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Offline SuSpence

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WANTED: Bimini Top for '75 Sportster
« on: April 13, 2016, 01:18:09 PM »
Looking to see if anyone here has a bimini top for a 1975 Sportster they are looking to get rid of.

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Re: WANTED: Bimini Top for '75 Sportster
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2016, 01:32:42 PM »
Not sure if you'll find one ... Most are ripped up and shrunken ...
Canvas shop should be able to make one, modify bow's to fit. 
Measurements of one ...

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Re: WANTED: Bimini Top for '75 Sportster
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2016, 01:52:25 PM »
Thanks for the sketch.  I figured it would be difficult to find one but I should be able to make something based on that.

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Re: WANTED: Bimini Top for '75 Sportster
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2016, 01:56:51 PM »
 Try making one with an old bedsheet .
 Then bring it to a canvas shop and have them make it out of Sunbrella .
 I think a better design would be not to come down with canvas in the back ,  use one of those nylon straps ,  to keep tension on the top .
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Offline not2worried

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Re: WANTED: Bimini Top for '75 Sportster
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2016, 03:01:09 PM »
Not sure if my top off my 85 ssv would fit..anyone know?

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Re: WANTED: Bimini Top for '75 Sportster
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2016, 11:30:00 PM »
I've got an original set like this.  The sections are shrunken so they are REALLY tight, and mice have chewed holes in them.

If I take the sections to a canvas shop, and they use the originals as a pattern, will they know how much to expand the new cover so it actually fits (without taking them the boat)?

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Re: WANTED: Bimini Top for '75 Sportster
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2016, 07:22:43 PM »
Eric a canvas shop will want you to leave the boat there while they make a new top.
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