Part # 11754-46. The rosette on the seat has what looks like a chrome washer under the head of the rivet.[ATTACH=CONFIG]29122[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]29123[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]29124[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]29125[/ATTACH]

Craig

And those High-Low rosettes came in plastic as well, along with different color combinations. Which still doesn't help with the timeline of when they changed from leather to plastic.

[41craig]

Palmer repeats the same info on pages 803 and 804 of the 3rd edition. It appears to be different than the accessory "Hi-Ho" Leather Rosettes Part # 11754-46. The rosette on the seat has what looks like a chrome washer under the head of the rivet.CIMG1814.jpgCIMG1815.jpgCIMG1817.jpgCIMG1818.jpg

Craig

[Omarttentmaker]

On page 687 of Palmer's 2nd edition at the bottom of the right hand column there's a pic of a '47-'54 solo. The script reads that the rosettes were leather. But in the left hand column at the top, he states that the rosettes were plastic. Did they start as leather and were replace with plastic, or did they come either way?