Tom the Royal Enfield saddles are fairly unique. They all seem to have a large 'D' shaped plate on the front. They don't have any brackets on the nose. Just a pair of holes through the frame.
Here is a factory drawing and a shot of mine which you can make out the nose pivot. Ron
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WD/CO saddles:
Contract C/11081 motorcycles (first WD/CO contract) either had a Terry saddle, or a Dunlop. The difference with the WD/C saddles is the fact that kneepads have now been added to protect the knees of the pillion rider. Due to the rubber shortage the Dunlop saddle was no longer listed in the C/13869 and C/13870 catalogues, only the Terry saddle was fitted to these contracts. The Terry saddle is the one that Ron described in the previous post.
According to the contract C/12425 parts catalogue (dated January 1944), the new “standardised WD saddle” (produced by Terry and Lycett) was introduced for this contract, which was produced between August ’43 and June ’44.
The contract C/12425 parts catalogue also lists a “saddle pivot bracket”, and two extra long spring studs. The purpose of these mounting extensions is illustrated in two pictures from the REOC Archives. It looks as if the pillion seat was changed together with the introduction of the “standardised saddle”, and some riders may have hit the hard edge of the pillion seat with their back. In an attempt to remedy this painful problem Enfield must have experimented with a higher saddle position. Strange however that the RAF contract C/S14219 also shows this extension, although these RAF motorcycles weren’t equipped with a pillion seat. The contract S/1546 spare parts list doesn’t mention the saddle mounting extensions anymore.
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