He’s been making replica motorbike seats and covers for four decades. But now Bob Dillingham, owner of Moretti Seats in Gloucester, has decided it’s time to retire and take the weight off. Dillingham, universally known as Bob the Seat, has supplied scores of trade customers across the world and in the UK with replacement saddles, including some highly obscure fitments.
But there’s good news for the nation’s biking behinds because production has been taken over by SaddleCraft Seating, which has bought all the manufacturing tooling and machinery from Moretti. Les Wood, owner of SaddleCraft, has known and dealt with Bob for about 30 years and will run production alongside his firm’s OEM seat manufacturing.
“Acquiring Moretti’s tooling will increase our range of seats and especially seat covers to around 500 models, possibly the biggest range of any aftermarket manufacturer,” Les said.
“We would like to wish Bob all the best in his well-deserved retirement.”
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